Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-08-31

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 31
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
940 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 941▲ 940 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 176▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 104▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold sharply lower. Feeder cattle sold 5.00 to 14.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.36/cwt on 36 head, down $9.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 24 comparable sales and sits −25.98 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$344.36
▼ 9.03 vs prior sale
36 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.00
vs FL average
+12.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525355.261,86626
Medium and Large 2540316.021,70710thin
One grade step is worth $39.23/cwt here — about $160 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
344.36
—
FL average7 barns · 216 hd
329.36
+15.00
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
+12.84
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−25.98
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—High1,645174.912,87810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,215150.611,83110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,171138.441,62137
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,164117.171,36315

Every lot

73 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218671.53/cwt640.00–730.001,4643
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2258570.10/cwt560.00–580.001,4712
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270617.28/cwt600.00–630.001,66714
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310576.03/cwt545.00–595.001,78610
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318512.78/cwt490.00–535.001,6314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359517.04/cwt490.00–525.001,85626
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362455.40/cwt440.00–480.001,64912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407456.21/cwt445.00–495.001,85717
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440400.49/cwt375.00–430.001,76219
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464409.01/cwt395.00–450.001,8988
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478359.60/cwt350.00–380.001,71918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519354.56/cwt350.00–355.001,84011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5391
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580351.76/cwt320.00–360.002,0408
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6941
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9771
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1227563.82/cwt540.00–580.001,2803
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2227506.76/cwt500.00–520.001,1503
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275489.06/cwt470.00–510.001,3458
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283546.09/cwt530.00–560.001,54521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy318542.56/cwt540.00–545.001,7252
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326417.63/cwt395.00–440.001,3617
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336482.36/cwt445.00–500.001,62115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378399.70/cwt380.00–425.001,51114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379451.82/cwt430.00–480.001,71244
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410426.08/cwt390.00–445.001,74734
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428368.17/cwt350.00–385.001,57612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468379.10/cwt365.00–400.001,77425
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473345.54/cwt320.00–360.001,63414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514352.59/cwt340.00–380.001,81220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518319.98/cwt310.00–330.001,6576
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1471
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573351.21/cwt340.00–365.002,0124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573310.09/cwt300.00–325.001,7774
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605327.51/cwt320.00–330.001,9816
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663302.51/cwt300.00–305.002,0062
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760285.07/cwt280.00–290.002,1673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1238595.47/cwt580.00–610.001,4172
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288546.59/cwt540.00–560.001,5743
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318511.85/cwt490.00–530.001,6284
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367464.47/cwt440.00–480.001,7055
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421413.48/cwt395.00–450.001,7419
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4984
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478374.69/cwt350.00–390.001,79113
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480311.44/cwt290.00–330.001,4953
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575282.30/cwt275.00–290.001,6232
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579317.61/cwt300.00–345.001,8394
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633304.96/cwt295.00–315.001,9302
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6901
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1654274.37/cwt270.00–275.001,7948
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,145155.96/cwt155.00–157.001,7862
Bulls——1,483189.69/cwt188.00–192.002,8132
Bulls——1,866176.30/cwt172.00–181.003,2906
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,058152.21/cwt150.00–155.001,6103
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,094117.18/cwt111.00–123.001,2828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177130.39/cwt125.00–134.001,53510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182140.07/cwt135.00–146.001,65624
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,192153.86/cwt147.00–159.001,8347
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,206129.05/cwt128.00–130.001,5564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270143.03/cwt140.00–145.001,8163
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,293101.30/cwt100.00–102.001,3103
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy944226.65/cwt195.00–270.002,1408
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,041149.89/cwt124.00–190.001,56029

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.