Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-10-14

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 14
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
624 head
▲ 233 vs last sale 391▼ 441 vs year ago 1,065 · −41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 213▼ 120 vs year ago 266 · −45.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.56/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −136.78 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$233.56
34 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,262
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.92
vs FL average
−24.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537237.681,27729
Medium and Large 2557209.721,1695thin
One grade step is worth $27.96/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale34 hd
233.56
—
FL average3 barns · 60 hd
226.64
+6.92
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−24.25
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−136.78
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—Low1,401137.971,9339thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,188130.001,5442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,047118.751,24434
CowsLean 85-90%Low91698.649049thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1173470.87/cwt460.00–485.008152
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250380.00/cwt380.00–380.009501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372344.51/cwt335.00–360.001,2823
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373324.70/cwt320.00–330.001,2112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417330.85/cwt325.00–335.001,3805
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423302.10/cwt295.00–310.001,2784
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2151
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468288.88/cwt280.00–295.001,3526
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515259.71/cwt250.00–265.001,3383
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533278.21/cwt275.00–290.001,4835
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572254.13/cwt245.00–265.001,45414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624239.72/cwt230.00–250.001,49611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223344.41/cwt335.00–355.007684
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223313.99/cwt305.00–325.007002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270317.84/cwt305.00–330.0085811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280289.46/cwt285.00–300.008103
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2311290.84/cwt280.00–295.009054
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324314.47/cwt305.00–330.001,0197
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359261.70/cwt250.00–265.009405
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385274.61/cwt270.00–295.001,0576
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415244.64/cwt235.00–250.001,0153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424264.81/cwt255.00–275.001,12322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474249.12/cwt240.00–260.001,18116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486222.78/cwt220.00–235.001,0835
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516242.52/cwt230.00–250.001,25118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523217.18/cwt210.00–225.001,1362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572229.75/cwt220.00–240.001,31411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580204.74/cwt200.00–215.001,1873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623214.64/cwt205.00–225.001,3372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1150480.00/cwt480.00–480.007201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265352.58/cwt340.00–360.009343
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273376.19/cwt365.00–390.001,0276
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323379.69/cwt370.00–395.001,2266
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365322.79/cwt310.00–330.001,1783
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375344.47/cwt335.00–360.001,2923
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418270.74/cwt265.00–275.001,1325
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426288.49/cwt280.00–300.001,2295
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475274.50/cwt265.00–285.001,30413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480249.69/cwt245.00–260.001,1993
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511237.33/cwt230.00–240.001,2134
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523258.92/cwt250.00–270.001,3546
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2652
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573245.08/cwt237.00–255.001,4048
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,173131.55/cwt129.00–134.001,5433
Bulls——1,300145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8851
Bulls——1,558140.42/cwt138.00–143.002,1885
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90092.30/cwt90.00–95.008314
Cows—Lean 85-90%929103.72/cwt100.00–105.009645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045124.97/cwt122.00–130.001,3069
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,047118.69/cwt114.00–121.001,24319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,051109.63/cwt108.00–112.001,1526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,155123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,4211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,6711

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.