Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2021-05-17

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 17
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
557 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 375▲ 30 vs year ago 527 · +5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 139▲ 95 vs year ago 134 · +70.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Sep 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.50/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −61.36 against this barn's trailing median of $208.86.
Average price
$147.50
152 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.66
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427151.3064664
Medium and Large 2377149.4456357
Medium and Large 3395136.1153831
One grade step is worth $15.19/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

24 sales
252222191161median 208.8601/1903/1605/0407/0609/21
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $238.02, low $174.91, median $208.86 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale152 hd
147.50
—
FL average10 barns · 437 hd
134.84
+12.66
This barn, trailing median24 sales
208.86
−61.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,48883.011,2355thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,28468.7188214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13466.5375597
CowsLean 85-90%High90849.4544940

Every lot, as filed

82 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—274126.74/cwt120.00–134.003476
BullsMedium and Large 2—320152.00/cwt152.00–152.004862
BullsMedium and Large 2—471131.94/cwt128.00–134.006215
BullsMedium and Large 2—364154.19/cwt148.00–157.0056119
BullsMedium and Large 2—525127.23/cwt122.00–131.0066810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—220154.20/cwt150.00–158.003395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483118.45/cwt116.00–122.005724
BullsMedium and Large 3—378141.94/cwt138.00–144.005376
BullsMedium and Large 3—419140.42/cwt136.00–144.005888
BullsMedium and Large 3—178172.32/cwt170.00–175.003072
BullsMedium and Large 3—470122.00/cwt122.00–122.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483108.71/cwt106.00–112.005254
SteersMedium and Large 2—525125.85/cwt122.00–130.006612
SteersMedium and Large 3—395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
SteersMedium and Large 3—530116.00/cwt116.00–116.006151
BullsMedium and Large 3—290128.47/cwt127.00–130.003732
BullsMedium and Large 3—523116.19/cwt113.00–118.006085
HeifersMedium and Large 3—382118.59/cwt116.00–122.004533
BullsMedium and Large 2—228166.57/cwt165.00–170.003803
HeifersMedium and Large 3—345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004142
SteersMedium and Large 3—325140.98/cwt140.00–142.004582
BullsMedium and Large 3—578109.97/cwt108.00–112.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 3—219138.91/cwt135.00–142.003045
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438109.58/cwt108.00–114.004808
BullsMedium and Large 3—235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2251,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,9852
BullsMedium and Large 1—580129.41/cwt126.00–136.0075110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265117.00/cwt117.00–117.003101
BullsMedium and Large 3—327139.96/cwt138.00–142.004583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—213169.95/cwt160.00–175.003624
SteersMedium and Large 1—310163.96/cwt162.00–166.005083
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12167.23/cwt65.00–69.0075436
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22171.45/cwt70.00–74.0087224
HeifersMedium and Large 3—175157.36/cwt155.00–160.002752
SteersMedium and Large 3—415140.59/cwt138.00–144.005833
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,17562.00/cwt62.00–62.007291
CowsLean 85-90%—95353.77/cwt52.00–56.0051216
CowsLean 85-90%—86345.05/cwt44.00–46.0038914
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09162.65/cwt60.00–64.0068437
BullsMedium and Large 1—324160.77/cwt158.00–166.005217
BullsMedium and Large 1—469141.81/cwt138.00–146.0066510
Bulls——1,46578.00/cwt77.00–79.001,1432
Bulls——1,56084.02/cwt83.00–85.001,3112
Bulls——1,39091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2651
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30967.13/cwt66.00–69.008797
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27371.68/cwt70.00–74.009126
CowsLean 85-90%—89948.70/cwt47.00–51.0043810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372141.36/cwt136.00–146.005269
HeifersMedium and Large 1—278141.39/cwt136.00–150.0039312
SteersMedium and Large 1—485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460133.97/cwt132.00–136.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531113.63/cwt110.00–120.006037
BullsMedium and Large 1—610123.98/cwt122.00–126.007564
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415134.91/cwt130.00–138.005606
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568100.30/cwt98.00–104.005706
BullsMedium and Large 1—266165.52/cwt160.00–170.004406
BullsMedium and Large 1—522137.42/cwt132.00–142.007176
SteersMedium and Large 1—350168.00/cwt168.00–168.005881
SteersMedium and Large 1—605128.99/cwt128.00–130.007802
BullsMedium and Large 1—420160.30/cwt158.00–165.006738
BullsMedium and Large 1—376162.07/cwt158.00–168.006098
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328133.86/cwt130.00–138.004393
SteersMedium and Large 2—478129.85/cwt126.00–134.006212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522105.44/cwt100.00–108.0055014
BullsMedium and Large 2—275146.42/cwt140.00–150.004033
HeifersMedium and Large 2—183169.84/cwt165.00–175.003115
BullsMedium and Large 1—227181.14/cwt175.00–190.004113
SteersMedium and Large 2—325150.86/cwt148.00–154.004902
SteersMedium and Large 2—620115.22/cwt110.00–119.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429121.52/cwt118.00–127.005218
SteersMedium and Large 2—415150.99/cwt150.00–152.006272
SteersMedium and Large 2—385150.99/cwt150.00–152.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1—438156.98/cwt156.00–158.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379129.73/cwt126.00–134.004925
BullsMedium and Large 2—635108.00/cwt108.00–108.006861
BullsMedium and Large 2—429148.28/cwt146.00–154.006365
BullsMedium and Large 2—560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
BullsMedium and Large 2—185180.00/cwt180.00–180.003338
SteersMedium and Large 1—530135.40/cwt132.00–139.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 1—165192.42/cwt190.00–195.003172
BullsMedium and Large 1—175204.71/cwt200.00–210.003582
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319145.86/cwt140.00–150.004658

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.