Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-09-09

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Sep 9
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,166 head
▲ 285 vs last sale 881▼ 76 vs year ago 1,242 · −6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 229 vs last sale 463▼ 116 vs year ago 350 · −33.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last Monday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $254.26/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −133.80 against this barn's trailing median of $388.06.
Average price
$254.26
52 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.07
vs FL average
−13.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537257.761,38543
Medium and Large 2547237.511,2999thin
One grade step is worth $20.25/cwt here — about $86 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 sale52 hd
254.26
—
FL average5 barns · 176 hd
248.19
+6.07
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−13.94
This barn, trailing median22 sales
388.06
−133.80
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—Low1,503145.392,18523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,331129.741,7278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,085115.391,25270
CowsLean 85-90%Low88699.2187918

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1209371.74/cwt360.00–375.007777
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273382.06/cwt375.00–390.001,0436
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273349.17/cwt340.00–360.009532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325382.10/cwt370.00–390.001,24232
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330353.03/cwt350.00–360.001,1653
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373332.05/cwt325.00–340.001,2392
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375353.79/cwt345.00–365.001,32711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428317.23/cwt310.00–330.001,35817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430294.65/cwt290.00–305.001,2673
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458264.75/cwt250.00–268.001,2136
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481276.42/cwt270.00–290.001,33040
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520260.94/cwt250.00–270.001,35728
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536240.93/cwt240.00–245.001,2915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561233.23/cwt220.00–238.001,3084
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570251.83/cwt240.00–260.001,43515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619234.36/cwt230.00–240.001,45145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200315.00/cwt315.00–315.006301
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1231326.23/cwt320.00–345.007545
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272327.10/cwt315.00–340.0089023
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273299.17/cwt290.00–310.008172
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327308.21/cwt300.00–320.001,00811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327285.50/cwt280.00–295.009345
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369245.42/cwt240.00–250.009067
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379262.52/cwt255.00–275.0099525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415236.43/cwt230.00–240.009816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418257.90/cwt245.00–265.001,07831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469230.48/cwt225.00–235.001,0817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471248.37/cwt240.00–260.001,17025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518229.89/cwt222.00–235.001,19110
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0731
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615182.80/cwt175.00–187.001,1243
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623204.82/cwt200.00–210.001,2762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1216365.38/cwt350.00–375.007894
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1284374.25/cwt370.00–390.001,06314
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323354.65/cwt350.00–360.001,1462
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327376.18/cwt370.00–385.001,2307
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366311.53/cwt300.00–317.001,14010
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373283.11/cwt277.00–290.001,0562
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423294.73/cwt290.00–300.001,2472
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423267.10/cwt260.00–275.001,1302
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1459260.67/cwt245.00–265.001,19611
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1537235.78/cwt234.00–245.001,2669
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573232.65/cwt225.00–240.001,3335
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623214.82/cwt210.00–220.001,3382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,280134.04/cwt131.00–137.001,7164
Bulls——1,344143.65/cwt140.00–149.001,93112
Bulls——1,903154.85/cwt151.00–160.002,9477
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87192.95/cwt90.00–96.008106
Cows—Lean 85-90%893102.34/cwt99.00–106.0091412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,047107.33/cwt105.00–109.001,12412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,062114.40/cwt110.00–118.001,21538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151122.10/cwt119.00–129.001,40520
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320121.41/cwt119.00–124.001,6032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335132.52/cwt127.00–135.001,7696

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.