Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-09-23

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Sep 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,005 head
▲ 194 vs last sale 811▼ 308 vs year ago 1,313 · −23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
162 head
▼ 166 vs last sale 328▼ 258 vs year ago 420 · −61.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower and feeder classes 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.08/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −137.26 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$233.08
25 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,250
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.54
vs FL average
−7.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538237.641,27920
Medium and Large 2528214.821,1355thin
One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale25 hd
233.08
—
FL average6 barns · 94 hd
225.53
+7.54
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−7.01
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−137.26
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—Low1,292143.181,8499thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,269124.061,57410
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,093115.791,26563
CowsLean 85-90%Low90596.718754thin

Every lot

61 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 2250365.00/cwt365.00–365.009132
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277381.36/cwt375.00–390.001,0566
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0352
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328383.58/cwt375.00–395.001,2585
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364351.43/cwt335.00–360.001,27918
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2377320.57/cwt315.00–330.001,2095
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2409311.74/cwt300.00–315.001,2755
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428326.94/cwt320.00–340.001,39911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481271.79/cwt265.00–285.001,30736
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519261.05/cwt250.00–270.001,35511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564260.51/cwt250.00–265.001,46920
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573232.21/cwt225.00–240.001,3312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620235.23/cwt225.00–245.001,45811
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1222336.33/cwt325.00–350.007477
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223311.74/cwt305.00–320.006952
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265299.43/cwt290.00–305.007933
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272332.57/cwt325.00–340.0090512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313293.70/cwt280.00–300.009197
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323319.36/cwt305.00–330.001,03215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363258.78/cwt245.00–265.009397
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376280.86/cwt270.00–295.001,05647
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417244.00/cwt235.00–250.001,0178
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421266.12/cwt255.00–275.001,12022
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465263.85/cwt250.00–270.001,22717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480234.69/cwt230.00–245.001,1276
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523239.76/cwt230.00–250.001,25413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523214.78/cwt210.00–220.001,1234
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566233.70/cwt225.00–240.001,3237
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3802
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623194.82/cwt190.00–200.001,2142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200370.00/cwt370.00–370.007401
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228383.16/cwt375.00–400.008746
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265362.58/cwt350.00–370.009616
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276385.75/cwt375.00–400.001,06513
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330378.03/cwt370.00–395.001,2479
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330349.55/cwt345.00–360.001,1546
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360325.12/cwt310.00–330.001,1709
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380343.44/cwt335.00–360.001,30531
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1429306.37/cwt300.00–320.001,3146
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430288.10/cwt285.00–295.001,2393
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473277.13/cwt265.00–285.001,31116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477250.66/cwt245.00–260.001,19610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525247.85/cwt240.00–260.001,3018
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565224.73/cwt215.00–230.001,2703
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571244.80/cwt235.00–255.001,3988
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2901
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623234.64/cwt225.00–245.001,4622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,233140.06/cwt138.00–142.001,7273
Bulls——1,275131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,6701
Bulls——1,330147.49/cwt145.00–150.001,9625
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90090.00/cwt90.00–90.008101
Cows—Lean 85-90%90798.94/cwt96.00–100.008973
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,052113.56/cwt109.00–117.001,19523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101121.46/cwt118.00–126.001,33729
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155105.49/cwt101.00–108.001,21811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,269124.06/cwt119.00–127.001,57410

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.