Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-08-26

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 26
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
881 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 853▼ 376 vs year ago 1,257 · −29.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
463 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 385▼ 123 vs year ago 586 · −21.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.53/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −138.81 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$231.53
37 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.26
vs FL average
−10.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539233.711,25933
Medium and Large 2524213.531,1184thin
One grade step is worth $20.18/cwt here — about $141 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 sale37 hd
231.53
—
FL average5 barns · 127 hd
228.27
+3.26
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−10.35
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−138.81
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—Low1,482156.142,31310
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,265140.691,78022
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,069134.101,434130
CowsLean 85-90%Low927119.691,10965

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315406.35/cwt400.00–410.001,2803
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323369.30/cwt360.00–380.001,1932
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2081
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369366.34/cwt355.00–375.001,3526
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428315.76/cwt310.00–330.001,3519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472269.22/cwt260.00–280.001,27134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473244.76/cwt240.00–250.001,1582
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515234.71/cwt225.00–240.001,2093
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523256.55/cwt245.00–265.001,34222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571251.05/cwt240.00–260.001,43312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623217.23/cwt210.00–225.001,3532
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630239.96/cwt235.00–250.001,51212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278328.77/cwt320.00–345.009147
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2284298.30/cwt295.00–310.008474
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316318.98/cwt305.00–330.001,0087
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330286.06/cwt280.00–300.009443
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373249.70/cwt245.00–255.009312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377266.37/cwt260.00–280.001,00416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423235.68/cwt230.00–242.009972
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428254.00/cwt245.00–265.001,08732
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0354
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466247.54/cwt235.00–255.001,15429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515214.71/cwt205.00–220.001,1063
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526234.29/cwt225.00–245.001,23223
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568232.37/cwt225.00–240.001,32010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1521
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622221.49/cwt215.00–230.001,3783
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223434.49/cwt430.00–440.009692
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250395.00/cwt395.00–395.009881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265422.58/cwt410.00–430.001,1203
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2301
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318373.49/cwt365.00–380.001,1885
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2082
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373362.35/cwt360.00–365.001,3522
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2601
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480248.13/cwt245.00–255.001,1913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481263.78/cwt260.00–275.001,2695
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520233.14/cwt220.00–240.001,2129
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523204.78/cwt200.00–210.001,0712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569232.29/cwt220.00–240.001,3228
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625218.08/cwt210.00–230.001,3633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,113147.30/cwt144.00–150.001,6392
Bulls——1,537157.40/cwt152.00–164.002,4197
Bulls——1,830165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,0201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%924121.53/cwt116.00–124.001,12352
Cows—Lean 85-90%937112.35/cwt108.00–115.001,05313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,059131.14/cwt127.00–135.001,38975
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,081139.58/cwt136.00–146.001,50950
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,109123.71/cwt120.00–126.001,3725
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,261141.44/cwt137.00–147.001,78420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305133.19/cwt131.00–135.001,7382

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.