Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-04-14

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Apr 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
▲ 157 vs last sale 524▲ 173 vs year ago 508 · +34.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 272▲ 31 vs year ago 228 · +13.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $307.29/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −68.74 against this barn's trailing median of $376.03.
Average price
$307.29
12 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544308.751,68010thin
Medium and Large 2500300.001,5002thin
One grade step is worth $8.75/cwt here — about $180 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 sale12 hd
307.29
—
FL average2 barns · 19 hd
315.28
−8.00
This barn, trailing median19 sales
376.03
−68.74
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

19 sales
441399357314median 376.0303/0206/0807/2008/2411/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $427.13, low $328.43, median $376.03 across 19 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—Average1,252169.262,1196thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,268146.601,8599thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,114134.711,50078
CowsLean 85-90%Low908116.201,05512

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1173574.35/cwt570.00–580.009942
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200480.00/cwt480.00–480.009601
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223556.24/cwt545.00–570.001,2402
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273494.73/cwt490.00–500.001,3513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339451.10/cwt450.00–460.001,5298
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358397.35/cwt375.00–405.001,42315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373346.74/cwt335.00–360.001,2932
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423311.83/cwt300.00–325.001,3192
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427353.31/cwt340.00–375.001,5095
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466342.10/cwt325.00–350.001,5944
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506339.62/cwt310.00–345.001,7187
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586295.43/cwt290.00–320.001,7317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150410.00/cwt410.00–410.006151
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1169471.19/cwt450.00–490.007967
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200400.00/cwt400.00–400.008003
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1239452.18/cwt440.00–490.001,08121
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271350.70/cwt335.00–370.0095013
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273311.47/cwt300.00–325.008504
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300315.00/cwt315.00–315.009452
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327341.44/cwt325.00–365.001,11719
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365297.79/cwt285.00–305.001,0873
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374327.56/cwt310.00–345.001,22521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418321.59/cwt300.00–335.001,34413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1031
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469288.31/cwt270.00–300.001,35210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523242.18/cwt235.00–250.001,2672
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525272.72/cwt260.00–285.001,4325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565261.49/cwt255.00–265.001,4773
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2165522.12/cwt510.00–530.008613
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1170571.49/cwt540.00–600.0097215
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223502.47/cwt480.00–530.001,1214
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225555.76/cwt535.00–595.001,25028
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268479.97/cwt450.00–500.001,28617
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284416.61/cwt410.00–440.001,1834
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330444.32/cwt435.00–480.001,4667
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2336395.36/cwt390.00–420.001,3285
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369390.61/cwt365.00–405.001,44114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373341.44/cwt325.00–360.001,2742
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2411321.88/cwt300.00–330.001,3234
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426350.29/cwt335.00–365.001,49216
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477329.16/cwt315.00–345.001,57014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524313.91/cwt310.00–320.001,6456
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574301.00/cwt290.00–315.001,7284
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623284.82/cwt280.00–290.001,7742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,165176.29/cwt175.00–178.002,0542
Bulls——1,295165.75/cwt164.00–167.002,1464
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905110.00/cwt110.00–110.009962
Cows—Lean 85-90%909117.44/cwt113.00–121.001,06810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,064124.42/cwt120.00–127.001,32413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,101132.48/cwt129.00–137.001,45936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152142.08/cwt138.00–146.001,63729
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,165137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,281147.80/cwt145.00–149.001,8938

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.