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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 19

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

853 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 825▼ 240 vs year ago 1,093 · −22.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

385 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 361▼ 120 vs year ago 505 · −23.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.65/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −133.69 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.

Average price

$236.65

22 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$23.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

vs FL average

−7.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	239.81	1,285	19thin
Medium and Large 2	517	216.67	1,119	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.14/cwt here — about $166 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 sale22 hd

236.65

—

FL average5 barns · 86 hd

234.62

+2.03

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−7.76

This barn, trailing median24 sales

370.34

−133.69

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,378	162.02	2,232	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,258	152.16	1,914	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,124	141.26	1,588	144
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	923	123.62	1,141	31

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	900	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	860	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	950	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	266	413.93/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,101	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	311	382.23/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,189	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	401.81/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,342	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	367.11/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,355	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	343.46/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,477	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	255.42/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,183	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	270.13/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,307	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	261.21/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,364	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	237.34/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,267	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	251.38/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,433	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	214.82/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,338	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	233.52/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,474	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	222	377.82/cwt	370.00–385.00	839	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	269	344.24/cwt	330.00–355.00	926	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	327.26/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,060	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	293.57/cwt	290.00–310.00	986	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	290.94/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,076	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	267.05/cwt	260.00–275.00	996	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	980	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	266.28/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,145	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	252.26/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,176	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	227.14/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,074	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	242.69/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,272	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	231.74/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,319	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	219.88/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,363	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	195.78/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,220	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	840	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	215	457.30/cwt	440.00–465.00	983	5
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	988	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	422.29/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,153	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	386.35/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,217	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	408.80/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,333	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	368.03/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,369	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	319.47/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,351	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,170	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	272.12/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,301	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	245.10/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,262	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	237.18/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,347	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,274	157.95/cwt	154.00–160.00	2,012	4
Bulls	—	—	1,390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,071	1
Bulls	—	—	1,512	171.79/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,597	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	804	114.34/cwt	110.00–118.00	919	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	125.85/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,198	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,099	135.60/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,490	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,105	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,536	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	144.37/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,643	93
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,146	147.34/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,689	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,328	155.60/cwt	151.00–161.00	2,066	15

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)

Mon Aug 19, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 853Last week 825Year ago 1,093

Slaughter CattleReceipts 385Last week 361Year ago 505

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00
5	300–350	336	290.00–310.00	293.57
4	350–400	373	260.00–275.00	267.05
2	400–450	400	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	473	220.00–235.00	227.14
2	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	550	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	623	190.00–202.00	195.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	370.00–385.00	377.82
18	250–300	269	330.00–355.00	344.24
13	300–350	324	315.00–340.00	327.26
11	350–400	370	280.00–300.00	290.94
31	400–450	430	260.00–280.00	266.28
44	450–500	466	240.00–260.00	252.26
14	500–550	524	235.00–250.00	242.69
5	550–600	569	220.00–240.00	231.74
10	600–650	620	210.00–225.00	219.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	450.00	450.00
8	250–300	266	400.00–420.00	413.93
9	300–350	334	395.00–420.00	401.81
10	350–400	369	355.00–375.00	367.11
4	400–450	430	335.00–355.00	343.46
22	450–500	484	265.00–285.00	270.13
24	500–550	522	255.00–270.00	261.21
11	550–600	570	240.00–260.00	251.38
19	600–650	631	225.00–245.00	233.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	430.00	430.00
2	250–300	250	380.00	380.00
4	300–350	311	375.00–385.00	382.23
2	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	400	320.00	320.00
7	450–500	463	245.00–260.00	255.42
4	500–550	534	235.00–245.00	237.34
2	550–600	550	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	623	210.00–220.00	214.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	215	440.00–465.00	457.30
2	250–300	273	420.00–425.00	422.29
5	300–350	326	405.00–415.00	408.80
3	350–400	372	360.00–375.00	368.03
2	400–450	423	310.00–330.00	319.47
12	450–500	478	265.00–285.00	272.12
21	500–550	515	230.00–250.00	245.10
6	550–600	568	225.00–245.00	237.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	420.00	420.00
1	250–300	250	395.00	395.00
3	300–350	315	380.00–390.00	386.35
2	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	450	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,328	151.00–161.00	155.60
8	—	1,146	142.00–150.00	147.34
1	—	1,105	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,138	140.00–150.00	144.37
51	—	1,099	130.00–139.00	135.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	804	110.00–118.00	114.34
25	—	952	119.00–129.00	125.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	149.00	149.00
4	—	1,274	154.00–160.00	157.95
3	—	1,512	167.00–177.00	171.79

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.