Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-10-07

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
391 head
▼ 677 vs last sale 1,068▼ 578 vs year ago 969 · −59.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 146▲ 39 vs year ago 174 · +22.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady 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 $228.25/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −142.09 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$228.25
23 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,245
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs FL average
−24.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545234.471,27817thin
Medium and Large 2547210.631,1526thin
One grade step is worth $23.84/cwt here — about $126 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 sale23 hd
228.25
—
FL average4 barns · 52 hd
227.70
+0.55
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−24.43
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−142.09
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—High1,553142.542,21420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,409124.241,75014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198118.471,42081
CowsLean 85-90%Low95397.5793022

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200435.00/cwt435.00–435.008701
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200385.00/cwt385.00–385.007701
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008752
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275371.47/cwt365.00–380.001,0228
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330376.52/cwt375.00–380.001,2433
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373327.05/cwt320.00–335.001,2202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378352.99/cwt345.00–370.001,3349
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423287.10/cwt280.00–295.001,2142
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424309.00/cwt300.00–320.001,3107
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465264.68/cwt255.00–270.001,2313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472287.50/cwt280.00–295.001,35713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519280.94/cwt270.00–290.001,45815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530261.57/cwt260.00–265.001,3863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565259.73/cwt250.00–265.001,4673
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578277.25/cwt270.00–290.001,6038
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3921
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619252.37/cwt245.00–260.001,5624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223341.24/cwt330.00–355.007612
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223319.49/cwt315.00–325.007122
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268301.19/cwt290.00–310.008075
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283328.95/cwt325.00–340.009317
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319315.12/cwt300.00–325.001,0058
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330284.55/cwt280.00–295.009393
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368261.41/cwt250.00–270.009625
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378285.51/cwt280.00–300.001,0796
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411242.29/cwt235.00–245.009964
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426264.41/cwt255.00–275.001,12615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464233.40/cwt230.00–235.001,08310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479246.93/cwt240.00–260.001,18312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526235.78/cwt230.00–245.001,24010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534212.34/cwt210.00–220.001,1344
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572232.60/cwt225.00–240.001,3307
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573207.21/cwt200.00–215.001,1872
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623214.82/cwt210.00–220.001,3382
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200425.00/cwt425.00–425.008501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273349.17/cwt340.00–360.009532
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276381.70/cwt375.00–390.001,0535
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365336.39/cwt330.00–340.001,2283
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373352.35/cwt350.00–355.001,3142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421295.84/cwt290.00–305.001,2455
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468277.70/cwt265.00–285.001,30012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528270.80/cwt265.00–280.001,4305
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4521
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,260128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,6131
Bulls——1,432138.35/cwt135.00–141.001,9819
Bulls——1,692147.76/cwt144.00–154.002,50010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%911101.41/cwt97.00–105.0092413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01492.02/cwt89.00–96.009339
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,048108.55/cwt106.00–111.001,13811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168116.96/cwt112.00–120.001,36640
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294124.13/cwt121.00–129.001,60630
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398126.50/cwt124.00–132.001,7688
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423121.23/cwt117.00–123.001,7256

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.