Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-05-19

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 19
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
682 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 537▼ 11 vs year ago 693 · −1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▲ 134 vs last sale 79▼ 9 vs year ago 222 · −4.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 5.00 to 10.00 higher and feeder classes mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $294.70/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −75.64 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$294.70
17 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.31
vs FL average
−39.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542299.331,62415thin
Medium and Large 2525260.001,3652thin
One grade step is worth $39.33/cwt here — about $259 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale17 hd
294.70
—
FL average4 barns · 69 hd
297.01
−2.31
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−39.56
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−75.64
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—High1,327195.112,58811
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,389164.582,28610
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,140151.481,72662
CowsLean 85-90%Low901133.161,19920

Every lot

58 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1173647.17/cwt645.00–650.001,1202
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1226580.24/cwt565.00–595.001,3115
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1259543.64/cwt520.00–550.001,4087
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332453.41/cwt445.00–475.001,50512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367420.56/cwt395.00–435.001,54315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373376.74/cwt365.00–390.001,4052
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423339.20/cwt325.00–355.001,4352
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434370.68/cwt360.00–400.001,60924
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465316.13/cwt300.00–325.001,4703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476354.31/cwt345.00–370.001,68731
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507356.07/cwt325.00–360.001,80519
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1166551.58/cwt540.00–560.009164
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200390.00/cwt390.00–390.007801
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218442.30/cwt420.00–450.009647
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273366.06/cwt350.00–385.009994
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280400.86/cwt390.00–430.001,12214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320374.64/cwt350.00–390.001,19919
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327329.17/cwt320.00–345.001,0765
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373306.74/cwt295.00–320.001,1444
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379339.27/cwt325.00–365.001,28621
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412349.94/cwt320.00–360.001,44242
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423304.47/cwt295.00–315.001,2882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465339.58/cwt315.00–350.001,57918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473294.52/cwt285.00–305.001,3932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518325.71/cwt310.00–340.001,6879
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579259.76/cwt250.00–275.001,5046
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624244.31/cwt230.00–255.001,5246
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150560.00/cwt560.00–560.008401
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1173638.07/cwt610.00–660.001,1046
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215509.11/cwt475.00–530.001,0953
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223555.73/cwt540.00–575.001,2392
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268548.41/cwt510.00–565.001,47016
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273481.06/cwt465.00–500.001,3132
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321473.55/cwt455.00–490.001,5209
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3131
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377407.61/cwt395.00–430.001,53715
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423344.47/cwt335.00–355.001,4572
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436372.63/cwt365.00–395.001,62517
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469351.09/cwt330.00–365.001,64710
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473311.90/cwt300.00–325.001,4752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514338.10/cwt325.00–345.001,7386
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573329.61/cwt320.00–340.001,8892
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573289.61/cwt280.00–300.001,6592
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621266.82/cwt250.00–280.001,6579
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,271188.45/cwt185.00–192.002,3955
Bulls——1,373200.66/cwt195.00–206.002,7556
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%895127.59/cwt122.00–130.001,1426
Cows—Lean 85-90%903135.55/cwt132.00–139.001,22414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103151.93/cwt148.00–156.001,67630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151143.66/cwt140.00–147.001,65418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204160.56/cwt157.00–165.001,93314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,389164.58/cwt160.00–167.002,28610

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.