Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-05-05

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 5
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
561 head
▼ 174 vs last sale 735▲ 27 vs year ago 534 · +5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 161▲ 17 vs year ago 213 · +8.0%
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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 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.57/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −54.77 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$315.57
6 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.77
vs FL average
−17.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517324.681,6795thin
Medium and Large 2500270.001,3501thin
One grade step is worth $54.68/cwt here — about $329 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 sale6 hd
315.57
—
FL average3 barns · 36 hd
285.80
+29.77
National average172 barns · 12,542 hd
332.82
−17.25
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−54.77
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—High1,601180.702,89324
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,308156.662,0499thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,164147.881,72152
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,007124.791,25611

Every lot

60 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268531.46/cwt500.00–550.001,4246
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273463.35/cwt445.00–485.001,2652
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323456.63/cwt445.00–470.001,4752
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324497.07/cwt480.00–530.001,6119
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365440.22/cwt420.00–450.001,60715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373389.40/cwt380.00–400.001,4522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415396.06/cwt380.00–405.001,6443
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423361.83/cwt350.00–375.001,5312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473355.24/cwt335.00–375.001,68027
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473319.52/cwt310.00–330.001,5112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524341.15/cwt330.00–355.001,7887
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572328.24/cwt310.00–340.001,87810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606324.68/cwt295.00–330.001,9687
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1164594.18/cwt550.00–605.0097412
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2173511.74/cwt490.00–540.008852
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215415.50/cwt400.00–425.008933
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223459.50/cwt440.00–485.001,0259
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2261370.12/cwt345.00–380.009664
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277399.94/cwt385.00–425.001,10811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2311341.69/cwt320.00–350.001,0634
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316380.76/cwt355.00–395.001,20334
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368327.12/cwt310.00–340.001,2045
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372364.65/cwt345.00–385.001,35619
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423299.47/cwt290.00–310.001,2672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425340.21/cwt325.00–360.001,44631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466332.00/cwt310.00–345.001,54712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473291.90/cwt280.00–305.001,3812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517324.68/cwt310.00–335.001,6795
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150530.00/cwt530.00–530.007951
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1179621.70/cwt590.00–655.001,11312
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224549.62/cwt530.00–590.001,2317
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1277521.32/cwt495.00–550.001,44416
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280458.93/cwt450.00–480.001,2853
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315457.22/cwt435.00–470.001,4403
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326499.62/cwt475.00–530.001,62914
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371438.02/cwt415.00–460.001,62518
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373391.74/cwt380.00–405.001,4616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416405.32/cwt380.00–420.001,68611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436354.59/cwt350.00–375.001,5465
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475350.01/cwt335.00–375.001,66311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525332.08/cwt325.00–342.001,7433
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8151
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5951
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6502
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618313.58/cwt295.00–325.001,9383
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,549177.36/cwt170.00–186.002,74718
Bulls——1,758190.72/cwt187.00–197.003,3536
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%971128.50/cwt125.00–130.001,2487
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069118.30/cwt115.00–120.001,2654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145151.38/cwt148.00–156.001,73329
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187144.19/cwt140.00–147.001,71221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6182
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,263150.44/cwt147.00–154.001,9002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,321158.44/cwt155.00–163.002,0937

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.