Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2026-09-08

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
979 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 839▲ 33 vs year ago 946 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 210▼ 192 vs year ago 326 · −58.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.06/cwt on 68 head, up $5.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 23 comparable sales and sits −20.70 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.
Average price
$351.06
▲ 5.30 vs prior sale
68 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.49
vs FL average
−39.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542371.222,01435
Medium and Large 2541329.671,78533
One grade step is worth $41.55/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale68 hd
351.06
—
FL average5 barns · 240 hd
357.54
−6.49
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
−39.53
This barn, trailing median23 sales
371.76
−20.70
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—Average1,587194.673,0895thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,274149.731,90821
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,064130.241,38641

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2271563.38/cwt550.00–580.001,52719
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283635.93/cwt600.00–670.001,80014
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2313519.20/cwt500.00–540.001,62518
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318468.71/cwt450.00–490.001,4909
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323578.84/cwt550.00–610.001,87024
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368407.76/cwt400.00–415.001,5018
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370495.32/cwt470.00–520.001,83325
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370440.54/cwt420.00–460.001,63010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418453.67/cwt440.00–470.001,89617
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425414.47/cwt400.00–430.001,76116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463420.54/cwt400.00–440.001,94724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473372.17/cwt360.00–385.001,76012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513340.67/cwt330.00–350.001,74819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522385.59/cwt360.00–410.002,01321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573349.67/cwt335.00–365.002,00414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580314.74/cwt300.00–330.001,82514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624313.09/cwt300.00–330.001,95414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670312.87/cwt300.00–325.002,0966
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261522.73/cwt500.00–550.001,36419
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2274469.55/cwt450.00–490.001,28713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318434.41/cwt420.00–450.001,38120
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320390.31/cwt380.00–400.001,2498
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321473.74/cwt460.00–490.001,52119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366367.07/cwt350.00–380.001,3439
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370440.27/cwt430.00–450.001,62912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370410.41/cwt400.00–420.001,51914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418365.54/cwt360.00–370.001,52811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419335.62/cwt320.00–350.001,40613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423396.78/cwt380.00–415.001,67814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463336.12/cwt320.00–350.001,55617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466381.48/cwt360.00–400.001,77819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518348.12/cwt340.00–355.001,8039
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523312.20/cwt300.00–325.001,63314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568330.22/cwt320.00–340.001,87614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579304.53/cwt300.00–310.001,7639
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,587194.67/cwt189.00–200.003,0895
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018122.67/cwt118.00–126.001,24915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091134.60/cwt128.00–144.001,46826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274149.73/cwt140.00–156.001,90821

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.