Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.06/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −73.63 against this barn's trailing median of $421.70.

Average price

$348.06

51 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$38.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.70

vs FL average

−31.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	352.61	1,881	45
Medium and Large 2	533	313.97	1,672	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.64/cwt here — about $210 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

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $453.02, low $348.28, median $421.70 across 18 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 sale51 hd

348.06

—

FL average2 barns · 98 hd

347.37

+0.70

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−31.07

This barn, trailing median18 sales

421.70

−73.63

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	1,393	193.11	2,690	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,283	174.13	2,234	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	159.94	1,821	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	877	132.39	1,161	17

Every lot, as filed

56 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	350–400	370	436.01/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,613	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	357.23/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,000	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	353.13/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,653	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	350.06/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,817	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	299.74/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	423.98/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,157	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	327.42/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,712	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	332.47/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,048	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	433.99/cwt	425.00–445.00	968	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	523.94/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,478	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	352.79/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,820	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	509.23/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,691	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	398.95/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	539.06/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	314.46/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,780	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	591.74/cwt	585.00–600.00	1,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	382.31/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,243	26
Bulls	—	—	1,327	188.01/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,495	7
Bulls	—	—	1,677	212.73/cwt	210.00–218.00	3,567	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	166.23/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,970	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	147.95/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,659	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,283	174.13/cwt	169.00–179.00	2,234	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,102	158.03/cwt	154.00–162.00	1,741	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	371.37/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,790	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	586.53/cwt	565.00–610.00	1,285	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	434.59/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,586	3
Bulls	—	—	1,000	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,700	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	125.54/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,110	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	873	136.13/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,188	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	374.62/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,401	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	327.21/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	356.51/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,494	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	364.65/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	315.69/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	312.94/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	314.20/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	370.94/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	342.58/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	535.90/cwt	490.00–545.00	1,667	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	383.43/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,798	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	395.26/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,692	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	352.70/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,111	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 (Mon)

Mon Jul 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,099Last week 902Year ago 904

Slaughter CattleReceipts 292Last week 265Year ago 325

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	585.00–600.00	591.74
7	250–300	270	500.00–560.00	539.06
20	300–350	311	490.00–545.00	535.90
16	350–400	370	410.00–450.00	436.01
32	400–450	428	380.00–425.00	395.26
24	450–500	469	360.00–400.00	383.43
29	500–550	519	325.00–365.00	350.06
16	550–600	560	330.00–365.00	357.23
40	600–650	616	320.00–340.00	332.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	450.00	450.00
1	300–350	300	440.00	440.00
3	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
4	400–450	411	360.00–375.00	370.94
3	450–500	465	320.00–355.00	342.58
3	500–550	515	300.00–320.00	312.94
3	550–600	550	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	385.00	385.00
3	300–350	315	340.00–360.00	352.70
4	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	423	300.00–330.00	314.20
5	450–500	459	300.00–320.00	315.69
1	500–550	500	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	550	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	600	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	425.00–445.00	433.99
17	250–300	273	400.00–445.00	423.98
26	300–350	325	365.00–405.00	382.31
39	350–400	374	355.00–395.00	374.62
35	400–450	419	335.00–375.00	356.51
32	450–500	468	335.00–370.00	353.13
9	500–550	523	310.00–345.00	327.42
15	550–600	566	290.00–320.00	314.46
11	600–650	607	275.00–305.00	299.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	219	565.00–610.00	586.53
10	250–300	282	500.00–560.00	523.94
9	300–350	332	495.00–540.00	509.23
3	350–400	365	425.00–440.00	434.59
10	400–450	428	380.00–425.00	398.95
12	450–500	482	360.00–400.00	371.37
9	500–550	516	330.00–365.00	352.79
2	550–600	573	320.00–335.00	327.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	200	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	300	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	430	360.00–375.00	364.65
2	450–500	450	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,327	185.00–194.00	188.01
3	—	1,677	210.00–218.00	212.73
1	—	1,000	170.00	170.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,185	163.00–173.00	166.23
7	—	1,121	146.00–152.00	147.95
22	—	1,102	154.00–162.00	158.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,283	169.00–179.00	174.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	884	125.00–126.00	125.54
11	—	873	132.00–140.00	136.13

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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