Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-11-03

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 3
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
761 head
▼ 281 vs last sale 1,042▼ 513 vs year ago 1,274 · −40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 234▲ 59 vs year ago 211 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly 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 $324.89/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −45.45 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$324.89
25 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.29
vs FL average
−40.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538331.461,78422
Medium and Large 2533276.671,4763thin
One grade step is worth $54.80/cwt here — about $308 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 sale25 hd
324.89
—
FL average4 barns · 140 hd
333.18
−8.29
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−40.72
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−45.45
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—Low1,455182.772,66039
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,329161.782,15116
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,142149.281,70484
CowsLean 85-90%Low981131.161,28722

Every lot

63 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,1801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,3001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1262589.00/cwt550.00–600.001,5439
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322549.54/cwt525.00–585.001,77015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365476.64/cwt445.00–495.001,74023
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411405.94/cwt395.00–410.001,6684
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414452.26/cwt425.00–470.001,87236
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465377.58/cwt355.00–390.001,7563
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474418.49/cwt395.00–440.001,98418
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516379.61/cwt355.00–395.001,9599
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523339.57/cwt330.00–350.001,7762
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1177578.11/cwt550.00–600.001,0233
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2180505.56/cwt500.00–520.009103
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200450.00/cwt450.00–450.009003
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230511.04/cwt495.00–550.001,17512
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273424.59/cwt420.00–430.001,1592
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277472.52/cwt450.00–500.001,30925
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330409.51/cwt395.00–440.001,35126
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330369.09/cwt360.00–390.001,2183
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370338.14/cwt325.00–350.001,2519
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373382.91/cwt365.00–400.001,42816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415341.06/cwt325.00–350.001,4153
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426384.48/cwt370.00–400.001,6385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459321.76/cwt310.00–325.001,4775
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475360.23/cwt340.00–380.001,7119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519334.27/cwt310.00–345.001,73513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5132
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566327.41/cwt305.00–340.001,8539
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621315.93/cwt295.00–330.001,9624
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1222592.91/cwt560.00–610.001,3166
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230505.80/cwt500.00–520.001,1633
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1266576.52/cwt540.00–600.001,5349
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273507.94/cwt485.00–535.001,3872
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323553.99/cwt525.00–585.001,78910
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330490.61/cwt480.00–515.001,6193
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372472.23/cwt450.00–495.001,75711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377411.14/cwt400.00–430.001,5505
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2411393.24/cwt375.00–400.001,6164
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1436414.97/cwt405.00–455.001,80921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5751
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474387.01/cwt370.00–410.001,83414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511341.00/cwt330.00–345.001,7434
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526370.85/cwt355.00–395.001,95111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574332.56/cwt320.00–355.001,9097
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622326.23/cwt305.00–340.002,0293
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623289.64/cwt280.00–300.001,8042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,347167.59/cwt164.00–174.002,2577
Bulls——1,384182.58/cwt175.00–189.002,52722
Bulls——1,688193.81/cwt189.00–202.003,27210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%976132.61/cwt128.00–138.001,29418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003124.66/cwt120.00–127.001,2504
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,070143.19/cwt138.00–146.001,53222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165151.68/cwt147.00–160.001,76761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,230150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,7741
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,336162.56/cwt156.00–169.002,17215

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.