Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-08-04

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 4
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,181 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 1,209▲ 534 vs year ago 647 · +82.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
491 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 264▲ 349 vs year ago 142 · +245.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady 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 $337.79/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 5 of 24 comparable sales and sits −32.55 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$337.79
46 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.86
vs FL average
−12.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539342.181,84541
Medium and Large 2519301.801,5665thin
One grade step is worth $40.38/cwt here — about $279 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 sale46 hd
337.79
—
FL average4 barns · 136 hd
338.66
−0.86
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−12.78
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−32.55
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—Average1,425194.102,7669thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,225176.382,16114
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,091161.411,760103
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,009140.591,41933

Every lot

66 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 3200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0002
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2223548.99/cwt540.00–560.001,2242
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228622.53/cwt610.00–645.001,4194
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260620.54/cwt570.00–635.001,61314
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273535.23/cwt510.00–565.001,4612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322542.75/cwt530.00–555.001,7483
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323471.28/cwt455.00–490.001,5222
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371398.57/cwt380.00–415.001,4795
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384430.35/cwt425.00–450.001,6537
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423359.20/cwt345.00–375.001,5192
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432398.18/cwt385.00–430.001,72017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460380.32/cwt360.00–390.001,74926
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520350.13/cwt330.00–370.001,82118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562340.13/cwt320.00–350.001,91213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623334.84/cwt325.00–345.002,08615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2169556.00/cwt540.00–570.009404
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1178598.11/cwt580.00–640.001,0658
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1219621.64/cwt590.00–650.001,3617
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3223500.73/cwt485.00–520.001,1172
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230541.59/cwt530.00–570.001,2463
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3261394.35/cwt380.00–400.001,0294
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273484.75/cwt460.00–510.001,32320
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273431.06/cwt415.00–450.001,1772
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315392.22/cwt370.00–405.001,2353
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326433.01/cwt415.00–460.001,41219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365370.98/cwt355.00–380.001,3543
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380396.94/cwt385.00–425.001,50834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421379.00/cwt360.00–395.001,59628
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423336.83/cwt325.00–350.001,4252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473364.90/cwt345.00–385.001,72619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473327.14/cwt320.00–335.001,5472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511306.00/cwt295.00–310.001,5644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518344.16/cwt325.00–360.001,78323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5681
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566339.66/cwt320.00–350.001,92218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6502
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629316.51/cwt300.00–335.001,99114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1221621.73/cwt590.00–650.001,3747
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3223500.73/cwt485.00–520.001,1172
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230541.59/cwt530.00–570.001,2463
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3265485.16/cwt460.00–500.001,2863
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1272590.04/cwt570.00–625.001,6057
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273533.35/cwt515.00–555.001,4564
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327519.18/cwt500.00–545.001,6988
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330462.12/cwt450.00–490.001,5256
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371403.69/cwt390.00–415.001,4985
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374436.64/cwt420.00–470.001,6339
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428401.24/cwt385.00–420.001,71713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469373.67/cwt350.00–390.001,75315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522350.80/cwt335.00–370.001,8319
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566340.67/cwt330.00–347.001,92812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629315.40/cwt310.00–330.001,9849
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,065173.41/cwt172.00–175.001,8472
Bulls——1,445191.75/cwt185.00–198.002,7714
Bulls——1,638211.04/cwt208.00–215.003,4573
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%986133.95/cwt130.00–136.001,3218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017142.72/cwt138.00–148.001,45125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,042151.53/cwt148.00–154.001,57923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095158.94/cwt155.00–163.001,74040
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114169.57/cwt164.00–176.001,88940
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,152166.97/cwt164.00–170.001,9235
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,266181.61/cwt176.00–187.002,2999

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.