Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-10-13

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 13
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
▼ 227 vs last sale 896▲ 45 vs year ago 624 · +7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 261▼ 47 vs year ago 146 · −32.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady and feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $358.60/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 10 of 24 comparable sales and sits −11.74 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$358.60
34 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$296
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs FL average
−39.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546365.131,99429
Medium and Large 2529320.761,6975thin
One grade step is worth $44.36/cwt here — about $296 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 sale34 hd
358.60
—
FL average4 barns · 137 hd
359.71
−1.11
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−39.26
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−11.74
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—High1,564193.473,02629
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,241153.441,9057thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,394151.182,10720
CowsLean 85-90%Low884125.221,1076thin

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,4751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275690.70/cwt675.00–710.001,8993
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321661.06/cwt640.00–690.002,1225
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323583.26/cwt560.00–610.001,8842
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373554.52/cwt540.00–580.002,0686
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373488.79/cwt470.00–510.001,8232
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421488.05/cwt475.00–500.002,0556
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423431.57/cwt415.00–450.001,8262
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480437.93/cwt425.00–475.002,10217
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2488403.08/cwt400.00–420.001,9676
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8752
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522423.72/cwt400.00–445.002,2126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563391.91/cwt365.00–400.002,20620
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623376.37/cwt355.00–390.002,3456
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678371.03/cwt365.00–385.002,5164
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1162691.11/cwt640.00–710.001,1205
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2173601.74/cwt580.00–630.001,0412
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223594.72/cwt570.00–625.001,3262
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228656.99/cwt630.00–700.001,49812
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2250550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271612.25/cwt590.00–645.001,6598
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329515.34/cwt500.00–545.001,6958
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330460.61/cwt450.00–485.001,5203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371460.00/cwt435.00–485.001,7079
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388404.52/cwt400.00–430.001,5706
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418389.35/cwt375.00–400.001,6275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430432.15/cwt420.00–460.001,85812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475401.10/cwt380.00–420.001,90513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486354.63/cwt350.00–375.001,7245
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6253
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525369.23/cwt350.00–390.001,93816
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572360.08/cwt345.00–375.002,06013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573314.41/cwt300.00–330.001,8022
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622329.80/cwt320.00–345.002,0515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623289.64/cwt280.00–300.001,8042
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2173629.57/cwt610.00–655.001,0892
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1174707.55/cwt675.00–740.001,2314
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224709.54/cwt695.00–730.001,5897
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1271679.68/cwt655.00–700.001,84214
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273605.64/cwt585.00–630.001,6532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323585.58/cwt560.00–615.001,8912
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328643.57/cwt620.00–680.002,11110
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372546.50/cwt520.00–580.002,03311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380482.28/cwt470.00–510.001,8333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421493.29/cwt470.00–515.002,07716
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423441.57/cwt425.00–460.001,8682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473449.07/cwt425.00–470.002,12412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486398.70/cwt395.00–415.001,9385
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518387.65/cwt360.00–400.002,0088
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8151
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575376.88/cwt365.00–395.002,16718
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,035175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8111
Bulls——1,471185.26/cwt179.00–191.002,72511
Bulls——1,655199.87/cwt192.00–210.003,30817
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%823118.19/cwt116.00–120.009732
Cows—Lean 85-90%915128.73/cwt124.00–133.001,1784
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,130143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,6161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260155.18/cwt150.00–159.001,9556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293144.98/cwt140.00–147.001,8755
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,427153.24/cwt149.00–160.002,18715

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.