Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-02-17

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Feb 17
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 824▲ 130 vs year ago 440 · +29.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 193▼ 32 vs year ago 149 · −21.5%
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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 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 $279.65/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −90.69 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$279.65
33 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.18
vs FL average
−18.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534283.501,51330
Medium and Large 2532241.231,2833thin
One grade step is worth $42.26/cwt here — about $230 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale33 hd
279.65
—
FL average2 barns · 45 hd
276.47
+3.18
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−18.18
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−90.69
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—High1,275169.342,1597thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,323154.212,04015
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,122147.711,65866
CowsLean 85-90%Low952122.291,1655thin

Every lot

64 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 2200460.00/cwt460.00–460.009201
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223525.73/cwt510.00–545.001,1722
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271506.49/cwt475.00–530.001,37310
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273445.64/cwt425.00–470.001,2172
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338425.41/cwt422.00–445.001,4386
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361358.17/cwt340.00–365.001,2934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373391.32/cwt380.00–405.001,4609
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421358.75/cwt340.00–370.001,5106
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469344.62/cwt320.00–360.001,61612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524312.16/cwt300.00–325.001,6366
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4581
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573309.71/cwt295.00–325.001,77512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5002
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626278.72/cwt270.00–290.001,7457
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2211394.20/cwt380.00–400.008324
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220430.28/cwt410.00–450.0094714
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265360.72/cwt345.00–370.009563
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272407.87/cwt390.00–425.001,10912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300320.00/cwt320.00–320.009603
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322348.95/cwt325.00–365.001,12440
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373331.68/cwt315.00–350.001,23720
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380292.68/cwt285.00–310.001,1123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416322.09/cwt300.00–335.001,34029
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430281.20/cwt275.00–295.001,2093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461282.32/cwt275.00–285.001,3014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465305.78/cwt290.00–320.001,42225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517283.50/cwt265.00–295.001,46618
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523244.35/cwt230.00–260.001,2782
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559283.49/cwt260.00–290.001,58512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629232.64/cwt220.00–245.001,4639
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1172586.78/cwt560.00–600.001,0097
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225532.23/cwt505.00–565.001,19814
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230485.80/cwt480.00–500.001,1173
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273448.35/cwt430.00–470.001,2244
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1274504.22/cwt490.00–530.001,38212
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315397.22/cwt375.00–410.001,2513
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329425.59/cwt415.00–460.001,4008
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373354.09/cwt340.00–370.001,3212
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383390.85/cwt380.00–420.001,49710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415329.64/cwt320.00–335.001,3683
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424358.32/cwt345.00–375.001,51911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3734
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479333.09/cwt320.00–360.001,5967
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531319.00/cwt315.00–330.001,6946
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572308.70/cwt295.00–325.001,7665
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4103
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634266.18/cwt265.00–270.001,6884
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,188157.11/cwt152.00–160.001,8663
Bulls——1,315185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,4332
Bulls——1,365172.01/cwt170.00–174.002,3482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%908114.87/cwt112.00–119.001,0432
Cows—Lean 85-90%982127.23/cwt125.00–128.001,2493
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,076133.25/cwt129.00–136.001,4345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115141.73/cwt137.00–145.001,58016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130151.45/cwt146.00–156.001,71145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,308156.21/cwt152.00–161.002,04311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,364148.71/cwt146.00–150.002,0284

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.