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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Mar 23

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

581 head

▼ 152 vs last sale 733▼ 55 vs year ago 636 · −8.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

121 head

▼ 105 vs last sale 226▼ 57 vs year ago 178 · −32.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleTue Nov 3, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.35/cwt on 17 head, up $40.50 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 16 of 24 comparable sales and sits +9.01 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.

Average price

$379.35

▲ 40.50 vs prior sale

17 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$38.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.16

vs FL average

−45.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	383.94	2,098	15thin
Medium and Large 2	525	345.00	1,811	2thin

One grade step is worth $38.94/cwt here — about $287 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

379.35

—

FL average4 barns · 56 hd

380.51

−1.16

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−45.84

This barn, trailing median24 sales

370.34

+9.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.53, low $327.47, median $370.34 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,341	212.97	2,856	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,330	178.78	2,378	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,130	164.52	1,859	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	137.16	1,371	11

Every lot

61 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	173	708.70/cwt	700.00–720.00	1,226	2
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,210	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	674.49/cwt	660.00–710.00	1,551	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	273	598.35/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,633	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	660.41/cwt	640.00–680.00	1,816	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	636.80/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,050	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	568.60/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,837	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,855	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	354	630.88/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,233	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,800	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	498.67/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,109	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,935	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	478.23/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,267	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	438.74/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,290	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	375.83/cwt	355.00–395.00	2,345	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 2	150	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	975	2
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 1	169	694.04/cwt	660.00–730.00	1,173	10
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	219	657.52/cwt	620.00–690.00	1,440	16
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	223	582.47/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,299	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	258	560.45/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,446	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	601.91/cwt	580.00–640.00	1,667	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	486.28/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,571	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	540.93/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,753	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	446.20/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,602	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	488.90/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,838	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	439.60/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,829	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	387.75/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,667	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	423.18/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,985	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	376.90/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,783	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	395.28/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,071	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	370.97/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,122	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	354.88/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,218	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1	162	725.06/cwt	670.00–745.00	1,175	12
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 2	173	631.74/cwt	610.00–660.00	1,093	4
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	200	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,240	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	693.53/cwt	660.00–730.00	1,560	16
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	273	592.94/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,619	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	276	663.81/cwt	630.00–700.00	1,832	16
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	634.55/cwt	600.00–660.00	2,031	26
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	563.26/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,819	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	594.21/cwt	575.00–630.00	2,199	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	553.56/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,065	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	500.68/cwt	485.00–525.00	2,123	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	438.95/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,887	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	460.82/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,184	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,250	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	389.57/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,037	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	388.97/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,248	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	373.51/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,301	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,223	199.80/cwt	197.00–203.00	2,444	2
Bulls	—	—	1,400	219.56/cwt	214.00–226.00	3,074	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	822	130.80/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,075	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	139.54/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,487	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,121	166.22/cwt	159.00–174.00	1,863	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	154.35/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,826	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,330	178.78/cwt	176.00–181.00	2,378	2

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 581Last week 733Year ago 636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 226Year ago 178

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

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	150	650.00	650.00
2	200–250	223	560.00–610.00	582.47
6	250–300	258	520.00–570.00	560.45
4	300–350	323	470.00–505.00	486.28
5	350–400	359	415.00–455.00	446.20
3	400–450	430	380.00–405.00	387.75
2	450–500	473	365.00–390.00	376.90
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	550	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	150–200	169	660.00–730.00	694.04
16	200–250	219	620.00–690.00	657.52
12	250–300	277	580.00–640.00	601.91
15	300–350	324	520.00–570.00	540.93
27	350–400	376	460.00–510.00	488.90
17	400–450	416	420.00–455.00	439.60
12	450–500	469	395.00–440.00	423.18
8	500–550	524	380.00–415.00	395.28
7	550–600	572	350.00–390.00	370.97
3	600–650	625	350.00–360.00	354.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	173	700.00–720.00	708.70
3	200–250	230	660.00–710.00	674.49
4	250–300	275	640.00–680.00	660.41
14	300–350	322	620.00–650.00	636.80
19	350–400	354	590.00–640.00	630.88
2	400–450	423	475.00–525.00	498.67
4	450–500	474	460.00–495.00	478.23
5	500–550	522	425.00–450.00	438.74
4	600–650	624	355.00–395.00	375.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	605.00	605.00
2	250–300	273	580.00–620.00	598.35
2	300–350	323	550.00–590.00	568.60
6	350–400	350	530.00	530.00
3	400–450	400	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	150–200	162	670.00–745.00	725.06
16	200–250	225	660.00–730.00	693.53
16	250–300	276	630.00–700.00	663.81
26	300–350	320	600.00–660.00	634.55
4	350–400	370	575.00–630.00	594.21
4	400–450	424	485.00–525.00	500.68
4	450–500	474	445.00–475.00	460.82
1	500–550	500	450.00	450.00
11	550–600	578	380.00–400.00	388.97
4	600–650	616	360.00–380.00	373.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	150–200	173	610.00–660.00	631.74
1	200–250	200	620.00	620.00
2	250–300	273	570.00–620.00	592.94
2	300–350	323	540.00–590.00	563.26
4	350–400	373	535.00–570.00	553.56
3	400–450	430	425.00–470.00	438.95
3	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	523	380.00–400.00	389.57
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	176.00–181.00	178.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,121	159.00–174.00	166.22
4	—	1,183	150.00–156.00	154.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	129.00–133.00	130.80
8	—	1,066	135.00–145.00	139.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	214.00–226.00	219.56
2	—	1,223	197.00–203.00	199.80

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.