Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2026-06-02

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jun 2
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
471 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 608▲ 194 vs year ago 277 · +70.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
262 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 276▼ 120 vs year ago 382 · −31.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower and feeder classes 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 $400.43/cwt on 17 head, up $2.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 23 comparable sales and sits +57.67 against this barn's trailing median of $342.75.
Average price
$400.43
▲ 2.01 vs prior sale
17 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.63
vs FL average
−4.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528415.362,19413thin
Medium and Large 2548351.881,9284thin
One grade step is worth $63.48/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale17 hd
400.43
—
FL average6 barns · 69 hd
401.05
−0.63
National average170 barns · 11,904 hd
404.76
−4.33
This barn, trailing median23 sales
342.75
+57.67
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

23 sales
417378339300median 342.7505/1907/0708/1809/2911/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $403.37, low $313.61, median $342.75 across 23 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—High1,322200.832,65614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,314188.122,47222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,248174.462,178146
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,068151.651,62012

Every lot

53 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)
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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,3002
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1226728.19/cwt690.00–760.001,6465
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275651.58/cwt630.00–690.001,7923
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315572.70/cwt560.00–580.001,8043
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326614.84/cwt590.00–640.002,0047
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365507.79/cwt495.00–515.001,8533
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370552.81/cwt530.00–575.002,04515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424476.12/cwt455.00–505.002,01925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471457.99/cwt430.00–475.002,15714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523384.57/cwt375.00–395.002,0112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530446.57/cwt445.00–450.002,3673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2173633.04/cwt620.00–650.001,0952
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1178696.26/cwt670.00–740.001,2396
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215584.81/cwt560.00–600.001,2573
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1226635.12/cwt610.00–670.001,4358
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273507.94/cwt485.00–535.001,3872
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274568.94/cwt540.00–600.001,5596
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315464.05/cwt445.00–475.001,4626
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325504.39/cwt485.00–540.001,63915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373482.20/cwt455.00–505.001,79916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373439.40/cwt430.00–450.001,6392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421438.42/cwt415.00–460.001,84616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423391.57/cwt375.00–410.001,6562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475419.56/cwt400.00–440.001,99311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515423.05/cwt400.00–435.002,17910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523364.35/cwt350.00–380.001,9062
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572389.74/cwt380.00–400.002,2293
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573339.41/cwt325.00–355.001,9452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1171768.10/cwt750.00–810.001,3134
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1215732.40/cwt720.00–740.001,5753
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223658.99/cwt650.00–670.001,4702
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,5251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273653.49/cwt625.00–680.001,78414
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323541.98/cwt535.00–550.001,7512
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328610.28/cwt585.00–650.002,0026
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7851
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368544.80/cwt540.00–550.002,0053
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423428.93/cwt410.00–450.001,8142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424469.35/cwt455.00–500.001,9904
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490446.02/cwt445.00–455.002,1859
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,215198.40/cwt193.00–203.002,4113
Bulls——1,273186.12/cwt182.00–191.002,3696
Bulls——1,446219.95/cwt211.00–227.003,1805
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057153.24/cwt142.00–158.001,62010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123143.68/cwt142.00–145.001,6142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220164.06/cwt161.00–166.002,00226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254182.33/cwt178.00–193.002,28649
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255172.84/cwt168.00–177.002,16971
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290194.24/cwt186.00–202.002,50612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,343180.78/cwt175.00–185.002,42810

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.