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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jan 13
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
996 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 1,030▲ 144 vs year ago 852 · +16.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
349 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 381▲ 3 vs year ago 346 · +0.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.41/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −113.93 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$256.41
16 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,374
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.20
vs FL average
−47.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540261.351,41313thin
Medium and Large 2517235.001,2143thin
One grade step is worth $26.35/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 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 sale16 hd
256.41
—
FL average4 barns · 42 hd
256.61
−0.20
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−47.62
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−113.93
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—High1,644168.472,77026
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,352134.821,82214
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,112123.121,369117
CowsLean 85-90%Low912104.1795042

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273494.62/cwt480.00–505.001,3506
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315390.87/cwt375.00–400.001,2313
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328445.88/cwt440.00–455.001,4624
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361370.43/cwt345.00–380.001,3374
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378398.49/cwt385.00–430.001,50617
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439354.40/cwt350.00–385.001,55615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473294.52/cwt285.00–305.001,3932
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475333.48/cwt320.00–360.001,58412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531309.57/cwt300.00–335.001,64412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565284.47/cwt265.00–295.001,6073
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150450.00/cwt450.00–450.006751
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1175533.06/cwt500.00–560.0093312
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200405.00/cwt405.00–405.008101
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228469.54/cwt450.00–500.001,07116
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273376.06/cwt360.00–395.001,0272
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281417.38/cwt400.00–450.001,17313
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316359.05/cwt335.00–375.001,13529
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2336303.57/cwt300.00–320.001,0205
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373299.40/cwt290.00–310.001,1172
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374339.75/cwt320.00–360.001,27142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415297.85/cwt285.00–305.001,2363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420336.45/cwt320.00–350.001,41317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2151
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465308.24/cwt285.00–320.001,43316
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2002
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526263.14/cwt255.00–275.001,3849
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573257.33/cwt250.00–265.001,4754
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609247.88/cwt240.00–250.001,5105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150495.00/cwt495.00–495.007431
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1177541.05/cwt515.00–575.009585
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200485.00/cwt485.00–485.009701
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224541.65/cwt510.00–570.001,2139
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250450.00/cwt445.00–460.001,1253
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1267501.06/cwt475.00–520.001,33821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315399.05/cwt380.00–410.001,2573
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323448.49/cwt425.00–470.001,44914
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365367.37/cwt345.00–380.001,3413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378402.50/cwt385.00–425.001,52115
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423363.56/cwt345.00–385.001,5385
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456297.68/cwt285.00–300.001,3577
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1486319.55/cwt312.00–345.001,55324
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525296.63/cwt285.00–310.001,55711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571269.90/cwt265.00–275.001,5414
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621257.31/cwt245.00–265.001,5984
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,474153.71/cwt145.00–159.002,26614
Bulls——1,667165.30/cwt162.00–170.002,7563
Bulls——1,901192.50/cwt182.00–197.003,6599
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86399.10/cwt95.00–101.0085514
Cows—Lean 85-90%937106.71/cwt102.00–110.001,00028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,069116.12/cwt111.00–119.001,24132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101123.16/cwt120.00–128.001,35659
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190131.64/cwt129.00–137.001,56726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,243130.64/cwt129.00–132.001,6246
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433137.95/cwt134.00–141.001,9778

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.