Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-02-02

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Feb 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 570 vs last sale 703▼ 1,023 vs year ago 1,156 · −88.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 141▼ 323 vs year ago 447 · −72.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 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 $384.77/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 17 of 24 comparable sales and sits +14.43 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$384.77
7 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.26
vs FL average
−46.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532394.672,1005thin
Medium and Large 2525360.001,8902thin
One grade step is worth $34.67/cwt here — about $210 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 sale7 hd
384.77
—
FL average4 barns · 33 hd
413.02
−28.26
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−46.77
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
+14.43
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—Average1,408202.252,8487thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,318183.872,4236thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,191172.432,05459
CowsLean 85-90%Average990140.001,3863thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523441.75/cwt425.00–460.002,3102
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4481
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1186709.60/cwt700.00–750.001,3208
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,3801
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228748.79/cwt730.00–780.001,7076
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273704.59/cwt700.00–710.001,9242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,7851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324638.80/cwt610.00–670.002,0704
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372476.26/cwt465.00–485.001,7723
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422467.79/cwt450.00–480.001,9743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472408.58/cwt390.00–425.001,9285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520411.12/cwt390.00–425.002,1383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0352
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623357.23/cwt350.00–365.002,2262
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150750.00/cwt750.00–750.001,1251
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1173831.55/cwt800.00–870.001,4396
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1218833.25/cwt800.00–860.001,81613
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250670.00/cwt670.00–670.001,6752
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275765.27/cwt740.00–800.002,1046
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323670.93/cwt650.00–695.002,1672
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374560.48/cwt545.00–590.002,0964
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330192.68/cwt189.00–198.002,5633
Bulls——1,345183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,4611
Bulls——1,507218.24/cwt214.00–223.003,2893
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160165.35/cwt160.00–170.001,91816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163154.34/cwt152.00–156.001,7956
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209178.43/cwt171.00–186.002,15737
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,318183.87/cwt175.00–192.002,4236

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.