Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2026-09-15

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 15
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
701 head
▼ 278 vs last sale 979▼ 162 vs year ago 863 · −18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 134▼ 70 vs year ago 235 · −29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $355.08/cwt on 49 head, up $4.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 23 comparable sales and sits −16.67 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.
Average price
$355.08
▲ 4.03 vs prior sale
49 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.88
vs FL average
−48.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540381.502,05821
Medium and Large 2553335.271,85528
One grade step is worth $46.23/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale49 hd
355.08
—
FL average5 barns · 263 hd
362.96
−7.88
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
−48.28
This barn, trailing median23 sales
371.76
−16.67
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—Average1,781197.033,50911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,258140.431,76748
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,127125.341,41237

Every lot

38 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268648.04/cwt620.00–680.001,73712
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268576.64/cwt550.00–600.001,54510
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320589.53/cwt580.00–600.001,88610
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323559.77/cwt550.00–570.001,80812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364515.54/cwt500.00–530.001,87713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369469.27/cwt450.00–490.001,73213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415469.52/cwt450.00–490.001,94918
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422424.44/cwt410.00–440.001,79115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465410.43/cwt390.00–430.001,90830
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480359.58/cwt340.00–380.001,72614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522397.90/cwt390.00–405.002,07713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529343.92/cwt330.00–360.001,81911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568354.85/cwt350.00–360.002,0168
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569329.67/cwt320.00–340.001,87617
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621333.03/cwt325.00–340.002,06811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656323.92/cwt315.00–330.002,1255
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265464.43/cwt450.00–480.001,23110
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280528.93/cwt500.00–560.001,48114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320484.77/cwt480.00–490.001,55110
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325454.31/cwt440.00–470.001,47714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368464.90/cwt460.00–470.001,71110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368410.34/cwt400.00–420.001,51012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373439.66/cwt430.00–450.001,64016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420334.46/cwt320.00–350.001,4058
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421426.73/cwt415.00–440.001,79711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425375.53/cwt360.00–390.001,59612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470340.69/cwt330.00–350.001,60121
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475379.58/cwt360.00–400.001,80310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520349.57/cwt335.00–365.001,81810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520325.14/cwt320.00–330.001,6918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568335.15/cwt330.00–340.001,9048
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616306.52/cwt300.00–315.001,8887
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,647188.96/cwt188.00–191.003,1123
Bulls——1,831200.05/cwt196.00–211.003,6638
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105127.93/cwt124.00–132.001,41427
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185118.34/cwt116.00–122.001,40210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258139.10/cwt133.00–148.001,75044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263155.11/cwt150.00–160.001,9594

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.