Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-01-30

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jan 30
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
794 head
▼ 305 vs last sale 1,099▲ 151 vs year ago 643 · +23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
▼ 176 vs last sale 452▲ 70 vs year ago 206 · +34.0%
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Sep 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 4.00 to 8.00 higher and feeder classes steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.70/cwt on 201 head.
Average price
$170.70
201 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409174.83715133
Medium and Large 2406163.4266449
Medium and Large 3340160.5754719thin
One grade step is worth $14.26/cwt here — about $168 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale201 hd
170.70
—
FL average8 barns · 785 hd
171.74
−1.04
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—Low1,364107.141,46230
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,260100.921,27112
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13194.851,07358
CowsLean 85-90%Low96176.5873632

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 3—500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—200190.00/cwt190.00–190.003801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—250170.00/cwt170.00–170.004253
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323170.09/cwt168.00–172.0054911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373169.40/cwt166.00–174.006329
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630144.54/cwt142.00–150.009113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268189.38/cwt180.00–195.0050820
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566144.89/cwt140.00–148.008204
SteersMedium and Large 1—454209.90/cwt209.00–210.0095311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523147.83/cwt144.00–152.007732
HeifersMedium and Large 3—550130.00/cwt130.00–130.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418175.97/cwt170.00–180.0073636
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474165.37/cwt160.00–170.0078416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—221207.06/cwt200.00–215.004584
SteersMedium and Large 3—373209.88/cwt208.00–212.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567156.07/cwt150.00–160.0088511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—405167.83/cwt160.00–169.0068012
SteersMedium and Large 3—500170.00/cwt170.00–170.008501
SteersMedium and Large 2—365224.56/cwt222.00–226.008203
SteersMedium and Large 1—528190.96/cwt190.00–193.001,0084
SteersMedium and Large 1—623176.45/cwt175.00–178.001,0992
SteersMedium and Large 1—411217.38/cwt212.00–219.0089310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366182.77/cwt178.00–186.006698
SteersMedium and Large 3—280247.08/cwt245.00–252.006923
SteersMedium and Large 2—523179.44/cwt178.00–181.009382
SteersMedium and Large 2—550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009351
SteersMedium and Large 2—405206.90/cwt199.00–208.008389
SteersMedium and Large 3—550158.00/cwt158.00–158.008691
SteersMedium and Large 3—423193.89/cwt192.00–196.008202
SteersMedium and Large 1—578182.76/cwt179.00–188.001,0566
SteersMedium and Large 2—465196.58/cwt194.00–198.009143
SteersMedium and Large 1—378233.32/cwt230.00–238.008824
SteersMedium and Large 3—300214.00/cwt214.00–214.006421
SteersMedium and Large 2—600165.00/cwt165.00–165.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1—319239.93/cwt238.00–242.007654
SteersMedium and Large 2—323225.72/cwt222.00–230.007292
SteersMedium and Large 2—273262.29/cwt260.00–265.007162
BullsMedium and Large 1—324236.66/cwt232.00–242.007677
BullsMedium and Large 1—269278.61/cwt270.00–285.007495
BullsMedium and Large 1—484201.32/cwt200.00–206.009745
BullsMedium and Large 1—529186.55/cwt184.00–192.009878
BullsMedium and Large 1—573172.64/cwt169.00–177.009894
BullsMedium and Large 1—350238.00/cwt238.00–238.008331
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,301100.25/cwt100.00–101.001,3044
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15199.72/cwt98.00–102.001,14815
CowsLean 85-90%—95072.00/cwt70.00–74.0068414
CowsLean 85-90%—97080.14/cwt75.00–84.0077718
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,22294.64/cwt94.00–96.001,1573
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,249105.22/cwt103.00–107.001,3145
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15195.21/cwt93.00–97.001,09628
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07489.31/cwt88.00–91.0095915
Bulls——1,306103.28/cwt101.00–105.001,34913
Bulls——1,563113.92/cwt111.00–118.001,7816
Bulls——1,325107.99/cwt106.00–110.001,43111
BullsMedium and Large 3—230242.90/cwt240.00–250.005593
BullsMedium and Large 2—450194.00/cwt194.00–194.008733
BullsMedium and Large 2—230256.45/cwt255.00–260.005903
BullsMedium and Large 3—415194.78/cwt189.00–198.008083
BullsMedium and Large 3—259247.72/cwt240.00–250.006425
BullsMedium and Large 2—550164.00/cwt164.00–164.009021
BullsMedium and Large 2—323224.47/cwt224.00–225.007252
BullsMedium and Large 1—175296.29/cwt290.00–300.005193
BullsMedium and Large 1—423210.95/cwt210.00–212.008922
BullsMedium and Large 2—165275.00/cwt275.00–275.004541
BullsMedium and Large 3—500168.00/cwt168.00–168.008401
BullsMedium and Large 3—465185.87/cwt182.00–188.008643
BullsMedium and Large 2—423203.26/cwt199.00–208.008602
BullsMedium and Large 2—371221.64/cwt218.00–225.008224
BullsMedium and Large 3—300220.00/cwt220.00–220.006601
BullsMedium and Large 2—513180.24/cwt176.00–182.009256
BullsMedium and Large 2—250265.00/cwt265.00–265.006631
BullsMedium and Large 3—375212.52/cwt210.00–216.007976
HeifersMedium and Large 3—361161.81/cwt156.00–164.005844
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215176.96/cwt172.00–180.003803
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273160.92/cwt160.00–162.004392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423154.84/cwt152.00–158.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323161.86/cwt160.00–164.005236
BullsMedium and Large 1—223276.95/cwt270.00–285.006186
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468157.62/cwt156.00–159.007383
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320183.60/cwt178.00–188.0058819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522159.65/cwt154.00–164.0083316
HeifersMedium and Large 2—621137.46/cwt135.00–139.008544

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.