Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-12-01

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Dec 1
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
833 head
▼ 126 vs last sale 959▼ 47 vs year ago 880 · −5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
248 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 221▼ 109 vs year ago 357 · −30.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.03/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −35.31 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$335.03
30 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,800
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.79
vs FL average
−35.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536339.901,82126
Medium and Large 2548303.401,6634thin
One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale30 hd
335.03
—
FL average2 barns · 70 hd
328.24
+6.79
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−35.42
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−35.31
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—Average1,489188.672,80927
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,355155.192,10317
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,176147.891,73993
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,003127.651,2809thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,2801
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309527.03/cwt515.00–530.001,62911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365435.57/cwt410.00–450.001,5903
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374485.61/cwt465.00–510.001,8167
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415389.28/cwt370.00–400.001,6163
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422428.01/cwt410.00–440.001,8066
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465362.58/cwt340.00–375.001,6863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474400.07/cwt385.00–420.001,89628
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523331.96/cwt320.00–345.001,7362
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533365.13/cwt355.00–390.001,94618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6502
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577337.60/cwt325.00–355.001,9485
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621335.44/cwt320.00–350.002,0837
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674314.66/cwt295.00–330.002,1214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223524.72/cwt500.00–555.001,1702
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1226588.99/cwt570.00–620.001,3318
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273466.06/cwt450.00–485.001,2722
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275514.73/cwt500.00–545.001,4166
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321462.58/cwt435.00–485.001,48524
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326411.84/cwt400.00–430.001,3437
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370411.83/cwt385.00–430.001,52415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380359.21/cwt350.00–380.001,3653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423341.57/cwt325.00–360.001,4452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427384.47/cwt365.00–405.001,64226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456346.13/cwt325.00–350.001,5787
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481370.10/cwt355.00–395.001,78024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521341.65/cwt320.00–360.001,78018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523307.18/cwt300.00–315.001,6072
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569335.96/cwt320.00–350.001,9128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573299.61/cwt290.00–310.001,7172
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623304.46/cwt290.00–320.001,8972
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1177681.13/cwt650.00–720.001,2069
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200570.00/cwt550.00–590.001,1402
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228639.56/cwt610.00–680.001,45810
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1263564.85/cwt530.00–580.001,48629
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323491.28/cwt475.00–510.001,5874
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326544.79/cwt530.00–575.001,77618
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361439.07/cwt410.00–450.001,5854
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384472.33/cwt460.00–510.001,8149
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418440.75/cwt410.00–455.001,84213
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473356.67/cwt340.00–375.001,6872
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477394.18/cwt380.00–410.001,88010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523331.96/cwt320.00–345.001,7362
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530361.92/cwt355.00–380.001,9187
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579320.31/cwt305.00–340.001,8557
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624302.75/cwt285.00–315.001,8895
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1686280.69/cwt275.00–305.001,9265
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,266178.23/cwt172.00–183.002,25616
Bulls——1,557195.09/cwt188.00–200.003,0386
Bulls——2,119214.38/cwt206.00–219.004,5435
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001128.87/cwt122.00–135.001,2907
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010123.36/cwt123.00–124.001,2462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131141.06/cwt138.00–144.001,59524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191150.27/cwt145.00–158.001,79069
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,263147.04/cwt146.00–148.001,8573
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375156.94/cwt150.00–164.002,15814

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.