Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-11-04

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 4
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,274 head
▲ 237 vs last sale 1,037▲ 367 vs year ago 907 · +40.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 200▼ 99 vs year ago 310 · −31.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher and feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.13/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −137.21 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$233.13
42 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.42
vs FL average
−25.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539237.441,27936
Medium and Large 2564207.301,1686thin
One grade step is worth $30.13/cwt here — about $111 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 sale42 hd
233.13
—
FL average5 barns · 114 hd
234.55
−1.42
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−25.26
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−137.21
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—Low1,706169.662,89422
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,335119.411,59411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,264114.011,44153
CowsLean 85-90%Average89093.848355thin

Every lot

63 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 2200425.00/cwt425.00–425.008501
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230440.38/cwt430.00–460.001,0134
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280426.52/cwt420.00–440.001,1945
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318386.32/cwt375.00–395.001,2285
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322416.19/cwt405.00–425.001,3403
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365379.18/cwt360.00–390.001,3843
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365336.39/cwt330.00–340.001,2283
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427313.81/cwt300.00–330.001,34012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430277.75/cwt270.00–295.001,1943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471289.02/cwt280.00–300.001,36130
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473269.76/cwt265.00–275.001,2764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2502
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524273.59/cwt265.00–285.001,4349
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569268.53/cwt260.00–275.001,5288
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608258.23/cwt250.00–260.001,5706
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2211339.20/cwt325.00–345.007164
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1219373.63/cwt360.00–385.008187
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273315.47/cwt300.00–330.0086117
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273281.47/cwt270.00–295.007682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319312.71/cwt295.00–325.0099827
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323276.63/cwt265.00–290.008942
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374297.36/cwt285.00–315.001,1129
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384260.70/cwt255.00–280.001,0014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425263.04/cwt250.00–280.001,11839
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430227.75/cwt220.00–245.009793
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466255.86/cwt245.00–265.001,19228
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473232.14/cwt225.00–240.001,0984
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522240.06/cwt230.00–250.001,25322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523217.18/cwt210.00–225.001,1362
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565233.31/cwt220.00–240.001,31814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584202.36/cwt200.00–210.001,1824
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615229.76/cwt220.00–235.001,4133
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2165396.06/cwt390.00–400.006533
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1173435.87/cwt425.00–450.007542
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200450.00/cwt450.00–450.009002
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223419.49/cwt415.00–425.009352
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275434.59/cwt420.00–450.001,19511
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318416.85/cwt400.00–430.001,32611
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318381.32/cwt370.00–390.001,2135
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365346.39/cwt340.00–350.001,2643
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371377.02/cwt365.00–390.001,3996
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413277.30/cwt260.00–285.001,1457
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424303.85/cwt290.00–320.001,28817
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473257.14/cwt250.00–265.001,2162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485275.46/cwt270.00–290.001,33625
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514265.35/cwt255.00–270.001,36430
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566248.98/cwt240.00–260.001,4098
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573227.21/cwt220.00–235.001,3022
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633239.00/cwt235.00–250.001,5136
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,522147.99/cwt145.00–150.002,2523
Bulls——1,638164.20/cwt158.00–170.002,6908
Bulls——1,805179.55/cwt171.00–186.003,24111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81088.78/cwt87.00–91.007192
Cows—Lean 85-90%94397.22/cwt92.00–100.009173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208110.58/cwt107.00–115.001,33614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252104.14/cwt100.00–106.001,30413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300120.80/cwt116.00–126.001,57026
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,314122.12/cwt117.00–127.001,6058
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392112.17/cwt109.00–115.001,5613

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.