Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-11-27

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 27
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
817 head
▼ 402 vs last sale 1,219▼ 123 vs year ago 940 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 219▲ 80 vs year ago 157 · +51.0%
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Sep 15, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.10/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$235.10
112 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.28
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424237.491,00784
Medium and Large 2400227.9591128
One grade step is worth $9.54/cwt here — about $96 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 sale112 hd
235.10
—
FL average3 barns · 240 hd
236.39
−1.28
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—Low1,637120.881,97816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,330102.831,36814
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11999.101,10974
CowsLean 85-90%Low96882.0579427

Every lot, as filed

55 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—465214.52/cwt210.00–217.009983
SteersMedium and Large 1—280346.49/cwt345.00–350.009703
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413242.02/cwt237.00–245.001,0008
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318242.83/cwt240.00–245.007725
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582203.54/cwt200.00–210.001,18511
SteersMedium and Large 1—615227.90/cwt224.00–230.001,4023
SteersMedium and Large 1—534241.64/cwt240.00–247.001,2904
SteersMedium and Large 2—480242.50/cwt240.00–248.001,1643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—221296.50/cwt290.00–305.006557
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622182.27/cwt180.00–185.001,1343
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580192.21/cwt190.00–197.001,1153
SteersMedium and Large 2—265328.14/cwt325.00–330.008703
SteersMedium and Large 2—350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009801
SteersMedium and Large 1—350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0154
SteersMedium and Large 2—600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1—459257.64/cwt250.00–260.001,1838
SteersMedium and Large 1—578241.68/cwt240.00–245.001,3974
SteersMedium and Large 1—323330.72/cwt327.00–335.001,0682
SteersMedium and Large 1—425273.86/cwt270.00–280.001,1649
SteersMedium and Large 2—500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
BullsMedium and Large 2—280327.98/cwt325.00–335.009183
BullsMedium and Large 1—228350.55/cwt345.00–360.007995
BullsMedium and Large 1—524235.38/cwt230.00–240.001,2334
BullsMedium and Large 1—474243.75/cwt240.00–250.001,1557
BullsMedium and Large 1—411277.29/cwt270.00–280.001,1404
BullsMedium and Large 1—330328.03/cwt325.00–335.001,0823
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31999.97/cwt98.00–102.001,3196
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10095.05/cwt93.00–97.001,04630
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,132105.06/cwt103.00–107.001,18916
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,133100.04/cwt98.00–102.001,13328
CowsLean 85-90%—94476.96/cwt76.00–78.007276
CowsLean 85-90%—97583.50/cwt79.00–88.0081421
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,338104.98/cwt103.00–107.001,4058
Bulls——1,253113.68/cwt112.00–115.001,4243
Bulls——1,561118.33/cwt117.00–119.001,8476
Bulls——1,866126.14/cwt122.00–130.002,3547
BullsMedium and Large 1—380293.07/cwt290.00–300.001,1143
BullsMedium and Large 1—274347.15/cwt340.00–355.009518
BullsMedium and Large 2—323317.33/cwt315.00–320.001,0252
BullsMedium and Large 2—400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 2—223334.49/cwt330.00–340.007464
BullsMedium and Large 2—530221.57/cwt220.00–225.001,1743
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373232.35/cwt230.00–235.008674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—316255.99/cwt250.00–260.0080913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527221.78/cwt217.00–227.001,16915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383242.36/cwt240.00–250.0092810
BullsMedium and Large 2—373280.94/cwt280.00–282.001,0482
BullsMedium and Large 2—473233.33/cwt230.00–237.001,1042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477223.66/cwt220.00–230.001,06710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523210.83/cwt207.00–215.001,1032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—269262.42/cwt255.00–270.007067
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415228.21/cwt225.00–230.009473
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265246.29/cwt240.00–250.006533
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230277.90/cwt275.00–285.006393

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.