Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-07-21

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jul 21
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
912 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 986▼ 95 vs year ago 1,007 · −9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 180▼ 185 vs year ago 442 · −41.9%
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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 unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.37/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −33.97 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$336.37
37 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.96
vs FL average
−3.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538339.311,82734
Medium and Large 2549303.071,6633thin
One grade step is worth $36.23/cwt here — about $164 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 sale37 hd
336.37
—
FL average4 barns · 141 hd
328.41
+7.96
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−3.81
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−33.97
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—Low1,631195.463,1885thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,267167.282,12016
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,084153.631,66685
CowsLean 85-90%Low913137.661,25741

Every lot

65 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,0501
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223605.22/cwt585.00–630.001,3502
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,3001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274550.34/cwt535.00–570.001,5084
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2306462.59/cwt450.00–465.001,4167
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325537.87/cwt500.00–560.001,74814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371419.63/cwt400.00–435.001,5577
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379458.98/cwt440.00–470.001,74012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414435.12/cwt400.00–450.001,80145
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424379.48/cwt365.00–395.001,6094
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483396.91/cwt385.00–430.001,91731
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484363.36/cwt350.00–375.001,7597
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522367.17/cwt345.00–385.001,91719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526331.40/cwt325.00–340.001,7436
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574357.29/cwt340.00–375.002,05122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614341.83/cwt320.00–350.002,09922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2173545.87/cwt535.00–560.009442
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1178604.65/cwt580.00–640.001,0764
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2218464.26/cwt450.00–475.001,0126
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1227520.02/cwt495.00–550.001,18015
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276478.22/cwt460.00–510.001,32015
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2276433.19/cwt425.00–450.001,1964
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2311381.69/cwt360.00–390.001,1874
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331412.59/cwt400.00–445.001,36625
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369383.44/cwt360.00–400.001,41525
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374335.65/cwt320.00–355.001,2554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417374.49/cwt350.00–390.001,56247
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423342.37/cwt340.00–345.001,4482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470318.09/cwt310.00–325.001,4953
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476361.34/cwt345.00–385.001,72023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519340.72/cwt320.00–355.001,76820
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566337.29/cwt320.00–350.001,90914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573299.61/cwt290.00–310.001,7172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618317.11/cwt295.00–330.001,96013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2173604.57/cwt600.00–610.001,0463
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1174681.47/cwt670.00–695.001,1864
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224616.86/cwt590.00–650.001,38219
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225557.82/cwt540.00–580.001,2555
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275565.74/cwt535.00–590.001,55613
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320535.84/cwt500.00–560.001,7159
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324470.74/cwt450.00–495.001,5255
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360482.66/cwt460.00–490.001,73813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361421.80/cwt400.00–430.001,5234
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428421.29/cwt405.00–450.001,8039
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430390.00/cwt380.00–400.001,6773
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465376.45/cwt370.00–380.001,7503
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484403.14/cwt395.00–430.001,9514
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523356.57/cwt345.00–375.001,8658
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573312.01/cwt300.00–325.001,7882
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577342.78/cwt335.00–360.001,9785
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623329.46/cwt315.00–345.002,0532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290188.48/cwt188.00–189.002,4312
Bulls——1,813214.67/cwt213.00–216.003,8922
Bulls——1,950171.00/cwt171.00–171.003,3351
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893131.73/cwt126.00–134.001,17612
Cows—Lean 85-90%921140.12/cwt135.00–145.001,29129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053146.23/cwt144.00–149.001,54022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,066153.58/cwt150.00–164.001,63746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175163.36/cwt159.00–169.001,91917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240169.77/cwt165.00–174.002,10512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,349159.81/cwt155.00–163.002,1564

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.