Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-06-02

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 2
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
894 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 682▼ 93 vs year ago 987 · −9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
315 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 213▼ 1 vs year ago 316 · −0.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last Monday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.42/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −64.92 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$305.42
16 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.63
vs FL average
−32.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551310.481,70914thin
Medium and Large 2525270.001,4182thin
One grade step is worth $40.48/cwt here — about $292 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 sale16 hd
305.42
—
FL average4 barns · 69 hd
300.79
+4.63
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−32.82
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−64.92
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—High1,438187.842,70012
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,259165.862,08911
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,132149.931,69782
CowsLean 85-90%Low937131.311,23112

Every lot

61 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1150655.00/cwt655.00–655.009836
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2150540.00/cwt540.00–540.008101
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1227626.19/cwt590.00–660.001,4217
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273524.17/cwt515.00–535.001,4312
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277574.92/cwt540.00–600.001,59342
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323485.93/cwt465.00–510.001,5702
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328536.67/cwt515.00–575.001,76018
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373401.74/cwt390.00–415.001,4982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378444.10/cwt420.00–470.001,67917
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423364.20/cwt350.00–380.001,5412
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426401.95/cwt385.00–425.001,7128
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474360.26/cwt340.00–380.001,70821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520342.35/cwt325.00–355.001,78013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564341.62/cwt315.00–350.001,92715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621316.69/cwt305.00–330.001,9675
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150470.00/cwt470.00–470.007051
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1178549.08/cwt530.00–580.009776
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200390.00/cwt390.00–390.007801
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223440.24/cwt415.00–465.0098212
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2261385.12/cwt360.00–395.001,0054
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269425.40/cwt400.00–445.001,14410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320355.63/cwt340.00–370.001,1389
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329388.34/cwt375.00–415.001,27843
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364371.61/cwt345.00–385.001,35334
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373324.09/cwt310.00–340.001,2092
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422353.39/cwt340.00–375.001,49134
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459316.76/cwt305.00–320.001,4545
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477342.65/cwt325.00–365.001,63413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3251
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521319.70/cwt300.00–330.001,6667
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580301.26/cwt295.00–315.001,7477
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620283.08/cwt270.00–295.001,7556
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1150650.00/cwt650.00–650.009751
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2173561.74/cwt540.00–590.009722
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,1001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1221626.69/cwt590.00–655.001,38510
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1278563.00/cwt540.00–600.001,56524
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280508.93/cwt500.00–530.001,4253
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4851
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313543.07/cwt515.00–555.001,7009
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370445.22/cwt420.00–465.001,64712
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377393.00/cwt380.00–415.001,4825
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423351.83/cwt340.00–365.001,4882
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428383.54/cwt370.00–410.001,64220
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473350.39/cwt330.00–370.001,65729
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527348.74/cwt335.00–365.001,83810
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,292187.12/cwt184.00–191.002,4185
Bulls——1,405173.57/cwt169.00–181.002,4393
Bulls——1,644199.45/cwt199.00–200.003,2794
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%928125.21/cwt124.00–126.001,1625
Cows—Lean 85-90%944135.66/cwt131.00–141.001,2817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,112141.44/cwt136.00–144.001,57315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120148.71/cwt145.00–153.001,66642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164157.07/cwt154.00–164.001,82825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,238159.52/cwt159.00–160.001,9752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,264167.27/cwt161.00–171.002,1149

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.