Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-05-01

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 1
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
72 vs last sale 532 2 vs year ago 462 · 0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
175 vs last sale 257 92 vs year ago 174 · 52.9%
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Aug 18, 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $209.87/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$209.87
52 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.13
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1372217.8181135
Medium and Large 2433193.5383917thin
One grade step is worth $24.27/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale52 hd
209.87
FL average8 barns · 454 hd
204.75
+5.13
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
BullsLow1,306110.381,4428thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,246103.051,2845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,286100.101,2879thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02378.2380011

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1573174.88/cwt172.00–178.001,0022
HeifersMedium and Large 1414206.00/cwt200.00–209.008539
HeifersMedium and Large 1273236.35/cwt232.00–242.006459
HeifersMedium and Large 2380212.46/cwt210.00–218.008073
SteersMedium and Large 1424240.37/cwt237.00–245.001,0194
SteersMedium and Large 1470225.94/cwt224.00–228.001,0623
SteersMedium and Large 1377251.16/cwt248.00–256.009473
HeifersMedium and Large 1328233.58/cwt230.00–240.007665
HeifersMedium and Large 1522191.22/cwt188.00–196.009983
HeifersMedium and Large 1473210.95/cwt210.00–212.009982
SteersMedium and Large 2415228.21/cwt225.00–230.009473
SteersMedium and Large 2523209.83/cwt206.00–214.001,0972
SteersMedium and Large 2473217.38/cwt215.00–220.001,0282
SteersMedium and Large 1523217.91/cwt216.00–220.001,1402
SteersMedium and Large 1273285.92/cwt285.00–287.007812
SteersMedium and Large 1300260.00/cwt260.00–260.007801
SteersMedium and Large 2273273.21/cwt270.00–277.007462
SteersMedium and Large 2350245.00/cwt245.00–245.008581
BullsMedium and Large 1327264.76/cwt260.00–270.008667
BullsMedium and Large 1467229.07/cwt222.00–232.001,0705
BullsMedium and Large 1230257.25/cwt250.00–275.005923
BullsMedium and Large 1273297.29/cwt295.00–300.008122
BullsMedium and Large 1424239.50/cwt236.00–244.001,0155
BullsMedium and Large 1372253.52/cwt250.00–257.009433
CowsLean 85-90%1,08873.53/cwt71.00–75.008004
CowsLean 85-90%98680.92/cwt78.00–85.007987
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,322106.41/cwt105.00–107.001,4073
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,13398.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375101.78/cwt100.00–104.001,3994
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16896.20/cwt95.00–97.001,1244
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,5261
Bulls1,065105.72/cwt104.00–107.001,1263
Bulls1,615117.64/cwt114.00–121.001,9002
Bulls1,342110.19/cwt109.00–112.001,4793
BullsMedium and Large 2330251.52/cwt250.00–255.008303
BullsMedium and Large 2473213.90/cwt212.00–216.001,0122
BullsMedium and Large 2250277.00/cwt277.00–277.006931
BullsMedium and Large 2200240.00/cwt240.00–240.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2423230.31/cwt227.00–234.009742
BullsMedium and Large 2373240.76/cwt237.00–245.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 2273220.67/cwt217.00–225.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 2515182.59/cwt180.00–184.009403
HeifersMedium and Large 2450194.00/cwt194.00–194.008731
HeifersMedium and Large 2300225.00/cwt225.00–225.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2434191.15/cwt190.00–195.008304
HeifersMedium and Large 2550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 1223226.74/cwt220.00–235.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 1370225.13/cwt220.00–230.008333

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.