Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-04-27

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Apr 27
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▼ 161 vs last sale 726▼ 170 vs year ago 735 · −23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 234▼ 28 vs year ago 161 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 2.00 to 4.00 lower and feeder classes mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $460.38/cwt on 41 head, up $21.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 31 comparable sales and sits +34.83 against this barn's trailing median of $425.54.
Average price
$460.38
▲ 21.78 vs prior sale
41 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$324
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$64.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.22
vs FL average
−9.68 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438471.412,06434
Medium and Large 2428406.781,7407thin
One grade step is worth $64.63/cwt here — about $324 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.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale41 hd
460.38
—
FL average4 barns · 206 hd
442.16
+18.22
National average170 barns · 9,640 hd
470.06
−9.68
This barn, trailing median31 sales
425.54
+34.83
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 400–500 lb

31 sales
480433387340median 425.5403/0204/2006/2208/2411/02
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $466.17, low $353.86, median $425.54 across 31 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,272216.382,75214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,187170.092,02023
CowsLean 85-90%Average929148.591,3809thin

Every lot

52 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,3001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228705.27/cwt680.00–740.001,6084
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270659.14/cwt630.00–690.001,7808
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273588.35/cwt570.00–610.001,6062
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323578.60/cwt560.00–600.001,8692
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332631.60/cwt615.00–680.002,09713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373509.40/cwt500.00–520.001,9002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376577.09/cwt560.00–595.002,1708
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8002
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429518.51/cwt500.00–555.002,22420
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463484.68/cwt450.00–500.002,24419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534450.42/cwt445.00–465.002,4059
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573427.60/cwt405.00–445.002,4508
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150650.00/cwt650.00–650.009752
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1161717.29/cwt670.00–740.001,15511
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223649.49/cwt620.00–690.001,44811
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230574.49/cwt560.00–610.001,3213
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273552.94/cwt530.00–580.001,5102
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284601.77/cwt585.00–650.001,70915
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2311500.30/cwt475.00–510.001,5564
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329543.81/cwt520.00–580.001,7899
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2356446.04/cwt425.00–450.001,5887
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374494.73/cwt470.00–520.001,85019
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6004
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422473.41/cwt450.00–495.001,99823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465415.81/cwt390.00–430.001,9343
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471467.23/cwt450.00–485.002,20111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,0201
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1171723.88/cwt700.00–760.001,2389
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215637.21/cwt600.00–660.001,3703
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225705.63/cwt670.00–740.001,58811
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1274658.80/cwt620.00–690.001,8057
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280595.95/cwt590.00–610.001,6693
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319643.93/cwt620.00–680.002,0547
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323573.26/cwt550.00–600.001,8522
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374568.94/cwt540.00–595.002,12825
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380509.21/cwt500.00–530.001,9353
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1431513.08/cwt500.00–555.002,2118
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478469.95/cwt450.00–500.002,24614
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524439.74/cwt430.00–450.002,3044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,204200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4085
Bulls——1,243237.39/cwt230.00–245.002,9514
Bulls——1,363215.96/cwt208.00–222.002,9445
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%913143.06/cwt138.00–145.001,3063
Cows—Lean 85-90%937151.35/cwt147.00–157.001,4186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170153.63/cwt152.00–156.001,7972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188178.48/cwt172.00–187.002,12010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190165.45/cwt160.00–170.001,96911

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.