Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-04-01

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Apr 1
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
635 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 643▼ 65 vs year ago 700 · −9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 361▲ 102 vs year ago 158 · +64.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $299.93/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −76.11 against this barn's trailing median of $376.03.
Average price
$299.93
3 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523312.391,6342thin
Medium and Large 2500275.001,3751thin
One grade step is worth $37.39/cwt here — about $259 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 sale3 hd
299.93
—
FL average1 barns · 3 hd
299.93
+0.00
This barn, trailing median19 sales
376.03
−76.11
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

19 sales
441399357314median 376.0303/0206/0807/2008/2411/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $427.13, low $328.43, median $376.03 across 19 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—Low1,330144.341,92014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,295132.601,7178thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,127126.911,431106
CowsLean 85-90%Low957110.691,05932

Every lot

59 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200375.00/cwt375.00–375.007501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1853
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3132
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374392.24/cwt385.00–400.001,4674
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423382.10/cwt375.00–390.001,6162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423359.73/cwt355.00–365.001,5222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3502
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472324.68/cwt315.00–335.001,5323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523302.18/cwt295.00–310.001,5802
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573302.21/cwt295.00–310.001,7322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639247.35/cwt245.00–265.001,5818
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1165360.00/cwt360.00–360.005942
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2195320.00/cwt320.00–320.006241
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200305.00/cwt305.00–305.006101
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1208347.91/cwt335.00–352.007248
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263334.49/cwt320.00–340.008805
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273309.59/cwt305.00–315.008452
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325343.00/cwt335.00–355.001,1156
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373298.11/cwt292.00–305.001,1122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380323.07/cwt320.00–330.001,2283
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415321.43/cwt315.00–325.001,3343
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423292.37/cwt290.00–295.001,2372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464271.89/cwt260.00–278.001,2628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473244.76/cwt240.00–250.001,1582
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522259.86/cwt255.00–265.001,3563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523232.18/cwt225.00–240.001,2142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583223.17/cwt220.00–235.001,3016
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634213.55/cwt210.00–225.001,3544
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1180391.88/cwt385.00–400.007052
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2195370.00/cwt370.00–370.007221
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1221390.59/cwt375.00–400.008634
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230354.35/cwt350.00–365.008153
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265432.58/cwt420.00–440.001,1463
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265403.14/cwt400.00–405.001,0683
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315379.52/cwt370.00–385.001,1953
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328395.80/cwt390.00–410.001,2984
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368368.56/cwt360.00–375.001,3565
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372392.56/cwt380.00–400.001,46024
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422379.82/cwt375.00–385.001,6033
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523312.39/cwt310.00–315.001,6342
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,235142.89/cwt140.00–146.001,7655
Bulls——1,295132.32/cwt128.00–137.001,7144
Bulls——1,454155.40/cwt150.00–162.002,2605
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%952111.23/cwt102.00–115.001,05931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,061117.76/cwt115.00–120.001,24916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123125.10/cwt121.00–129.001,40552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,161133.25/cwt130.00–138.001,54738
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,253128.95/cwt128.00–130.001,6162
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270137.18/cwt134.00–139.001,7425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7611

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.