Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-03-11

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Mar 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 504▼ 133 vs year ago 727 · −18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 243▼ 154 vs year ago 336 · −45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady and feeder classes 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.19/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −119.15 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$251.19
21 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,381
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.08
vs FL average
−24.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553257.231,42316thin
Medium and Large 2539231.871,2505thin
One grade step is worth $25.36/cwt here — about $173 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 sale21 hd
251.19
—
FL average3 barns · 33 hd
252.27
−1.08
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−24.98
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−119.15
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

24 sales
425388350313median 370.3403/0205/1807/2008/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.53, low $327.47, median $370.34 across 24 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—Low1,455139.292,02720
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,274131.051,67015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,079124.101,33959
CowsLean 85-90%Low870104.0890513

Every lot

54 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. 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 1273422.29/cwt420.00–425.001,1532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363397.76/cwt395.00–399.001,4447
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380368.07/cwt365.00–375.001,3993
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410385.57/cwt370.00–388.001,58122
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423357.37/cwt355.00–360.001,5122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3502
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473319.68/cwt310.00–330.001,5123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511315.35/cwt300.00–320.001,61112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569285.65/cwt275.00–295.001,6256
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7102
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273328.97/cwt320.00–340.008989
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273306.88/cwt300.00–315.008382
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009902
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323345.71/cwt335.00–355.001,11710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378303.14/cwt295.00–315.001,1469
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380281.54/cwt280.00–285.001,0703
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423267.10/cwt260.00–275.001,1304
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431284.40/cwt280.00–300.001,22620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473249.76/cwt245.00–255.001,1812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474277.30/cwt270.00–285.001,3144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512270.80/cwt260.00–275.001,3865
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523242.18/cwt235.00–250.001,2672
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550225.00/cwt220.00–235.001,2383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572251.06/cwt240.00–260.001,43611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623224.64/cwt215.00–235.001,4002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623204.82/cwt200.00–210.001,2762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279428.21/cwt420.00–440.001,1957
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323386.98/cwt380.00–395.001,2502
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335404.17/cwt400.00–420.001,35411
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373394.70/cwt390.00–400.001,4722
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373364.70/cwt360.00–370.001,3602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423359.73/cwt355.00–365.001,5222
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430376.20/cwt370.00–390.001,6183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465296.45/cwt290.00–300.001,3783
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476318.64/cwt310.00–330.001,5177
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515266.47/cwt260.00–270.001,3723
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533291.91/cwt290.00–297.001,5566
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3751
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573274.61/cwt265.00–285.001,5742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,373136.41/cwt134.00–141.001,8736
Bulls——1,438126.33/cwt122.00–129.001,8175
Bulls——1,519148.40/cwt142.00–154.002,2549
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%857106.49/cwt100.00–110.0091310
Cows—Lean 85-90%91396.03/cwt92.00–98.008773
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,032115.19/cwt114.00–117.001,1898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,055122.08/cwt118.00–126.001,28830
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130130.39/cwt127.00–135.001,47321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,235125.03/cwt124.00–126.001,5442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,280131.98/cwt128.00–135.001,68913

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.