Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-02-03

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Feb 3
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
▲ 256 vs last sale 900▲ 418 vs year ago 738 · +56.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
447 head
▲ 264 vs last sale 183▲ 209 vs year ago 238 · +87.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.69/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −97.65 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$272.69
35 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.43
vs FL average
−26.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537274.251,47333
Medium and Large 2523246.961,2922thin
One grade step is worth $27.29/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale35 hd
272.69
—
FL average4 barns · 55 hd
270.27
+2.43
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−26.17
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−97.65
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—High1,581174.012,75137
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,273142.751,81813
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,090133.681,457115
CowsLean 85-90%Low901113.011,01832

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,1381
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278528.47/cwt525.00–535.001,4694
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323426.28/cwt410.00–445.001,3772
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330462.58/cwt450.00–490.001,5277
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378400.84/cwt390.00–425.001,51517
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3203
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422376.27/cwt350.00–390.001,58816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476308.11/cwt300.00–320.001,4677
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479343.43/cwt330.00–370.001,64529
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513345.38/cwt325.00–355.001,77225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530294.72/cwt290.00–305.001,5623
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574299.62/cwt285.00–315.001,7204
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620272.87/cwt260.00–285.001,69210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200420.00/cwt420.00–420.008402
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225472.95/cwt450.00–500.001,06419
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278411.53/cwt395.00–440.001,14414
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2286361.12/cwt355.00–390.001,0335
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321383.14/cwt365.00–400.001,23030
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327334.17/cwt325.00–350.001,0935
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358306.32/cwt290.00–310.001,0976
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370347.00/cwt325.00–365.001,28424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418296.48/cwt285.00–305.001,2395
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424327.85/cwt310.00–345.001,39028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461263.29/cwt245.00–270.001,2144
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470290.22/cwt275.00–305.001,36419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520281.06/cwt265.00–295.001,46222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523246.96/cwt235.00–260.001,2922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571260.64/cwt250.00–270.001,48811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630226.35/cwt220.00–240.001,4263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200490.00/cwt490.00–490.009801
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220563.47/cwt530.00–590.001,24011
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270537.62/cwt500.00–560.001,45219
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315481.31/cwt450.00–500.001,51611
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315420.87/cwt405.00–430.001,3263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365365.98/cwt350.00–375.001,3363
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376393.77/cwt380.00–420.001,48119
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434359.22/cwt350.00–390.001,5594
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6003
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571302.31/cwt295.00–315.001,7264
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623269.82/cwt265.00–275.001,6812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,259151.18/cwt145.00–156.001,9035
Bulls——1,367166.19/cwt160.00–172.002,2728
Bulls——1,719181.38/cwt174.00–191.003,11824
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%901114.36/cwt110.00–118.001,03027
Cows—Lean 85-90%901105.72/cwt105.00–108.009535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,012124.42/cwt120.00–126.001,25918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,077131.45/cwt127.00–135.001,41649
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133139.42/cwt136.00–146.001,58048
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,264145.17/cwt141.00–150.001,8359
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,294137.30/cwt136.00–139.001,7774

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.