Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.74/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −143.23 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$239.74

7 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$27.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.37

vs FL average

−27.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	247.63	1,368	5thin
Medium and Large 2	500	220.00	1,100	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.63/cwt here — about $268 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

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.90, low $334.36, median $382.97 across 24 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

239.74

—

FL average5 barns · 32 hd

248.11

−8.37

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−27.85

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

−143.23

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	—	High	1,519	138.25	2,100	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,229	125.63	1,544	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,110	116.86	1,298	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	102.91	968	38

Every lot, as filed

52 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	352.70/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,485	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	324.92/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,488	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	373.75/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,435	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	390.14/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,264	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	258.23/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,201	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	260.26/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,359	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	383.73/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,408	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	391.88/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	271.68/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,307	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	249.78/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	354.70/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	359.70/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,342	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	327.32/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,358	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	93.63/cwt	90.00–95.00	893	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	104.00/cwt	100.00–107.00	977	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,228	128.95/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,584	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,464	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	110.50/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,168	28
Bulls	—	—	1,649	145.40/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,398	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	319.43/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,169	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	410.76/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	391.77/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	246.20/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,408	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	352.85/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,464	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	286.68/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,345	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	339.51/cwt	325.00–345.00	890	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	350.98/cwt	340.00–360.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	334.99/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,082	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	284.91/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,171	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	405.80/cwt	400.00–420.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	263.24/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	249.51/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,328	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	260.94/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,072	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	259.00/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,349	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	412.36/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,138	7
Bulls	—	—	1,304	127.84/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,667	7
Bulls	—	—	1,567	140.25/cwt	138.00–143.00	2,198	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	117.34/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,299	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	127.01/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,538	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	290.57/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,095	5

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 (Mon)

Mon May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 534Last week 472Year ago 601

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 279Year ago 320

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	405.00–420.00	410.76
5	300–350	328	385.00–400.00	391.77
5	350–400	367	375.00–390.00	383.73
19	400–450	421	340.00–360.00	352.70
6	450–500	458	320.00–326.00	324.92
5	500–550	522	255.00–270.00	260.26
3	550–600	565	260.00–265.00	263.24
3	600–650	627	245.00–257.00	249.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	373	350.00–360.00	354.70
7	400–450	400	332.00	332.00
1	450–500	450	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	400.00–420.00	405.80
7	250–300	276	405.00–425.00	412.36
12	300–350	324	380.00–400.00	390.14
15	350–400	384	370.00–385.00	373.75
3	400–450	415	340.00–360.00	352.85
5	450–500	469	275.00–295.00	286.68
6	500–550	521	250.00–270.00	259.00
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	380.00	380.00
2	250–300	273	385.00–400.00	391.88
1	300–350	300	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	373	355.00–365.00	359.70
6	400–450	415	320.00–330.00	327.32
3	450–500	450	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	325.00	325.00
1	250–300	250	305.00	305.00
2	300–350	300	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	377	285.00–300.00	290.57
4	400–450	411	250.00–265.00	260.94
3	450–500	465	255.00–260.00	258.23
2	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	340.00–360.00	350.98
8	250–300	262	325.00–345.00	339.51
14	300–350	323	325.00–345.00	334.99
19	350–400	366	305.00–325.00	319.43
18	400–450	411	270.00–290.00	284.91
8	450–500	481	265.00–285.00	271.68
2	500–550	523	245.00–255.00	249.78
3	550–600	572	242.00–252.00	246.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	90.00–95.00	93.63
34	—	939	100.00–107.00	104.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	128.00–130.00	128.95
1	—	1,230	119.00	119.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,057	105.00–113.00	110.50
33	—	1,107	114.00–122.00	117.34
16	—	1,211	123.00–131.00	127.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,649	144.00–148.00	145.40
7	—	1,304	124.00–130.00	127.84
15	—	1,567	138.00–143.00	140.25

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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