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

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Mar 3
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
653 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 656▲ 149 vs year ago 504 · +29.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 308▼ 73 vs year ago 243 · −30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady 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 $280.90/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −89.44 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$280.90
21 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.58
vs FL average
−24.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538284.161,52919thin
Medium and Large 2550250.001,3752thin
One grade step is worth $34.16/cwt here — about $154 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 sale21 hd
280.90
—
FL average4 barns · 52 hd
280.32
+0.58
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−24.12
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−89.44
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—Low1,413179.882,54119
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,277159.422,03512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,088149.531,62752
CowsLean 85-90%Low856125.301,07321

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365359.18/cwt340.00–370.001,3113
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370404.80/cwt400.00–410.001,4983
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427361.07/cwt350.00–380.001,5423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473349.46/cwt325.00–365.001,6534
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480302.81/cwt295.00–320.001,4533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514352.88/cwt325.00–365.001,8146
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6231
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568338.59/cwt315.00–350.001,9235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624275.94/cwt265.00–295.001,7224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2165404.09/cwt395.00–410.006673
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1174449.46/cwt425.00–470.0078219
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223350.73/cwt335.00–370.007824
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225395.94/cwt375.00–420.0089126
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268341.79/cwt325.00–355.009165
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284370.26/cwt360.00–400.001,05243
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315314.05/cwt295.00–325.009893
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318353.30/cwt330.00–370.001,12329
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365299.59/cwt290.00–305.001,0943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380337.30/cwt320.00–360.001,28223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419330.31/cwt310.00–345.001,38419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426293.05/cwt285.00–305.001,2487
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473282.14/cwt275.00–290.001,3354
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477308.59/cwt295.00–330.001,47215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519288.03/cwt280.00–295.001,49511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564278.83/cwt270.00–285.001,5738
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625248.46/cwt240.00–260.001,5534
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150520.00/cwt520.00–520.007801
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1185546.64/cwt530.00–590.001,01112
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223507.98/cwt490.00–530.001,1334
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224565.02/cwt540.00–595.001,26619
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273526.37/cwt495.00–550.001,43731
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273468.35/cwt450.00–490.001,2792
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322452.25/cwt430.00–480.001,45615
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330400.61/cwt390.00–425.001,3223
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373356.44/cwt340.00–375.001,3302
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375399.57/cwt380.00–420.001,49814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423327.10/cwt320.00–335.001,3842
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427366.60/cwt355.00–385.001,56513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464353.95/cwt335.00–365.001,64213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1517350.52/cwt325.00–365.001,81212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565339.73/cwt330.00–345.001,9193
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580294.74/cwt290.00–305.001,7093
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624275.63/cwt265.00–290.001,7206
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,000160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6001
Bulls——1,322174.38/cwt167.00–181.002,30511
Bulls——1,614191.36/cwt183.00–201.003,0897
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%790118.76/cwt118.00–120.009383
Cows—Lean 85-90%867126.39/cwt121.00–130.001,09618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,072148.18/cwt145.00–152.001,58815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,074138.44/cwt135.00–143.001,48714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107157.15/cwt153.00–163.001,74023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,273159.91/cwt155.00–165.002,03611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,315154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,0251

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.