Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.25/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −52.72 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$330.25

35 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,767

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$32.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.24

vs FL average

−44.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	334.96	1,789	30
Medium and Large 2	540	302.00	1,631	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.96/cwt here — about $159 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 sale35 hd

330.25

—

FL average4 barns · 168 hd

337.49

−7.24

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−44.64

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

−52.72

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	—	Low	1,487	191.99	2,855	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,267	158.97	2,015	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,128	148.42	1,674	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	945	130.22	1,231	21

Every lot, as filed

66 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	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	410.41/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	361.95/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,669	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	490.30/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	458.66/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,729	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	540.54/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,168	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	386.27/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,642	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	374.64/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,952	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	368.76/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,726	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	425.09/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,785	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	473.20/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,301	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	175	582.94/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,020	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	285.77/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	413.16/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,355	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	331.78/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,875	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	390.53/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,449	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	312.70/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	336.11/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,758	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	427.84/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,793	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	397.32/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,879	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	539.36/cwt	515.00–570.00	1,753	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	333.31/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,927	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	363.17/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,914	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	622.51/cwt	595.00–660.00	1,357	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	554.09/cwt	530.00–585.00	1,524	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	321.83/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,002	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	174	671.24/cwt	645.00–700.00	1,168	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	118.60/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,082	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	132.16/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,257	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,271	160.41/cwt	154.00–169.00	2,039	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,248	151.02/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,885	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	138.53/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,499	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	155.57/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,778	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	346.70/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,945	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	457.18/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,719	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	145.19/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,642	31
Bulls	—	—	1,160	174.54/cwt	172.00–176.00	2,025	4
Bulls	—	—	1,648	201.97/cwt	195.00–213.00	3,328	16
Bulls	—	—	1,397	185.58/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,593	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	474.81/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	180	511.11/cwt	500.00–540.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	403.99/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,919	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	541.98/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	572.98/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	332.05/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	382.49/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	487.22/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	416.44/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	366.13/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	274.64/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	349.09/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	368.95/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	435.72/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	329.52/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	349.20/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	331.29/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	377.75/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	499.17/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	565.73/cwt	550.00–585.00	1,262	2

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 Oct 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,042Last week 800Year ago 1,037

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 263Year ago 200

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	550.00–585.00	565.73
2	250–300	273	490.00–510.00	499.17
4	300–350	311	465.00–500.00	490.30
8	350–400	378	400.00–430.00	410.41
3	400–450	430	370.00–395.00	377.75
4	450–500	461	340.00–370.00	361.95
3	500–550	530	325.00–345.00	331.29
2	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	600	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	150–200	174	645.00–700.00	671.24
6	200–250	218	595.00–660.00	622.51
21	250–300	275	530.00–585.00	554.09
15	300–350	325	515.00–570.00	539.36
15	350–400	377	440.00–490.00	458.66
17	400–450	419	400.00–445.00	427.84
13	450–500	473	385.00–420.00	397.32
10	500–550	527	350.00–385.00	363.17
14	550–600	578	320.00–355.00	333.31
5	600–650	622	310.00–330.00	321.83
5	650–700	667	270.00–295.00	285.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	150–200	175	560.00–620.00	582.94
16	200–250	216	500.00–560.00	540.54
12	250–300	275	450.00–500.00	473.20
9	300–350	328	400.00–440.00	413.16
17	350–400	371	370.00–410.00	390.53
14	400–450	425	370.00–410.00	386.27
23	450–500	468	345.00–385.00	368.76
22	500–550	523	320.00–355.00	336.11
8	550–600	565	325.00–340.00	331.78
5	600–650	622	290.00–325.00	312.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	180	500.00–540.00	511.11
3	200–250	215	450.00–490.00	474.81
3	250–300	265	420.00–445.00	435.72
2	300–350	323	355.00–385.00	368.95
2	350–400	373	335.00–365.00	349.09
2	400–450	423	335.00–365.00	349.20
2	450–500	473	320.00–340.00	329.52
1	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
4	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	623	265.00–285.00	274.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	570.00–580.00	572.98
2	300–350	323	535.00–550.00	541.98
15	350–400	376	440.00–485.00	457.18
14	400–450	420	400.00–445.00	425.09
10	450–500	475	380.00–425.00	403.99
5	500–550	521	360.00–390.00	374.64
15	550–600	561	320.00–355.00	346.70
2	600–650	623	320.00–345.00	332.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	465.00–500.00	487.22
4	350–400	373	400.00–435.00	416.44
3	400–450	415	360.00–395.00	382.49
3	450–500	465	350.00–375.00	366.13
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	550	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	912	117.00–120.00	118.60
18	—	951	125.00–135.00	132.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,271	154.00–169.00	160.41
2	—	1,248	150.00–152.00	151.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,082	136.00–140.00	138.53
32	—	1,143	150.00–164.00	155.57
31	—	1,131	141.00–149.00	145.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	172.00–176.00	174.54
16	—	1,648	195.00–213.00	201.97
14	—	1,397	179.00–190.00	185.58

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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