Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-10-28

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 28
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,037 head
▲ 208 vs last sale 829▲ 66 vs year ago 971 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 175▼ 92 vs year ago 292 · −31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $227.99/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −142.35 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$227.99
30 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.08
vs FL average
−32.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538232.561,25124
Medium and Large 2540209.721,1326thin
One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $119 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 sale30 hd
227.99
—
FL average5 barns · 84 hd
227.91
+0.08
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−32.47
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−142.35
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—High1,564155.052,42533
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,316130.011,71118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,158121.801,41041
CowsLean 85-90%Low88796.7585821

Every lot

62 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200435.00/cwt435.00–435.008701
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200425.00/cwt425.00–425.008501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250340.00/cwt340.00–340.008501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278380.41/cwt370.00–400.001,0584
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315342.70/cwt330.00–350.001,0803
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1337365.13/cwt362.00–380.001,2309
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357328.89/cwt310.00–332.001,17415
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373299.70/cwt295.00–305.001,1182
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411287.29/cwt280.00–290.001,1814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424311.08/cwt300.00–325.001,3196
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465259.68/cwt250.00–265.001,2086
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476278.01/cwt270.00–290.001,32319
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2511237.33/cwt230.00–240.001,2134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514258.56/cwt245.00–265.001,32917
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579242.67/cwt235.00–255.001,4057
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623252.41/cwt250.00–255.001,5732
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220386.25/cwt370.00–400.008507
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250290.00/cwt290.00–290.007251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277305.98/cwt295.00–325.0084825
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323279.30/cwt270.00–290.009024
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331303.95/cwt295.00–320.001,00615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365247.79/cwt235.00–255.009049
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389264.23/cwt260.00–285.001,02835
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415231.43/cwt225.00–235.009603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428250.57/cwt240.00–265.001,07237
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463225.42/cwt215.00–230.001,0447
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473244.20/cwt235.00–255.001,15536
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523212.18/cwt205.00–220.001,1104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526232.91/cwt225.00–245.001,22518
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573204.80/cwt200.00–210.001,1742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574231.51/cwt220.00–240.001,3296
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629220.70/cwt215.00–230.001,3886
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200400.00/cwt400.00–400.008001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230442.78/cwt430.00–460.001,0189
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1281377.01/cwt370.00–395.001,05918
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284345.51/cwt340.00–365.009814
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323339.30/cwt330.00–350.001,0966
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325368.74/cwt360.00–380.001,19818
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009984
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368325.51/cwt310.00–335.001,19824
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423269.47/cwt260.00–280.001,1404
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428299.74/cwt295.00–310.001,2834
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473247.14/cwt240.00–255.001,1692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476268.34/cwt260.00–280.001,27724
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2509217.86/cwt210.00–220.001,1095
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527238.83/cwt230.00–250.001,25914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572242.03/cwt235.00–250.001,38424
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573217.40/cwt215.00–220.001,2462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2004
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620232.33/cwt230.00–235.001,4405
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,404144.43/cwt138.00–148.002,02810
Bulls——1,604155.71/cwt151.00–159.002,49814
Bulls——1,679165.82/cwt160.00–171.002,7849
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84192.99/cwt89.00–96.0078213
Cows—Lean 85-90%961102.86/cwt99.00–105.009888
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146121.78/cwt118.00–126.001,39611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153113.21/cwt110.00–117.001,30515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171130.41/cwt127.00–135.001,52715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5751
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,319130.36/cwt127.00–135.001,71917

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.