Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-06-05

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 5
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
908 head
141 vs last sale 767 121 vs year ago 787 · +15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
107 vs last sale 299 61 vs year ago 131 · +46.6%
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Aug 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last Monday. However prices trended higher than last Tuesday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.37/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$219.37
115 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.74
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442221.7198090
Medium and Large 2408212.8586816thin
Medium and Large 3381207.657929thin
One grade step is worth $14.05/cwt here — about $188 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 sale115 hd
219.37
FL average8 barns · 545 hd
215.63
+3.74
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
BullsAverage1,498124.931,8715thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,244109.011,35614
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,108106.311,17849
CowsLean 85-90%Low92984.2678319

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Bulls1,265117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,4801
HeifersMedium and Large 2273221.21/cwt218.00–225.006042
BullsMedium and Large 2475243.94/cwt242.00–246.001,1593
HeifersMedium and Large 2323232.19/cwt228.00–237.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 3423210.84/cwt208.00–214.008922
HeifersMedium and Large 3465197.16/cwt192.00–200.009173
HeifersMedium and Large 2523199.56/cwt198.00–201.001,0442
HeifersMedium and Large 2565189.30/cwt188.00–190.001,0703
HeifersMedium and Large 1426230.68/cwt228.00–235.0098314
SteersMedium and Large 3573225.92/cwt224.00–228.001,2952
HeifersMedium and Large 3273204.59/cwt200.00–210.005592
HeifersMedium and Large 1381233.69/cwt230.00–240.0089012
HeifersMedium and Large 2423218.84/cwt216.00–222.009262
SteersMedium and Large 1569249.60/cwt244.00–254.001,4204
HeifersMedium and Large 1327241.09/cwt238.00–248.007888
SteersMedium and Large 2573241.04/cwt240.00–242.001,3812
HeifersMedium and Large 1564204.30/cwt200.00–206.001,15213
HeifersMedium and Large 2473205.81/cwt202.00–210.009732
HeifersMedium and Large 2350228.00/cwt228.00–228.007981
SteersMedium and Large 3473234.38/cwt232.00–237.001,1092
SteersMedium and Large 2323281.26/cwt278.00–285.009082
SteersMedium and Large 1320294.80/cwt290.00–298.009433
SteersMedium and Large 1522255.41/cwt249.00–259.001,33326
SteersMedium and Large 1471255.50/cwt250.00–260.001,20338
SteersMedium and Large 1423259.63/cwt254.00–264.001,0988
SteersMedium and Large 1350272.00/cwt272.00–272.009521
SteersMedium and Large 2477243.02/cwt240.00–248.001,1595
HeifersMedium and Large 1225241.15/cwt235.00–250.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 3323223.26/cwt220.00–227.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 2223227.25/cwt225.00–230.005072
HeifersMedium and Large 1280234.04/cwt230.00–245.006556
BullsMedium and Large 2300287.00/cwt287.00–287.008611
BullsMedium and Large 2400250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1423258.47/cwt258.00–259.001,0932
BullsMedium and Large 1222292.82/cwt285.00–300.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 1463219.06/cwt214.00–221.001,01413
HeifersMedium and Large 1520207.60/cwt204.00–212.001,08021
BullsMedium and Large 3523233.83/cwt230.00–238.001,2232
BullsMedium and Large 3473235.33/cwt232.00–239.001,1132
BullsMedium and Large 2523243.91/cwt242.00–246.001,2762
BullsMedium and Large 1510250.76/cwt250.00–251.001,2799
BullsMedium and Large 2373262.82/cwt260.00–266.009802
BullsMedium and Large 2250280.00/cwt280.00–280.007001
Bulls1,556126.91/cwt123.00–129.001,9754
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,309112.10/cwt110.00–114.001,4676
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,100102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1221
CowsLean 85-90%87979.58/cwt78.00–81.007009
CowsBoner 80-85%1,066102.88/cwt101.00–104.001,09719
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,208107.37/cwt105.00–109.001,2977
CowsLean 85-90%97488.48/cwt84.00–92.0086210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,098106.63/cwt105.00–109.001,17119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,199111.69/cwt110.00–114.001,33911
SteersMedium and Large 3250255.00/cwt255.00–255.006381
SteersMedium and Large 2423247.89/cwt246.00–250.001,0492
SteersMedium and Large 2250280.00/cwt280.00–280.007001
SteersMedium and Large 2373263.76/cwt260.00–268.009842
SteersMedium and Large 1250295.00/cwt295.00–295.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1473253.81/cwt250.00–258.001,2012
BullsMedium and Large 1265298.14/cwt295.00–300.007903
BullsMedium and Large 1373278.41/cwt277.00–280.001,0382
BullsMedium and Large 2200270.00/cwt270.00–270.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1625222.90/cwt220.00–228.001,3933
BullsMedium and Large 1300295.00/cwt295.00–295.008851

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.