Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2026-06-09

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jun 9
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
725 head
▲ 254 vs last sale 471▼ 384 vs year ago 1,109 · −34.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 262▲ 144 vs year ago 132 · +109.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady and feeder classes steady to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $418.76/cwt on 95 head, down $18.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 23 comparable sales and sits +47.01 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.
Average price
$418.76
▼ 18.56 vs prior sale
95 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,233
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.19
vs FL average
−34.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533421.172,24490
Medium and Large 2538375.432,0215thin
One grade step is worth $45.73/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale95 hd
418.76
—
FL average7 barns · 295 hd
432.95
−14.19
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−34.96
This barn, trailing median23 sales
371.76
+47.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
451410368326median 371.7605/1207/0708/1809/2911/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $437.32, low $339.94, median $371.76 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,445224.753,24927
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,384175.842,43413
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,211173.252,098131
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,059151.271,6016thin

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272656.01/cwt640.00–670.001,7848
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323536.63/cwt525.00–550.001,7332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324588.43/cwt570.00–620.001,9076
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365502.79/cwt490.00–510.001,8353
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377544.46/cwt520.00–580.002,05323
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423500.42/cwt475.00–525.002,11726
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423448.93/cwt430.00–470.001,8992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458416.39/cwt400.00–420.001,9076
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479439.17/cwt425.00–470.002,10449
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515382.65/cwt360.00–395.001,9713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517429.22/cwt400.00–445.002,21964
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572401.35/cwt380.00–420.002,29626
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573364.61/cwt355.00–375.002,0892
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616373.49/cwt350.00–385.002,3018
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223636.97/cwt610.00–670.001,4202
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265543.32/cwt510.00–560.001,4407
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323474.82/cwt450.00–500.001,53418
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327419.68/cwt405.00–445.001,3725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365402.37/cwt380.00–415.001,4693
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376435.80/cwt420.00–465.001,63950
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408394.54/cwt370.00–400.001,6106
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429418.80/cwt405.00–450.001,79727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467378.07/cwt360.00–390.001,7668
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468416.77/cwt400.00–440.001,95015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530416.01/cwt405.00–440.002,2053
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530369.43/cwt360.00–390.001,9583
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550331.25/cwt325.00–350.001,8224
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578378.92/cwt370.00–400.002,1906
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623341.87/cwt325.00–360.002,1304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1172733.59/cwt700.00–770.001,2623
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215658.60/cwt640.00–670.001,4163
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225718.22/cwt700.00–750.001,6163
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265597.01/cwt575.00–610.001,5823
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1269651.90/cwt620.00–685.001,75410
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315573.30/cwt565.00–580.001,8067
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330532.58/cwt525.00–550.001,7583
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365497.37/cwt475.00–510.001,8153
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1389535.46/cwt530.00–580.002,08324
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415457.49/cwt435.00–470.001,8993
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430492.90/cwt475.00–515.002,11911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465404.35/cwt385.00–415.001,8803
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473437.88/cwt425.00–445.002,07115
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522389.71/cwt370.00–400.002,0345
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574372.05/cwt355.00–390.002,1364
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7401
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628323.40/cwt305.00–340.002,0314
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,128201.91/cwt197.00–206.002,2782
Bulls——1,371216.56/cwt209.00–221.002,9699
Bulls——1,527232.22/cwt224.00–244.003,54616
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042157.07/cwt154.00–159.001,6373
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075145.47/cwt141.00–148.001,5643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179159.97/cwt156.00–163.001,88610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198180.08/cwt175.00–190.002,15760
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229168.70/cwt164.00–174.002,07361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,336181.54/cwt174.00–189.002,4257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,2681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448170.62/cwt168.00–172.002,4715

This sale against other markets

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.