Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

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 $336.37/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −46.60 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$336.37

37 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$36.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.96

vs FL average

−3.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	339.31	1,827	34
Medium and Large 2	549	303.07	1,663	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.23/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 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 sale37 hd

336.37

—

FL average4 barns · 141 hd

328.41

+7.96

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−3.81

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

−46.60

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	—	Low	1,631	195.46	3,188	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,267	167.28	2,120	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,084	153.63	1,666	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	913	137.66	1,257	41

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	335.65/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,255	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	318.09/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	470.74/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	342.78/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,978	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	421.80/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	376.45/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	412.59/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,366	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	178	604.65/cwt	580.00–640.00	1,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	357.29/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,051	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	435.12/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,801	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	341.83/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,099	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	337.29/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,909	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	520.02/cwt	495.00–550.00	1,180	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	421.29/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	329.46/cwt	315.00–345.00	2,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	396.91/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,917	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	616.86/cwt	590.00–650.00	1,382	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	367.17/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,917	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	403.14/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,951	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	174	681.47/cwt	670.00–695.00	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	361.34/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,720	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	340.72/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,768	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	478.22/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,320	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	535.84/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,715	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	356.57/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,865	8
Bulls	—	—	1,950	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	3,335	1
Bulls	—	—	1,813	214.67/cwt	213.00–216.00	3,892	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	131.73/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,176	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	140.12/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,291	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,349	159.81/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,156	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	169.77/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,105	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	383.44/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,415	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	565.74/cwt	535.00–590.00	1,556	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	153.58/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,637	46
Bulls	—	—	1,290	188.48/cwt	188.00–189.00	2,431	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	146.23/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,540	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	163.36/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,919	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	433.19/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	379.48/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	482.66/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,738	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	458.98/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,740	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	550.34/cwt	535.00–570.00	1,508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	605.22/cwt	585.00–630.00	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	557.82/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	173	545.87/cwt	535.00–560.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	363.36/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	419.63/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	462.59/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,416	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	537.87/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	331.40/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	464.26/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	381.69/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	317.11/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,960	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	312.01/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	299.61/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	150–200	173	604.57/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	342.37/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	374.49/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,562	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 912Last week 986Year ago 1,007

Slaughter CattleReceipts 257Last week 180Year ago 442

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	173	535.00–560.00	545.87
6	200–250	218	450.00–475.00	464.26
4	250–300	276	425.00–450.00	433.19
4	300–350	311	360.00–390.00	381.69
4	350–400	374	320.00–355.00	335.65
2	400–450	423	340.00–345.00	342.37
3	450–500	470	310.00–325.00	318.09
1	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	573	290.00–310.00	299.61
1	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	178	580.00–640.00	604.65
15	200–250	227	495.00–550.00	520.02
15	250–300	276	460.00–510.00	478.22
25	300–350	331	400.00–445.00	412.59
25	350–400	369	360.00–400.00	383.44
47	400–450	417	350.00–390.00	374.49
23	450–500	476	345.00–385.00	361.34
20	500–550	519	320.00–355.00	340.72
14	550–600	566	320.00–350.00	337.29
13	600–650	618	295.00–330.00	317.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	173	600.00–610.00	604.57
5	200–250	225	540.00–580.00	557.82
5	300–350	324	450.00–495.00	470.74
4	350–400	361	400.00–430.00	421.80
3	400–450	430	380.00–400.00	390.00
3	450–500	465	370.00–380.00	376.45
1	500–550	500	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	573	300.00–325.00	312.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	174	670.00–695.00	681.47
19	200–250	224	590.00–650.00	616.86
13	250–300	275	535.00–590.00	565.74
9	300–350	320	500.00–560.00	535.84
13	350–400	360	460.00–490.00	482.66
9	400–450	428	405.00–450.00	421.29
4	450–500	484	395.00–430.00	403.14
8	500–550	523	345.00–375.00	356.57
5	550–600	577	335.00–360.00	342.78
2	600–650	623	315.00–345.00	329.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	585.00–630.00	605.22
4	250–300	274	535.00–570.00	550.34
14	300–350	325	500.00–560.00	537.87
12	350–400	379	440.00–470.00	458.98
45	400–450	414	400.00–450.00	435.12
31	450–500	483	385.00–430.00	396.91
19	500–550	522	345.00–385.00	367.17
22	550–600	574	340.00–375.00	357.29
22	600–650	614	320.00–350.00	341.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	525.00	525.00
1	250–300	250	520.00	520.00
7	300–350	306	450.00–465.00	462.59
7	350–400	371	400.00–435.00	419.63
4	400–450	424	365.00–395.00	379.48
7	450–500	484	350.00–375.00	363.36
6	500–550	526	325.00–340.00	331.40
1	550–600	550	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	171.00	171.00
2	—	1,813	213.00–216.00	214.67
2	—	1,290	188.00–189.00	188.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	893	126.00–134.00	131.73
29	—	921	135.00–145.00	140.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,349	155.00–163.00	159.81
12	—	1,240	165.00–174.00	169.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,066	150.00–164.00	153.58
22	—	1,053	144.00–149.00	146.23
17	—	1,175	159.00–169.00	163.36

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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