Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-11-10

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,246 head
▲ 485 vs last sale 761▲ 485 vs year ago 761 · +63.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
484 head
▲ 214 vs last sale 270▲ 324 vs year ago 160 · +202.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 higher 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 $328.51/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −41.83 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$328.51
36 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,807
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.86
vs FL average
−35.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552333.521,84131
Medium and Large 2538297.511,6015thin
One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $239 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale36 hd
328.51
—
FL average3 barns · 99 hd
338.38
−9.86
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−35.45
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−41.83
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—Average1,549192.592,98418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,259158.031,99017
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,115150.231,675262
CowsLean 85-90%Low968131.511,27239

Every lot

62 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272570.25/cwt540.00–590.001,5513
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273508.76/cwt495.00–525.001,3892
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323503.26/cwt480.00–530.001,6264
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330574.73/cwt565.00–595.001,89710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372459.62/cwt445.00–470.001,71010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373421.44/cwt405.00–440.001,5722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411401.88/cwt380.00–410.001,6524
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417445.01/cwt415.00–460.001,85622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464416.70/cwt390.00–430.001,93318
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473359.29/cwt345.00–375.001,6992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523336.96/cwt325.00–350.001,7624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526372.34/cwt360.00–400.001,95911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565316.22/cwt300.00–325.001,7873
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573357.51/cwt335.00–375.002,04916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625341.34/cwt325.00–355.002,13314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2165550.15/cwt535.00–560.009083
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1174597.77/cwt570.00–630.001,0404
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2261437.94/cwt420.00–445.001,1434
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275471.46/cwt450.00–500.001,29715
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1402
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322447.47/cwt420.00–470.001,44133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365379.18/cwt360.00–390.001,3843
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377418.48/cwt400.00–445.001,57826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2409362.38/cwt335.00–370.001,4825
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432388.05/cwt375.00–415.001,67619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473371.67/cwt360.00–390.001,75816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473331.90/cwt320.00–345.001,5702
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515301.18/cwt285.00–310.001,5513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519337.07/cwt325.00–350.001,74911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570331.56/cwt320.00–345.001,89020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573292.01/cwt280.00–305.001,6732
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618308.87/cwt290.00–320.001,9096
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1170680.81/cwt645.00–700.001,1576
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2184600.10/cwt585.00–620.001,1044
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220622.78/cwt585.00–640.001,37013
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273510.64/cwt490.00–535.001,3942
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1274569.27/cwt550.00–600.001,5607
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308580.79/cwt565.00–585.001,78914
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315511.75/cwt480.00–530.001,6123
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373470.90/cwt445.00–495.001,75619
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415399.28/cwt380.00–410.001,6573
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424441.28/cwt420.00–460.001,87114
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6651
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474410.15/cwt390.00–430.001,9449
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520367.71/cwt355.00–385.001,9125
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523332.18/cwt325.00–340.001,7372
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1584333.74/cwt330.00–345.001,9499
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630309.52/cwt300.00–330.001,9503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630279.76/cwt275.00–290.001,7623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,399178.38/cwt173.00–183.002,4964
Bulls——1,407188.98/cwt184.00–196.002,6599
Bulls——1,926210.46/cwt200.00–217.004,0535
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%959133.43/cwt128.00–138.001,28031
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001124.06/cwt120.00–126.001,2428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,051139.76/cwt139.00–140.001,46915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095146.00/cwt141.00–149.001,59986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131153.47/cwt150.00–164.001,736161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,135145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,203150.99/cwt150.00–152.001,8163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,282160.66/cwt155.00–171.002,06013

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.