The Morning Wire / Florida / Tue Oct 27, 2026

Florida cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 27

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 27

Choice cutout closed $2.78 higher at $372.22. 3 Florida barns reported 152 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Florida, week of Oct 26 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	541.57/cwt	$26.08 higher	477	7
400-499 lb	405.82/cwt	$1.17 lower	319	7
500-599 lb	360.94/cwt	$0.60 higher	205	7
600-699 lb	327.53/cwt	$0.48 lower	67	7
700-799 lb	310.63/cwt	$30.63 higher	8	3
800-899 lb	245.00/cwt	—	2	1

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 27 USDA

Choice $372.22, $2.78 higher. Select $358.85, $1.29 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.37. 120 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

671 head traded Oct 21–Oct 27.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	361.31	432
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Florida barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.
Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) · Florida

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 11.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 7.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 higher, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady.
Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc · Florida

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle generally 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows' steady.
Townsend Livestock Market · Florida

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	241.16/cwt	$2.32 lower	575
Boner (85% lean)	248.81/cwt	$1.32 lower	1,608
Cutter (90% lean)	252.76/cwt	$0.88 lower	3,103
Premium White	264.75/cwt	$3.66 higher	892
Bull (92% lean)	311.92/cwt	$3.87 lower	379

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Florida only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.