Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 6.00 to 12.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.82/cwt on 16 head, down $6.71 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 20 of 24 comparable sales and sits +20.86 against this barn's trailing median of $382.97.

Average price

$403.82

▼ 6.71 vs prior sale

16 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

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

$45.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.58

vs FL average

−24.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	415.09	2,285	12thin
Medium and Large 2	513	370.00	1,896	4thin

One grade step is worth $45.09/cwt here — about $389 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 sale16 hd

403.82

—

FL average5 barns · 69 hd

402.24

+1.58

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−24.08

This barn, trailing median24 sales

382.97

+20.86

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	1,430	204.85	2,930	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,291	175.28	2,264	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	167.48	1,868	117
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	145.43	1,385	25

Every lot, as filed

55 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	300–350	334	512.60/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,712	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	611.85/cwt	590.00–640.00	1,670	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	431.25/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,001	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	547.01/cwt	525.00–560.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	645.86/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,453	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	489.68/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	488.99/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,024	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	453.95/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,934	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	464.68/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	515.57/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	669.91/cwt	640.00–700.00	1,815	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	576.27/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,115	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	550.58/cwt	525.00–580.00	1,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	588.35/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	602.81/cwt	585.00–650.00	1,959	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	414.47/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	449.24/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,332	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	621.24/cwt	590.00–650.00	1,994	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	511.44/cwt	495.00–530.00	1,908	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	432.33/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	572.10/cwt	545.00–590.00	2,094	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	601.45/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	478.36/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,009	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	410.58/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,377	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	383.65/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	150	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	419.61/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,190	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	427.37/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	223	577.98/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,289	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	472.32/cwt	450.00–495.00	2,239	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	209	654.76/cwt	605.00–670.00	1,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	414.28/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	478.06/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,774	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	174	674.46/cwt	640.00–700.00	1,174	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	414.47/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	649.21/cwt	630.00–700.00	1,818	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	211	716.81/cwt	690.00–750.00	1,512	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	564.76/cwt	525.00–580.00	1,756	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	146.68/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,374	22
Bulls	—	—	1,353	197.14/cwt	194.00–201.00	2,667	5
Bulls	—	—	1,541	218.80/cwt	210.00–223.00	3,372	8
Bulls	—	—	1,306	186.59/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,437	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,371	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	136.25/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,451	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,074	161.97/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,740	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	171.54/cwt	166.00–181.00	1,938	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	150.81/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,927	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,281	176.15/cwt	168.00–181.00	2,256	21

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 May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 705Last week 565Year ago 561

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 133Year ago 230

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 6.00 to 12.00 lower and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	150–200	174	640.00–700.00	674.46
11	200–250	225	620.00–680.00	645.86
20	250–300	273	590.00–640.00	611.85
18	300–350	334	500.00–550.00	512.60
20	350–400	371	450.00–500.00	478.06
15	400–450	426	430.00–480.00	453.95
12	450–500	464	400.00–445.00	431.25
6	500–550	522	390.00–435.00	419.61
6	550–600	579	400.00–425.00	410.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	590.00	590.00
4	200–250	223	560.00–600.00	577.98
3	250–300	265	525.00–560.00	547.01
10	300–350	327	450.00–490.00	464.68
3	350–400	365	405.00–440.00	427.37
3	400–450	415	395.00–425.00	414.28
5	450–500	468	375.00–390.00	383.65
3	500–550	500	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	550	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	570.00–610.00	588.35
2	300–350	323	525.00–580.00	550.58
3	350–400	365	490.00–530.00	515.57
2	400–450	423	405.00–425.00	414.47
5	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	500	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	730.00	730.00
8	250–300	271	640.00–700.00	669.91
25	300–350	325	585.00–650.00	602.81
19	350–400	367	540.00–600.00	576.27
10	400–450	414	465.00–500.00	488.99
3	450–500	465	480.00–495.00	489.68
4	500–550	519	425.00–470.00	449.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	211	690.00–750.00	716.81
17	250–300	280	630.00–700.00	649.21
19	300–350	321	590.00–650.00	621.24
13	350–400	366	545.00–590.00	572.10
13	400–450	420	455.00–500.00	478.36
9	450–500	474	450.00–495.00	472.32
4	500–550	511	425.00–435.00	432.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	209	605.00–670.00	654.76
3	250–300	265	570.00–620.00	601.45
4	300–350	311	525.00–580.00	564.76
2	350–400	373	495.00–530.00	511.44
2	400–450	423	405.00–425.00	414.47
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	500	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	937	140.00–150.00	146.68
3	—	1,065	134.00–138.00	136.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	157.00	157.00
21	—	1,281	168.00–181.00	176.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,074	155.00–165.00	161.97
72	—	1,130	166.00–181.00	171.54
4	—	1,278	150.00–153.00	150.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	194.00–201.00	197.14
8	—	1,541	210.00–223.00	218.80
4	—	1,306	180.00–190.00	186.59

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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