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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Nov 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
← Nov 3Nov 10latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
909 head
▲ 552 vs last sale 357▲ 231 vs year ago 678 · +34.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 58▲ 24 vs year ago 233 · +10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $373.40/cwt on 71 head, down $12.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 25 comparable sales and sits +0.02 against this barn's trailing median of $373.38.
Average price
$373.40
▼ 12.37 vs prior sale
71 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,026
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs FL average
−28.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2542383.642,08031
Medium and Large 1543365.471,98540
One grade step is worth $18.16/cwt here — about $95 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 sale71 hd
373.40
—
FL average6 barns · 197 hd
372.06
+1.34
National average41 barns · 3,459 hd
402.38
−28.98
This barn, trailing median25 sales
373.38
+0.02
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

25 sales
451410368326median 373.3803/1707/0708/1809/2911/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $437.32, low $339.94, median $373.38 across 25 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—Low1,557186.192,89813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235122.201,50957
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,226109.321,34082

Every lot

40 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215673.37/cwt640.00–710.001,44810
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272599.87/cwt590.00–610.001,63217
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274555.11/cwt530.00–580.001,52117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320504.30/cwt490.00–520.001,61410
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325549.08/cwt530.00–570.001,78514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326588.88/cwt580.00–600.001,92015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358524.48/cwt500.00–550.001,87826
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363423.33/cwt410.00–440.001,53713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371471.87/cwt450.00–490.001,75115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420465.54/cwt450.00–480.001,95516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420415.36/cwt400.00–430.001,74518
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423374.56/cwt360.00–390.001,58410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470361.29/cwt340.00–380.001,69823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471410.44/cwt390.00–430.001,93317
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523335.90/cwt325.00–345.001,75715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524370.19/cwt360.00–380.001,94021
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560428.39/cwt340.00–520.002,39916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564360.26/cwt350.00–370.002,03219
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1221556.65/cwt530.00–590.001,23015
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269524.93/cwt500.00–550.001,41219
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273468.72/cwt450.00–490.001,28012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320480.47/cwt470.00–490.001,53816
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323445.58/cwt430.00–460.001,43916
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3324411.29/cwt400.00–420.001,33311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363413.70/cwt400.00–430.001,50219
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370340.27/cwt330.00–350.001,25914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376373.52/cwt360.00–390.001,40417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416401.66/cwt380.00–420.001,67117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418356.15/cwt340.00–370.001,48917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465365.48/cwt350.00–380.001,69916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472332.40/cwt325.00–340.001,56925
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520342.14/cwt330.00–355.001,77914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522312.74/cwt300.00–325.001,63319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577323.29/cwt305.00–340.001,86515
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,483167.36/cwt166.00–171.002,4823
Bulls——1,568187.17/cwt182.00–188.002,9356
Bulls——1,595198.85/cwt198.00–200.003,1724
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151113.43/cwt110.00–118.001,30642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235122.20/cwt115.00–130.001,50957
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,304105.00/cwt101.00–108.001,36940

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.