Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-07-07

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jul 7
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,099 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 902▲ 195 vs year ago 904 · +21.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
292 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 265▼ 33 vs year ago 325 · −10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $348.06/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 4 of 22 comparable sales and sits −40.00 against this barn's trailing median of $388.06.
Average price
$348.06
51 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.70
vs FL average
−31.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534352.611,88145
Medium and Large 2533313.971,6726thin
One grade step is worth $38.64/cwt here — about $210 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 sale51 hd
348.06
—
FL average2 barns · 98 hd
347.37
+0.70
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−31.07
This barn, trailing median22 sales
388.06
−40.00
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

22 sales
467421374328median 388.0603/0206/0807/2708/3111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $453.02, low $341.73, median $388.06 across 22 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—Average1,393193.112,69011
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,283174.132,2345thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,139159.941,82149
CowsLean 85-90%Low877132.391,16117

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223591.74/cwt585.00–600.001,3202
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270539.06/cwt500.00–560.001,4557
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311535.90/cwt490.00–545.001,66720
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4003
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370436.01/cwt410.00–450.001,61316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411370.94/cwt360.00–375.001,5254
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428395.26/cwt380.00–425.001,69232
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465342.58/cwt320.00–355.001,5933
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469383.43/cwt360.00–400.001,79824
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515312.94/cwt300.00–320.001,6123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519350.06/cwt325.00–365.001,81729
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560357.23/cwt330.00–365.002,00016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616332.47/cwt320.00–340.002,04840
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223433.99/cwt425.00–445.009682
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250385.00/cwt385.00–385.009631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273423.98/cwt400.00–445.001,15717
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315352.70/cwt340.00–360.001,1113
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325382.31/cwt365.00–405.001,24326
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2084
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374374.62/cwt355.00–395.001,40139
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419356.51/cwt335.00–375.001,49435
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423314.20/cwt300.00–330.001,3292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459315.69/cwt300.00–320.001,4495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468353.13/cwt335.00–370.001,65332
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523327.42/cwt310.00–345.001,7129
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566314.46/cwt290.00–320.001,78015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5301
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607299.74/cwt275.00–305.001,81911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0003
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1219586.53/cwt565.00–610.001,2855
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1282523.94/cwt500.00–560.001,47810
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3351
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332509.23/cwt495.00–540.001,6919
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4003
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365434.59/cwt425.00–440.001,5863
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428398.95/cwt380.00–425.001,70810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430364.65/cwt360.00–375.001,5683
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5532
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482371.37/cwt360.00–400.001,79012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516352.79/cwt330.00–365.001,8209
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573327.21/cwt320.00–335.001,8752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,000170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7001
Bulls——1,327188.01/cwt185.00–194.002,4957
Bulls——1,677212.73/cwt210.00–218.003,5673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%873136.13/cwt132.00–140.001,18811
Cows—Lean 85-90%884125.54/cwt125.00–126.001,1106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,102158.03/cwt154.00–162.001,74122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121147.95/cwt146.00–152.001,6597
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185166.23/cwt163.00–173.001,97020
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,283174.13/cwt169.00–179.002,2345

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.