Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.69/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −110.27 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$272.69

35 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,462

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$27.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs FL average

−26.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	274.25	1,473	33
Medium and Large 2	523	246.96	1,292	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.29/cwt here — about $181 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 sale35 hd

272.69

—

FL average4 barns · 55 hd

270.27

+2.43

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−26.17

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

−110.27

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	—	High	1,581	174.01	2,751	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,273	142.75	1,818	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,090	133.68	1,457	115
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	901	113.01	1,018	32

Every lot, as filed

58 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	550–600	574	299.62/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	290.22/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,364	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	345.38/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,772	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	400.84/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,515	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	347.00/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,284	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	393.77/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,481	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	481.31/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,516	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	296.48/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,239	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	334.17/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,093	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	420.87/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	306.32/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	308.11/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,467	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	426.28/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	263.29/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	840	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	105.72/cwt	105.00–108.00	953	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	901	114.36/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,030	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,264	145.17/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,835	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,294	137.30/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,777	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	139.42/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,580	48
Bulls	—	—	1,719	181.38/cwt	174.00–191.00	3,118	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	246.96/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,292	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	131.45/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,416	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,012	124.42/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,259	18
Bulls	—	—	1,259	151.18/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,903	5
Bulls	—	—	1,367	166.19/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,272	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	563.47/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,240	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	302.31/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	286	361.12/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	365.98/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	294.72/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	383.14/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,230	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	327.85/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,390	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	269.82/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	376.27/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,588	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	272.87/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	260.64/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,488	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	226.35/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	537.62/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,452	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	343.43/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,645	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	528.47/cwt	525.00–535.00	1,469	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	359.22/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	281.06/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,462	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	472.95/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,064	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	411.53/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,144	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	462.58/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,527	7

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 Feb 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,156Last week 900Year ago 738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 447Last week 183Year ago 238

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower 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
4	250–300	278	525.00–535.00	528.47
7	300–350	330	450.00–490.00	462.58
17	350–400	378	390.00–425.00	400.84
16	400–450	422	350.00–390.00	376.27
29	450–500	479	330.00–370.00	343.43
25	500–550	513	325.00–355.00	345.38
4	550–600	574	285.00–315.00	299.62
10	600–650	620	260.00–285.00	272.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	455.00	455.00
2	300–350	323	410.00–445.00	426.28
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	476	300.00–320.00	308.11
3	500–550	530	290.00–305.00	294.72
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	490.00	490.00
1	250–300	250	475.00	475.00
3	300–350	315	405.00–430.00	420.87
3	350–400	365	350.00–375.00	365.98
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	220	530.00–590.00	563.47
19	250–300	270	500.00–560.00	537.62
11	300–350	315	450.00–500.00	481.31
19	350–400	376	380.00–420.00	393.77
4	400–450	434	350.00–390.00	359.22
1	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	500	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	571	295.00–315.00	302.31
2	600–650	623	265.00–275.00	269.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	200–250	225	450.00–500.00	472.95
14	250–300	278	395.00–440.00	411.53
30	300–350	321	365.00–400.00	383.14
24	350–400	370	325.00–365.00	347.00
28	400–450	424	310.00–345.00	327.85
19	450–500	470	275.00–305.00	290.22
22	500–550	520	265.00–295.00	281.06
11	550–600	571	250.00–270.00	260.64
3	600–650	630	220.00–240.00	226.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	200	420.00	420.00
5	250–300	286	355.00–390.00	361.12
5	300–350	327	325.00–350.00	334.17
6	350–400	358	290.00–310.00	306.32
5	400–450	418	285.00–305.00	296.48
4	450–500	461	245.00–270.00	263.29
2	500–550	523	235.00–260.00	246.96
2	600–650	600	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	901	105.00–108.00	105.72
27	—	901	110.00–118.00	114.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,264	141.00–150.00	145.17
4	—	1,294	136.00–139.00	137.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,133	136.00–146.00	139.42
49	—	1,077	127.00–135.00	131.45
18	—	1,012	120.00–126.00	124.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,719	174.00–191.00	181.38
5	—	1,259	145.00–156.00	151.18
8	—	1,367	160.00–172.00	166.19

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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