Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-02-10

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Feb 10
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
824 head
▼ 332 vs last sale 1,156▼ 45 vs year ago 869 · −5.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
193 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 447▼ 23 vs year ago 216 · −10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder classes 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.22/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −102.12 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$268.22
23 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,450
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.15
vs FL average
−28.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540270.911,46221
Medium and Large 2550240.001,3202thin
One grade step is worth $30.91/cwt here — about $142 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 sale23 hd
268.22
—
FL average4 barns · 46 hd
271.37
−3.15
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−28.78
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−102.12
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—Low1,497171.032,56128
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,384149.422,06835
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,097139.221,52764
CowsLean 85-90%Average901113.681,02415

Every lot

59 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 2200475.00/cwt475.00–475.009501
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1224521.31/cwt500.00–545.001,1684
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273502.99/cwt475.00–520.001,3738
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329461.87/cwt450.00–490.001,5206
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330417.12/cwt405.00–445.001,3763
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366413.58/cwt390.00–425.001,51413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384347.98/cwt340.00–375.001,3364
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423375.28/cwt350.00–385.001,5879
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473344.70/cwt320.00–360.001,6308
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473304.52/cwt295.00–315.001,4402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527310.87/cwt295.00–330.001,63813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574291.83/cwt280.00–300.001,6755
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626256.96/cwt245.00–270.001,6097
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220453.32/cwt430.00–480.009975
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230398.70/cwt390.00–420.009173
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276398.51/cwt380.00–425.001,10025
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280357.44/cwt350.00–375.001,0013
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323313.95/cwt300.00–330.001,0146
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327353.02/cwt340.00–375.001,15422
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365300.98/cwt285.00–310.001,0993
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378331.54/cwt315.00–355.001,25328
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419280.90/cwt270.00–290.001,1777
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424309.25/cwt295.00–330.001,31125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469285.94/cwt270.00–300.001,34120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524274.35/cwt260.00–290.001,43814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3202
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571264.02/cwt250.00–275.001,5087
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618215.83/cwt210.00–220.001,3345
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630184.76/cwt180.00–195.001,1643
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200460.00/cwt460.00–460.009201
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223511.16/cwt490.00–540.001,14013
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2261453.71/cwt425.00–465.001,1844
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1271497.55/cwt470.00–520.001,34831
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2301
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327465.15/cwt450.00–485.001,52113
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373356.44/cwt340.00–375.001,3302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374403.21/cwt380.00–425.001,50822
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427360.12/cwt350.00–370.001,5389
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430327.75/cwt320.00–345.001,4093
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465307.90/cwt295.00–315.001,4323
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466330.92/cwt320.00–355.001,5429
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521304.83/cwt295.00–315.001,5885
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572286.27/cwt270.00–300.001,6373
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629259.82/cwt255.00–275.001,6346
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,339157.65/cwt151.00–162.002,11110
Bulls——1,491172.63/cwt164.00–181.002,57412
Bulls——1,773190.13/cwt184.00–200.003,3716
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893116.42/cwt112.00–120.001,04010
Cows—Lean 85-90%917108.21/cwt104.00–111.009925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,072137.61/cwt133.00–141.001,47528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091129.58/cwt127.00–132.001,41410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126144.66/cwt142.00–151.001,62926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,313142.50/cwt140.00–144.001,8715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396150.57/cwt145.00–155.002,10230

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.