Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-08-18

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,205 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 1,290▲ 352 vs year ago 853 · +41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
365 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 314▼ 20 vs year ago 385 · −5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $365.03/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 8 of 22 comparable sales and sits −23.03 against this barn's trailing median of $388.06.
Average price
$365.03
97 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs FL average
−34.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554367.762,03889
Medium and Large 2536334.691,7948thin
One grade step is worth $33.08/cwt here — about $244 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 sale97 hd
365.03
—
FL average4 barns · 240 hd
364.87
+0.16
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
−34.86
This barn, trailing median22 sales
388.06
−23.03
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—Average1,497198.232,96813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,308177.542,32229
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,176160.821,89251
CowsLean 85-90%Low977141.231,38040

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1150650.00/cwt650.00–650.009751
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,2601
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,4131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274649.09/cwt630.00–670.001,7794
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323587.60/cwt560.00–615.001,8984
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4881
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377490.02/cwt475.00–520.001,8477
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435412.10/cwt400.00–450.001,79324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468394.67/cwt375.00–410.001,84741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2511339.67/cwt325.00–345.001,7364
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526374.70/cwt355.00–395.001,97138
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561329.70/cwt315.00–335.001,8504
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575362.59/cwt345.00–385.002,08551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623359.07/cwt340.00–380.002,23761
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1173665.87/cwt655.00–680.001,1522
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223646.52/cwt610.00–680.001,4428
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230564.49/cwt550.00–600.001,2983
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273471.06/cwt455.00–490.001,2862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276528.00/cwt500.00–560.001,4577
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320474.58/cwt445.00–495.001,51912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2336407.14/cwt400.00–440.001,3685
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373379.70/cwt375.00–385.001,4166
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374410.39/cwt390.00–435.001,53544
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418394.09/cwt375.00–410.001,64738
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465346.45/cwt340.00–350.001,6113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473374.47/cwt360.00–395.001,77134
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521354.41/cwt335.00–370.001,84648
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576341.72/cwt325.00–365.001,96815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8002
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619336.72/cwt320.00–350.002,08410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1170671.62/cwt630.00–700.001,1423
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1217676.61/cwt650.00–695.001,4687
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,4881
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270665.11/cwt625.00–695.001,79616
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321593.65/cwt560.00–620.001,9066
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323529.30/cwt520.00–540.001,7102
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1359517.85/cwt475.00–530.001,85916
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424423.50/cwt400.00–450.001,79617
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474392.50/cwt375.00–410.001,86014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523344.78/cwt340.00–350.001,8032
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524379.12/cwt375.00–385.001,9879
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573357.21/cwt350.00–365.002,0474
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,128180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,0302
Bulls——1,222188.26/cwt183.00–195.002,3013
Bulls——1,693206.53/cwt200.00–213.003,4978
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%974144.35/cwt139.00–149.001,40627
Cows—Lean 85-90%984134.74/cwt130.00–138.001,32613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155157.48/cwt152.00–164.001,81925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187149.38/cwt147.00–151.001,7738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201170.54/cwt165.00–180.002,04818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,298179.62/cwt172.00–187.002,33124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355167.54/cwt166.00–171.002,2705

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.