Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-05-13

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
535 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 534▲ 251 vs year ago 284 · +88.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 213▲ 113 vs year ago 124 · +91.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder classes mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.68/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −122.66 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$247.68
11 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.00
vs FL average
−22.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538249.451,34210thin
Medium and Large 2500230.001,1501thin
One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $192 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 sale11 hd
247.68
—
FL average5 barns · 65 hd
248.68
−1.00
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−22.32
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−122.66
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—Average1,417143.372,03218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,218131.671,6048thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,101122.751,35252
CowsLean 85-90%Low940101.7295686

Every lot

52 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223411.74/cwt405.00–420.009182
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250395.00/cwt395.00–395.009881
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271416.29/cwt405.00–425.001,1286
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323393.67/cwt385.00–405.001,2726
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366382.30/cwt370.00–390.001,39911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373359.70/cwt355.00–365.001,3422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441341.82/cwt340.00–360.001,50720
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2602
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481302.15/cwt295.00–315.001,45311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523263.13/cwt255.00–272.001,3762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534280.48/cwt275.00–295.001,49815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573270.65/cwt262.00–280.001,5512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623255.86/cwt252.00–260.001,5942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200345.00/cwt345.00–345.006901
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223371.74/cwt365.00–380.008292
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250330.00/cwt330.00–330.008251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275349.25/cwt340.00–360.0096012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323314.65/cwt310.00–320.001,0162
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329335.57/cwt330.00–345.001,1046
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364328.43/cwt315.00–335.001,19519
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365304.59/cwt295.00–310.001,1123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428284.74/cwt280.00–295.001,2194
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430259.65/cwt255.00–270.001,1163
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473272.18/cwt260.00–280.001,28719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473247.14/cwt240.00–255.001,1692
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519256.75/cwt245.00–265.001,3336
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566238.49/cwt225.00–245.001,3504
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622229.76/cwt220.00–240.001,4293
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1165472.12/cwt460.00–480.007793
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200380.00/cwt380.00–380.007601
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220404.20/cwt395.00–420.008893
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265394.43/cwt385.00–400.001,0453
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1272414.45/cwt405.00–425.001,1276
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330396.52/cwt395.00–400.001,3093
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365359.59/cwt350.00–365.001,3133
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380381.54/cwt380.00–385.001,4503
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466282.19/cwt270.00–290.001,3156
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,334132.09/cwt130.00–133.001,7624
Bulls——1,399143.37/cwt140.00–148.002,0069
Bulls——1,517152.41/cwt149.00–155.002,3125
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88793.44/cwt90.00–99.0082920
Cows—Lean 85-90%956104.23/cwt100.00–110.0099666
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,024115.41/cwt111.00–119.001,18222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,078123.91/cwt120.00–128.001,33615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,158128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,4822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,238132.89/cwt129.00–137.001,6456
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238132.35/cwt129.00–137.001,63815

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.