Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-12-15

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Dec 15
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,190 head
▲ 327 vs last sale 863▲ 224 vs year ago 966 · +23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 478▲ 67 vs year ago 250 · +26.8%
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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 $346.44/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 9 of 24 comparable sales and sits −23.90 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$346.44
25 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,858
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.64
vs FL average
−43.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539352.281,89721
Medium and Large 2524315.821,6544thin
One grade step is worth $36.46/cwt here — about $243 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
346.44
—
FL average4 barns · 114 hd
356.09
−9.64
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−43.47
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−23.90
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—Low1,389188.292,61619
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,326167.782,22412
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,141158.331,80681
CowsLean 85-90%Low943134.441,26818

Every lot

67 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 2200610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,2204
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1206741.06/cwt690.00–750.001,5278
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277596.88/cwt580.00–615.001,65350
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5906
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377510.13/cwt495.00–535.001,9235
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380442.28/cwt430.00–470.001,6813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415401.06/cwt385.00–410.001,6643
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426433.04/cwt425.00–455.001,8459
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473376.67/cwt360.00–395.001,7822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480421.66/cwt400.00–445.002,02413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515369.42/cwt350.00–380.001,9033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523422.18/cwt415.00–430.002,2082
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568366.46/cwt350.00–380.002,0816
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624349.76/cwt335.00–360.002,1834
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680314.78/cwt310.00–325.002,1413
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150585.00/cwt585.00–585.008781
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1160675.21/cwt635.00–690.001,08015
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2206546.61/cwt530.00–550.001,1267
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1221622.70/cwt590.00–650.001,3769
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276563.41/cwt540.00–600.001,55539
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280501.90/cwt490.00–530.001,4053
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315462.70/cwt450.00–470.001,4583
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318517.41/cwt485.00–540.001,64517
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377389.28/cwt380.00–405.001,4685
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381421.90/cwt410.00–455.001,60718
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418389.35/cwt375.00–400.001,6275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426424.91/cwt405.00–450.001,81015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465367.58/cwt345.00–380.001,7093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472406.34/cwt385.00–430.001,91813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515324.42/cwt305.00–335.001,6713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522359.65/cwt340.00–380.001,87715
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5951
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580333.85/cwt325.00–350.001,9366
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624309.71/cwt295.00–325.001,9337
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150600.00/cwt600.00–600.009001
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1174678.42/cwt660.00–700.001,1804
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,2201
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230688.70/cwt680.00–710.001,5843
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273522.94/cwt500.00–550.001,4282
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276576.45/cwt560.00–600.001,5917
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326546.89/cwt520.00–580.001,7837
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334480.11/cwt470.00–515.001,6044
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373448.79/cwt430.00–470.001,6748
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376507.29/cwt485.00–530.001,9075
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423396.83/cwt385.00–410.001,6792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428437.15/cwt420.00–465.001,87117
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473376.67/cwt360.00–395.001,7822
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478414.53/cwt400.00–445.001,9819
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521404.68/cwt385.00–425.002,1086
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523364.35/cwt350.00–380.001,9062
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571361.36/cwt345.00–380.002,0636
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573322.01/cwt310.00–335.001,8452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8002
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622339.76/cwt320.00–350.002,1135
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672309.78/cwt300.00–320.002,0823
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,277177.32/cwt175.00–180.002,2646
Bulls——1,402189.01/cwt185.00–198.002,6509
Bulls——1,530203.14/cwt200.00–207.003,1084
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%918128.17/cwt125.00–131.001,1776
Cows—Lean 85-90%956137.57/cwt135.00–141.001,31512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105145.33/cwt145.00–146.001,6063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118154.03/cwt149.00–159.001,72242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170164.42/cwt160.00–175.001,92436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,324169.52/cwt163.00–177.002,24410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,333159.05/cwt158.00–160.002,1202

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.