Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-06-09

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 9
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
794 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 894▼ 79 vs year ago 873 · −9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 315▼ 36 vs year ago 211 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower 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 $319.72/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −50.62 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$319.72
32 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.11
vs FL average
−21.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545320.361,74631
Medium and Large 2500300.001,5001thin
One grade step is worth $20.36/cwt here — about $246 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 sale32 hd
319.72
—
FL average4 barns · 60 hd
317.61
+2.11
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−21.20
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−50.62
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—High1,417188.452,67025
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,400159.642,2359thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196151.531,81244
CowsLean 85-90%Low883134.961,19113

Every lot

55 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273538.52/cwt525.00–550.001,4705
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324492.38/cwt475.00–515.001,5956
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361393.17/cwt375.00–400.001,4194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370437.19/cwt415.00–460.001,6189
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411373.24/cwt355.00–380.001,5344
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430398.19/cwt385.00–420.001,71212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469367.48/cwt350.00–380.001,72321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518342.28/cwt335.00–355.001,77317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583322.19/cwt320.00–330.001,87813
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620307.60/cwt295.00–320.001,90711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1171563.67/cwt530.00–590.0096410
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218444.08/cwt420.00–460.009688
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274415.02/cwt395.00–440.001,1378
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280368.93/cwt360.00–390.001,0333
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323370.97/cwt350.00–390.001,19833
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330327.58/cwt320.00–345.001,0813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363375.00/cwt350.00–385.001,36142
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373329.40/cwt320.00–340.001,2292
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422360.53/cwt340.00–380.001,52150
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473347.71/cwt330.00–370.001,64525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524330.41/cwt315.00–345.001,73115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565310.94/cwt285.00–325.001,75716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623284.26/cwt275.00–300.001,7716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1167627.16/cwt600.00–650.001,0477
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,1401
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1223647.98/cwt630.00–670.001,4452
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265487.01/cwt465.00–500.001,2913
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1274542.48/cwt520.00–570.001,48610
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323493.79/cwt465.00–515.001,5959
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323438.60/cwt420.00–460.001,4172
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361396.80/cwt375.00–405.001,4324
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377430.17/cwt410.00–460.001,62213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415367.49/cwt345.00–380.001,5253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431394.88/cwt385.00–425.001,70221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468362.87/cwt340.00–380.001,69822
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525342.02/cwt330.00–355.001,79618
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580301.97/cwt295.00–330.001,75111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,315175.16/cwt167.00–181.002,3037
Bulls——1,393190.59/cwt183.00–196.002,65513
Bulls——1,621201.47/cwt199.00–206.003,2665
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%803128.10/cwt127.00–129.001,0292
Cows—Lean 85-90%897136.21/cwt131.00–140.001,22211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150148.68/cwt144.00–152.001,71022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240156.73/cwt153.00–163.001,94319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248139.50/cwt136.00–143.001,7413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,327161.96/cwt157.00–167.002,1496
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3983

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.