Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-04-21

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Apr 21
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
▼ 287 vs last sale 681▼ 456 vs year ago 850 · −53.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 259▼ 69 vs year ago 283 · −24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 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 $273.70/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −96.64 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$273.70
11 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,483
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.10
vs FL average
−56.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540278.961,5069thin
Medium and Large 2550250.001,3752thin
One grade step is worth $28.96/cwt here — about $131 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 sale11 hd
273.70
—
FL average3 barns · 53 hd
282.79
−9.10
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−56.25
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−96.64
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—High1,730188.273,25723
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,320144.531,90810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,146139.421,59872
CowsLean 85-90%Low933122.731,14513

Every lot

56 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2150500.00/cwt500.00–500.007501
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1176580.00/cwt560.00–610.001,0214
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1253493.66/cwt480.00–495.001,24913
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2284405.51/cwt400.00–425.001,1524
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322428.39/cwt410.00–445.001,3795
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4002
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419417.42/cwt405.00–425.001,7497
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423361.57/cwt345.00–380.001,5292
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467342.69/cwt325.00–350.001,6005
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7251
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622303.10/cwt295.00–315.001,8853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200370.00/cwt370.00–370.007401
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1213393.86/cwt390.00–415.0083915
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265412.58/cwt400.00–420.001,0933
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265354.43/cwt345.00–360.009393
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009003
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328333.47/cwt320.00–360.001,09414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0504
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372339.50/cwt320.00–355.001,26312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423281.83/cwt270.00–295.001,1922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438305.99/cwt300.00–335.001,34021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472280.95/cwt270.00–295.001,32610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520277.84/cwt270.00–285.001,4455
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565280.37/cwt275.00–285.001,5844
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630254.07/cwt250.00–265.001,6014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1177580.66/cwt560.00–620.001,0283
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2180513.89/cwt500.00–550.009253
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200470.00/cwt470.00–470.009401
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225562.30/cwt550.00–580.001,2653
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0631
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265485.72/cwt470.00–495.001,2873
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,1851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323437.58/cwt415.00–460.001,4136
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369380.59/cwt360.00–395.001,4049
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422409.55/cwt395.00–420.001,7283
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430369.65/cwt365.00–380.001,5893
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471343.59/cwt330.00–360.001,6187
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522322.65/cwt315.00–330.001,6847
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5681
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573329.80/cwt325.00–335.001,8902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8421
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,410171.57/cwt165.00–177.002,4195
Bulls——1,662183.29/cwt178.00–193.003,0469
Bulls——1,976202.53/cwt194.00–212.004,0029
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%921124.33/cwt120.00–128.001,14511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000113.90/cwt112.00–115.001,1392
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142143.13/cwt140.00–148.001,63541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146135.99/cwt134.00–139.001,55824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174129.48/cwt127.00–130.001,5207
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,316145.14/cwt141.00–149.001,9109
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,8901

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.