Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2024-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.25/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −134.72 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$248.25

32 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,328

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$33.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

vs FL average

−17.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	250.32	1,333	30
Medium and Large 2	573	217.21	1,245	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.11/cwt here — about $88 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 sale32 hd

248.25

—

FL average5 barns · 64 hd

248.59

−0.35

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−17.12

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

−134.72

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	1,424	154.43	2,199	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,319	140.06	1,848	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,049	133.95	1,405	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	935	116.57	1,090	22

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	322.82/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,240	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	352.58/cwt	342.00–362.00	963	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	248.66/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,383	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	233.37/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	250.53/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,468	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	249.78/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	394.52/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,243	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	244.18/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	251.15/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,062	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	254.69/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	389.55/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	236.45/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	386.88/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,056	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,311	140.95/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,848	9
Bulls	—	—	1,450	152.48/cwt	148.00–158.00	2,211	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,041	138.36/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,440	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,841	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	129.13/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,366	32
Bulls	—	—	1,271	144.41/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	298.93/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	109.15/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,002	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	119.35/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,123	16
Bulls	—	—	1,461	162.38/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,372	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	409.17/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	255.96/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	217.21/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	319.65/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,032	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	327.01/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,406	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	331.60/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,379	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	259.36/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,320	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	414.52/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	267.67/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,151	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	380.76/cwt	377.00–385.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	263.36/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,414	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	259.41/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	376.64/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,371	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	280.71/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,339	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	343.11/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,112	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	419.52/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,321	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	277.22/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,289	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	260.51/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,235	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	325.98/cwt	315.00–335.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	250.92/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,315	22

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 Jun 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 873Last week 987Year ago 1,073

Slaughter CattleReceipts 211Last week 316Year ago 259

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	390.00	390.00
3	300–350	315	385.00–400.00	394.52
1	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	450	250.00	250.00
2	500–550	523	237.00–252.00	244.18
4	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	400.00–420.00	409.17
3	300–350	315	405.00–420.00	414.52
2	350–400	373	377.00–385.00	380.76
4	400–450	416	327.00–335.00	331.60
11	450–500	465	272.00–280.00	277.22
5	500–550	509	257.00–260.00	259.36
17	550–600	586	247.00–265.00	250.53
1	600–650	600	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	222	315.00–335.00	325.98
6	250–300	273	342.00–362.00	352.58
10	300–350	324	337.00–352.00	343.11
20	350–400	384	318.00–335.00	322.82
22	400–450	430	262.00–280.00	267.67
22	450–500	474	250.00–270.00	260.51
22	500–550	524	240.00–260.00	250.92
8	550–600	556	240.00–250.00	248.66
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	295.00	295.00
2	300–350	323	315.00–325.00	319.65
2	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	423	245.00–258.00	251.15
3	450–500	465	230.00–240.00	236.45
2	550–600	573	210.00–225.00	217.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	380.00–395.00	386.88
3	300–350	330	385.00–400.00	389.55
1	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
3	400–450	415	297.00–300.00	298.93
3	450–500	480	250.00–265.00	254.69
2	500–550	523	245.00–255.00	249.78
2	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	623	230.00–237.00	233.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	315	410.00–425.00	419.52
26	350–400	364	365.00–385.00	376.64
11	400–450	430	320.00–332.00	327.01
8	450–500	477	275.00–290.00	280.71
9	500–550	537	260.00–277.00	263.36
7	550–600	568	247.00–267.00	255.96
2	600–650	623	257.00–262.00	259.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,311	135.00–146.00	140.95
1	—	1,395	132.00	132.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,041	134.00–146.00	138.36
32	—	1,058	125.00–133.00	129.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	918	106.00–112.00	109.15
16	—	941	115.00–125.00	119.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,450	148.00–158.00	152.48
4	—	1,271	140.00–147.00	144.41
8	—	1,461	159.00–168.00	162.38

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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