Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 12.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.97/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 13 of 12 comparable sales and sits +30.27 against this barn's trailing median of $380.70.

Average price

$410.97

7 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.54

vs FL average

−16.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	434.48	2,281	3thin
Medium and Large 2	511	393.34	2,010	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.14/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $403.37, low $336.00, median $380.70 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

410.97

—

FL average7 barns · 83 hd

405.43

+5.54

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−16.93

This barn, trailing median12 sales

380.70

+30.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,510	193.46	2,922	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,300	173.15	2,251	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	167.97	2,202	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	142.14	1,456	9thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	466.63/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	598.99/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	615.96/cwt	590.00–640.00	1,694	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	532.19/cwt	515.00–560.00	1,724	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	180	635.72/cwt	610.00–680.00	1,144	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	471.00/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	460.02/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	418.24/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,719	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	723.63/cwt	670.00–740.00	1,578	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	526.93/cwt	520.00–575.00	2,044	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	457.59/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,137	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	498.44/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	691.14/cwt	670.00–730.00	1,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	623.26/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	441.57/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	679.29/cwt	660.00–730.00	1,909	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	490.57/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,100	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	550.27/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,053	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	713.49/cwt	670.00–740.00	1,534	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	460.79/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	163	727.76/cwt	680.00–750.00	1,186	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	654.01/cwt	630.00–700.00	1,504	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	464.52/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	434.48/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	448.92/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	499.09/cwt	485.00–515.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	393.34/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	547.99/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	173	563.04/cwt	550.00–580.00	974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	628.87/cwt	610.00–640.00	1,667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	559.92/cwt	525.00–580.00	1,764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	624.18/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,997	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	414.27/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	150–200	173	637.39/cwt	620.00–660.00	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	617.98/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,378	2
Bulls	—	—	1,285	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,442	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	213.84/cwt	210.00–217.00	3,988	2
Bulls	—	—	1,389	184.14/cwt	178.00–189.00	2,558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	159.23/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,021	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	171.31/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,280	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,523	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	173.15/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,251	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	145.18/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,535	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	136.06/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,303	3

How this sale compares

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)

Tue May 5, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 548Last week 432Year ago 696

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 213Year ago 185

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 12.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	173	550.00–580.00	563.04
2	200–250	223	590.00–610.00	598.99
5	250–300	268	520.00–570.00	547.99
2	300–350	323	455.00–480.00	466.63
1	350–400	350	415.00	415.00
4	400–450	411	400.00–425.00	418.24
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	511	375.00–400.00	393.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	150–200	180	610.00–680.00	635.72
19	200–250	230	630.00–700.00	654.01
18	250–300	275	590.00–640.00	615.96
13	300–350	324	515.00–560.00	532.19
10	350–400	377	450.00–500.00	471.00
5	400–450	424	440.00–485.00	460.02
2	450–500	473	455.00–475.00	464.52
3	500–550	525	420.00–455.00	434.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	218	670.00–740.00	723.63
4	250–300	274	670.00–730.00	691.14
2	300–350	323	600.00–650.00	623.26
10	350–400	388	520.00–575.00	526.93
5	400–450	419	470.00–510.00	498.44
9	450–500	467	435.00–465.00	457.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	485.00	485.00
2	400–450	423	425.00–460.00	441.57
1	450–500	450	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	150–200	163	680.00–750.00	727.76
9	200–250	215	670.00–740.00	713.49
12	250–300	281	660.00–730.00	679.29
15	300–350	320	600.00–650.00	624.18
11	350–400	373	520.00–580.00	550.27
11	400–450	428	470.00–520.00	490.57
4	450–500	476	450.00–485.00	460.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	173	620.00–660.00	637.39
2	200–250	223	600.00–640.00	617.98
3	250–300	265	610.00–640.00	628.87
3	300–350	315	525.00–580.00	559.92
2	350–400	373	485.00–515.00	499.09
3	400–450	415	420.00–465.00	448.92
4	450–500	461	385.00–425.00	414.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	190.00	190.00
2	—	1,865	210.00–217.00	213.84
4	—	1,389	178.00–189.00	184.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,269	154.00–164.00	159.23
55	—	1,331	165.00–180.00	171.31
1	—	1,015	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,300	167.00–179.00	173.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,057	141.00–151.00	145.18
3	—	958	132.00–139.00	136.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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