Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-06-17

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 17
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
709 head
▼ 164 vs last sale 873▼ 363 vs year ago 1,072 · −33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 211▼ 97 vs year ago 219 · −44.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes unevenly steady and feeder classes less than 400 lbs. steady and over 400 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.20/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −85.85 against this barn's trailing median of $388.06.
Average price
$302.20
37 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.29
vs FL average
+1.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537306.531,64631
Medium and Large 2540279.861,5116thin
One grade step is worth $26.68/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale37 hd
302.20
—
FL average4 barns · 65 hd
288.92
+13.29
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
+1.54
This barn, trailing median22 sales
388.06
−85.85
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

22 sales
467421374328median 388.0603/0206/0807/2708/3111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $453.02, low $341.73, median $388.06 across 22 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—Low1,463154.462,26023
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,291142.221,83713
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,111133.301,48144
CowsLean 85-90%Low937109.641,02829

Every lot

58 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0381
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250390.00/cwt390.00–390.009752
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1331391.55/cwt385.00–405.001,2968
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378372.64/cwt365.00–385.001,40912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427336.92/cwt330.00–350.001,43926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462323.51/cwt320.00–327.001,49520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480294.69/cwt290.00–305.001,4153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515286.47/cwt280.00–290.001,4753
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521311.53/cwt300.00–320.001,62322
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565273.24/cwt270.00–275.001,5443
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576294.31/cwt285.00–305.001,6959
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623269.42/cwt260.00–280.001,6788
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215352.40/cwt340.00–360.007583
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223318.99/cwt310.00–330.007112
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250320.00/cwt320.00–320.008002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267352.87/cwt340.00–360.0094214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315347.86/cwt335.00–355.001,09611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323325.72/cwt322.00–330.001,0526
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370318.40/cwt310.00–325.001,1784
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380289.61/cwt285.00–300.001,1013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418283.36/cwt272.00–292.001,18415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418263.61/cwt255.00–270.001,1025
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481269.31/cwt265.00–280.001,29520
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523232.18/cwt225.00–240.001,2142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524254.79/cwt245.00–265.001,3356
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565253.95/cwt252.00–255.001,4353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630198.17/cwt195.00–205.001,2483
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1222394.55/cwt380.00–405.008768
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223369.49/cwt365.00–375.008242
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2261395.77/cwt385.00–400.001,0334
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273414.17/cwt405.00–425.001,1312
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1103
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329393.33/cwt385.00–400.001,29410
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380349.61/cwt345.00–360.001,3293
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384367.28/cwt365.00–375.001,4104
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430313.10/cwt310.00–320.001,3463
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1442330.53/cwt330.00–340.001,46117
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473265.71/cwt260.00–272.001,2572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478288.12/cwt280.00–300.001,3776
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523237.18/cwt230.00–245.001,2402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625249.48/cwt242.00–260.001,5593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,392150.18/cwt146.00–156.002,09111
Bulls——1,453141.53/cwt138.00–146.002,0563
Bulls——1,554164.00/cwt159.00–170.002,5499
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919114.97/cwt111.00–121.001,05713
Cows—Lean 85-90%952105.31/cwt100.00–110.001,00316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,102128.93/cwt125.00–132.001,42120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,119136.95/cwt133.00–145.001,53224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,177137.12/cwt134.00–139.001,6145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363145.40/cwt140.00–152.001,9828

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.