Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.93/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −33.03 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$349.93

24 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$51.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.94

vs FL average

−19.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	358.48	1,885	20
Medium and Large 2	537	307.18	1,648	4thin

One grade step is worth $51.31/cwt here — about $237 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 sale24 hd

349.93

—

FL average4 barns · 163 hd

344.00

+5.94

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−19.88

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

−33.03

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	1,374	197.03	2,707	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,259	172.76	2,174	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,120	161.59	1,809	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	137.77	1,396	29

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1	600–650	624	329.78/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,058	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	523.26/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	261	538.71/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	391.70/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,814	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	391.98/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	605.75/cwt	570.00–630.00	1,660	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	589.59/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,904	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	349.29/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	339.35/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	339.55/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	344.28/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	396.88/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	389.20/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	287.05/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	342.18/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	488.76/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	454.40/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	463.39/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,297	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	314.35/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,644	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	157.61/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,757	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	128.18/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,172	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	175.58/cwt	169.00–182.00	2,221	16
Bulls	—	—	1,610	205.00/cwt	199.00–207.00	3,301	4
Bulls	—	—	1,252	195.66/cwt	191.00–198.00	2,450	5
Bulls	—	—	1,040	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	610.50/cwt	595.00–620.00	1,313	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	466.14/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,739	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,036	148.99/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,544	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	169.96/cwt	164.00–179.00	1,951	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	140.82/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,472	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,238	163.72/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	578.10/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	508.74/cwt	495.00–550.00	1,948	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	309.61/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	356.84/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,370	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	338.83/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,094	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	371.99/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,964	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	437.79/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,405	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	372.49/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,784	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	347.60/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,013	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	435.59/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	343.61/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,130	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	352.77/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,025	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	347.22/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	524.17/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,468	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	387.79/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	361.30/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,861	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	558.14/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,239	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	384.20/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,998	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	514.03/cwt	495.00–550.00	1,948	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	666.86/cwt	630.00–705.00	1,460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	405.70/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,534	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	432.36/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,829	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	394.05/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,876	27

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 Aug 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 899Last week 1,205Year ago 881

Slaughter CattleReceipts 321Last week 365Year ago 463

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	222	530.00–580.00	558.14
14	250–300	280	500.00–560.00	524.17
27	300–350	321	410.00–460.00	437.79
25	350–400	378	390.00–435.00	405.70
19	400–450	422	370.00–405.00	387.79
25	450–500	479	355.00–395.00	372.49
16	500–550	515	345.00–375.00	361.30
4	550–600	569	335.00–355.00	347.22
4	600–650	624	320.00–340.00	329.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	218	475.00–500.00	488.76
3	250–300	280	450.00–495.00	463.39
5	300–350	318	375.00–405.00	391.98
4	350–400	384	350.00–380.00	356.84
3	400–450	415	325.00–355.00	344.28
3	450–500	467	325.00–350.00	339.55
2	500–550	523	300.00–330.00	314.35
2	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	623	275.00–300.00	287.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	595.00–620.00	610.50
4	250–300	261	510.00–550.00	538.71
2	300–350	323	500.00–550.00	523.26
2	350–400	373	445.00–490.00	466.14
4	400–450	411	375.00–405.00	396.88
2	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
2	500–550	523	325.00–355.00	339.35
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	600	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	219	630.00–705.00	666.86
24	250–300	274	570.00–630.00	605.75
17	300–350	323	560.00–620.00	589.59
8	350–400	379	495.00–550.00	514.03
9	400–450	423	410.00–460.00	435.59
14	450–500	463	385.00–395.00	391.70
4	500–550	528	360.00–395.00	371.99
11	550–600	579	335.00–360.00	347.60
5	600–650	618	330.00–345.00	338.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	645.00	645.00
1	250–300	250	625.00	625.00
8	300–350	322	560.00–600.00	578.10
11	350–400	383	495.00–550.00	508.74
10	400–450	423	410.00–455.00	432.36
27	450–500	476	375.00–415.00	394.05
10	500–550	520	360.00–400.00	384.20
8	550–600	574	335.00–375.00	352.77
9	600–650	620	325.00–360.00	343.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	373	445.00–465.00	454.40
2	400–450	423	375.00–405.00	389.20
2	450–500	473	335.00–365.00	349.29
4	500–550	523	335.00–350.00	342.18
2	550–600	573	300.00–320.00	309.61
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,115	151.00–163.00	157.61
9	—	1,036	146.00–150.00	148.99
33	—	1,148	164.00–179.00	169.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	914	125.00–132.00	128.18
22	—	1,045	135.00–145.00	140.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,265	169.00–182.00	175.58
5	—	1,238	158.00–166.00	163.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,610	199.00–207.00	205.00
5	—	1,252	191.00–198.00	195.66
1	—	1,040	172.00	172.00

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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