Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-01-06

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jan 6
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,030 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 966▼ 38 vs year ago 1,068 · −3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
381 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 250▲ 69 vs year ago 312 · +22.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.18/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −126.16 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$244.18
8 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,279
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.11
vs FL average
−61.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527247.631,3057thin
Medium and Large 2500220.001,1001thin
One grade step is worth $27.63/cwt here — about $205 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 sale8 hd
244.18
—
FL average2 barns · 12 hd
241.07
+3.11
National average163 barns · 22,771 hd
305.24
−61.06
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−126.16
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—Average1,476155.492,29519
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,277125.821,60713
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,108116.681,293126
CowsLean 85-90%Average87996.8785237

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2223426.24/cwt415.00–440.009512
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225475.26/cwt460.00–500.001,0693
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280394.46/cwt390.00–405.001,1043
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283437.15/cwt430.00–465.001,2379
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316433.65/cwt405.00–445.001,3707
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323381.28/cwt365.00–400.001,2322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367389.30/cwt370.00–400.001,42928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434306.92/cwt300.00–330.001,3324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435342.88/cwt335.00–370.001,49212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470308.28/cwt295.00–320.001,44911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539284.73/cwt280.00–310.001,53511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3752
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568286.38/cwt275.00–295.001,6273
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615268.25/cwt265.00–270.001,6503
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623237.23/cwt230.00–245.001,4782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215398.60/cwt380.00–410.008573
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228432.85/cwt420.00–460.0098710
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265325.72/cwt310.00–335.008633
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278354.44/cwt340.00–375.0098523
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316339.42/cwt320.00–350.001,07334
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330297.58/cwt290.00–315.009823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2361283.17/cwt265.00–290.001,0224
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377309.21/cwt295.00–325.001,16635
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423286.29/cwt275.00–300.001,21118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436253.67/cwt250.00–270.001,1065
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1031
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471271.98/cwt265.00–280.001,2817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527247.63/cwt240.00–265.001,3057
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223427.98/cwt410.00–450.009542
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1231475.40/cwt460.00–510.001,09820
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265407.01/cwt385.00–420.001,0793
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1266445.50/cwt425.00–460.001,1859
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2311390.30/cwt365.00–400.001,2144
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324427.63/cwt410.00–445.001,3868
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2252
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371383.26/cwt370.00–395.001,42211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424348.22/cwt335.00–370.001,4764
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430306.20/cwt300.00–320.001,3173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2382
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484295.31/cwt290.00–320.001,4298
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523284.57/cwt275.00–295.001,4882
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4031
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615246.50/cwt240.00–250.001,5163
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,308142.43/cwt138.00–147.001,8634
Bulls——1,454153.46/cwt149.00–159.002,2317
Bulls——1,579163.80/cwt160.00–168.002,5868
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87791.15/cwt88.00–95.0079915
Cows—Lean 85-90%881100.77/cwt97.00–104.0088822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,056107.42/cwt105.00–109.001,13419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,077114.84/cwt110.00–118.001,23758
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166122.45/cwt119.00–127.001,42849
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,268126.72/cwt123.00–130.001,60712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5931

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.