Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-08-03

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 3
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,308 head
▲ 441 vs last sale 867▲ 127 vs year ago 1,181 · +10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
358 head
▲ 249 vs last sale 109▼ 133 vs year ago 491 · −27.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 57▲ 104 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 mostly steady and slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply higher. Replacement cattle soldf steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $373.95/cwt on 70 head, up $9.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 22 comparable sales and sits −14.11 against this barn's trailing median of $388.06.
Average price
$373.95
▲ 9.87 vs prior sale
70 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,046
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$349
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.15
vs FL average
−40.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551395.972,18243
Medium and Large 2541338.881,83327
One grade step is worth $57.09/cwt here — about $349 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale70 hd
373.95
—
FL average6 barns · 248 hd
384.10
−10.15
National average157 barns · 6,223 hd
414.24
−40.29
This barn, trailing median22 sales
388.06
−14.11
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

22 sales
467421374328median 388.0603/0206/0807/2708/3111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $453.02, low $341.73, median $388.06 across 22 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—Low1,524217.673,3178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,351182.752,47034
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,128175.391,97934
CowsLean 85-90%Low946151.361,43220

Every lot

93 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1221718.05/cwt700.00–760.001,5875
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2235640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,5042
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273673.08/cwt660.00–700.001,8386
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2277622.41/cwt600.00–640.001,7243
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321640.00/cwt610.00–660.002,0545
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325589.31/cwt570.00–620.001,9154
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360605.00/cwt595.00–620.002,1783
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374562.72/cwt545.00–570.002,1057
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403534.03/cwt520.00–570.002,1525
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430461.54/cwt450.00–500.001,98519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474475.69/cwt460.00–505.002,2554
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475430.99/cwt400.00–450.002,04733
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514344.74/cwt330.00–380.001,77216
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518412.32/cwt395.00–440.002,13619
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577383.03/cwt370.00–400.002,21024
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580330.36/cwt320.00–350.001,91611
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611373.16/cwt360.00–375.002,2808
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614332.12/cwt325.00–340.002,03921
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653359.06/cwt357.50–370.002,3458
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy210755.71/cwt740.00–770.001,5872
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220670.57/cwt640.00–700.001,4754
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2240613.19/cwt590.00–630.001,4723
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy266687.46/cwt680.00–690.001,8294
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1272614.57/cwt590.00–630.001,6726
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2281563.64/cwt540.00–590.001,5844
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314564.96/cwt550.00–580.001,7748
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,0481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329518.92/cwt500.00–540.001,7075
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365522.07/cwt495.00–545.001,9065
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376470.75/cwt450.00–480.001,7706
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415539.60/cwt520.00–570.002,2393
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419443.87/cwt420.00–450.001,8609
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432458.38/cwt455.00–460.001,9803
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy453466.62/cwt460.00–480.002,1143
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472429.49/cwt420.00–440.002,02710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479406.72/cwt380.00–430.001,94819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy502485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4359
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510366.08/cwt350.00–375.001,86718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515409.71/cwt395.00–425.002,1102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569360.15/cwt352.00–370.002,0499
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577420.32/cwt395.00–435.002,4256
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy578465.08/cwt450.00–475.002,6884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605336.61/cwt325.00–345.002,0363
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy619455.15/cwt445.00–465.002,8174
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623393.67/cwt360.00–425.002,4532
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663401.21/cwt365.00–425.002,6603
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685311.40/cwt295.00–335.002,1333
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717335.07/cwt325.00–350.002,4023
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy723417.58/cwt415.00–420.003,0192
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2651
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4401
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy860320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7521
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy910300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1218714.71/cwt690.00–740.001,5582
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,4461
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265681.27/cwt650.00–720.001,8058
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5391
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313617.92/cwt600.00–660.001,9345
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328572.34/cwt560.00–585.001,8776
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365581.18/cwt555.00–610.002,12113
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388496.08/cwt485.00–500.001,9255
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423477.40/cwt470.00–495.002,01910
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433446.25/cwt425.00–465.001,93215
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467452.38/cwt430.00–475.002,1138
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480406.02/cwt380.00–425.001,94910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527381.58/cwt370.00–395.002,0113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527368.56/cwt350.00–375.001,9427
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573345.12/cwt335.00–350.001,9784
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2311
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1632316.58/cwt310.00–325.002,0013
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632306.70/cwt290.00–330.001,9383
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675266.98/cwt250.00–285.001,8022
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685312.48/cwt310.00–315.002,1402
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718299.91/cwt295.00–305.002,1532
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,7011
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,1551
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1970212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,0561
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2980190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8621
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,1411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415197.53/cwt195.00–199.002,7953
Bulls——1,452223.21/cwt221.00–227.003,2413
Bulls——1,795239.55/cwt238.00–241.004,3002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%856141.68/cwt135.00–145.001,2134
Cows—Lean 85-90%962149.63/cwt147.00–158.001,43911
Cows—Lean 85-90%982162.91/cwt161.00–166.001,6005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,088164.66/cwt160.00–168.001,7925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132182.60/cwt180.00–186.002,0679
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137174.82/cwt170.00–179.001,98820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,330182.49/cwt175.00–188.002,42724
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,401192.80/cwt189.00–197.002,7016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,406169.26/cwt168.00–171.002,3804
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy875310.19/cwt285.00–335.002,71418
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010181.89/cwt164.00–275.001,83736

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.