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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jan 19
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
826 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 913▼ 302 vs year ago 1,128 · −26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 269▼ 145 vs year ago 417 · −34.8%
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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

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $413.89/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 18 of 19 comparable sales and sits +37.86 against this barn's trailing median of $376.03.
Average price
$413.89
24 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548420.482,30520
Medium and Large 2524380.961,9954thin
One grade step is worth $39.53/cwt here — about $310 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 sale24 hd
413.89
—
FL average1 barns · 24 hd
413.89
+0.00
This barn, trailing median19 sales
376.03
+37.86
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

19 sales
441399357314median 376.0303/0206/0807/2008/2411/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $427.13, low $328.43, median $376.03 across 19 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—High1,466194.932,85812
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,348168.982,27812
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,159158.211,83488
CowsLean 85-90%Low969134.121,30025

Every lot

59 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,6201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318620.85/cwt600.00–640.001,9746
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383575.75/cwt560.00–600.002,2058
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430508.66/cwt490.00–545.002,1877
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473477.02/cwt450.00–500.002,25610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473421.67/cwt405.00–440.001,9942
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515392.94/cwt380.00–400.002,0243
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523449.57/cwt440.00–460.002,3512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570394.72/cwt375.00–405.002,2505
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573354.61/cwt345.00–365.002,0322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624376.15/cwt360.00–400.002,3477
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150600.00/cwt600.00–600.009001
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1172715.94/cwt680.00–750.001,2319
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223642.47/cwt620.00–670.001,4332
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228701.61/cwt680.00–750.001,60016
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273585.64/cwt565.00–610.001,5992
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274652.73/cwt620.00–690.001,78814
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4852
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333513.30/cwt500.00–555.001,70921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375504.75/cwt480.00–535.001,89316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380445.75/cwt435.00–470.001,6943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411416.88/cwt395.00–425.001,7134
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415471.85/cwt445.00–485.001,95816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470448.41/cwt425.00–470.002,10817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473396.67/cwt380.00–415.001,8762
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517392.62/cwt375.00–405.002,03014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7881
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563371.15/cwt345.00–385.002,09014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625342.96/cwt330.00–360.002,1443
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,0501
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1172797.35/cwt770.00–815.001,3719
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2209690.62/cwt660.00–700.001,4435
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1222769.82/cwt730.00–800.001,70920
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273637.52/cwt610.00–670.001,7402
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275705.89/cwt675.00–745.001,94119
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2309553.30/cwt530.00–560.001,7105
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329610.08/cwt585.00–650.002,00731
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380559.87/cwt540.00–595.002,12815
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7802
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422515.30/cwt490.00–540.002,17513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465430.81/cwt405.00–445.002,0033
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470470.47/cwt450.00–490.002,21111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515392.94/cwt380.00–400.002,0243
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527444.71/cwt420.00–465.002,34411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574390.87/cwt380.00–410.002,2449
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624372.34/cwt365.00–380.002,3234
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,283182.97/cwt180.00–185.002,3484
Bulls——1,468193.86/cwt188.00–203.002,8466
Bulls——1,828222.06/cwt219.00–225.004,0592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965139.34/cwt135.00–142.001,34513
Cows—Lean 85-90%974128.46/cwt125.00–132.001,25112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114152.08/cwt146.00–156.001,69429
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157144.49/cwt143.00–145.001,6726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184163.12/cwt157.00–170.001,93153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,348168.98/cwt163.00–174.002,27812

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.