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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jul 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,138 head
▲ 524 vs last sale 614▲ 68 vs year ago 1,070 · +6.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 131▼ 1 vs year ago 186 · −0.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $401.02/cwt on 62 head, down $0.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 23 comparable sales and sits +29.26 against this barn's trailing median of $371.76.
Average price
$401.02
▼ 0.62 vs prior sale
62 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.30
vs FL average
−18.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539420.482,26527
Medium and Large 2540386.002,08535
One grade step is worth $34.48/cwt here — about $180 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 sale62 hd
401.02
—
FL average7 barns · 306 hd
403.32
−2.30
National average142 barns · 5,313 hd
419.04
−18.02
This barn, trailing median23 sales
371.76
+29.26
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
451410368326median 371.7605/1207/0708/1809/2911/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $437.32, low $339.94, median $371.76 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—Average1,630228.453,7247thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,452182.852,65461
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,252162.142,03133

Every lot

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263659.05/cwt640.00–680.001,73330
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268601.31/cwt580.00–620.001,61212
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322634.50/cwt610.00–660.002,04317
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323574.03/cwt550.00–600.001,85418
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325525.69/cwt510.00–540.001,70818
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2362535.84/cwt520.00–550.001,94013
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370574.59/cwt560.00–590.002,12614
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3372479.99/cwt460.00–500.001,78621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419498.04/cwt480.00–515.002,08715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425449.65/cwt435.00–465.001,91124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428416.23/cwt400.00–430.001,78119
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460422.23/cwt410.00–435.001,94222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475447.36/cwt440.00–455.002,12525
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520429.71/cwt420.00–440.002,23416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525390.57/cwt370.00–410.002,05022
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566407.05/cwt400.00–415.002,30411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566378.27/cwt370.00–385.002,14113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615369.84/cwt360.00–380.002,27524
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624324.79/cwt320.00–330.002,02717
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662343.46/cwt340.00–360.002,27417
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218721.15/cwt700.00–740.001,57212
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2271551.81/cwt530.00–580.001,49511
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273628.62/cwt600.00–660.001,71612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322535.42/cwt520.00–550.001,72415
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323453.32/cwt440.00–465.001,4649
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2334495.92/cwt480.00–510.001,65611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366500.19/cwt490.00–510.001,83115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366460.22/cwt440.00–480.001,68417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424459.57/cwt450.00–470.001,94915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425392.21/cwt380.00–405.001,66712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430425.20/cwt415.00–435.001,82823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463396.40/cwt380.00–410.001,83513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468435.40/cwt420.00–450.002,03820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520364.57/cwt350.00–380.001,89612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523392.32/cwt385.00–400.002,05212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555380.09/cwt370.00–390.002,10922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570345.13/cwt340.00–350.001,96712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,630228.45/cwt217.00–242.003,7247
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213199.35/cwt196.00–206.002,4189
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,233158.58/cwt155.00–160.001,95517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,273165.92/cwt162.00–170.002,11216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,493180.00/cwt173.00–190.002,68752

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.