Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-05-04

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 4
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
705 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 565▲ 144 vs year ago 561 · +25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 151 vs last sale 133▲ 54 vs year ago 230 · +23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

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 21 of 24 comparable sales and sits +33.48 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551415.092,28512thin
Medium and Large 2513370.001,8964thin
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.

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
370.34
+33.48
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
425388350313median 370.3403/0205/1807/2008/3111/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,430204.852,93017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,291175.282,26422
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,115167.481,868117
CowsLean 85-90%Average952145.431,38525

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,4601
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271669.91/cwt640.00–700.001,8158
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273588.35/cwt570.00–610.001,6062
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323550.58/cwt525.00–580.001,7782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325602.81/cwt585.00–650.001,95925
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365515.57/cwt490.00–530.001,8823
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367576.27/cwt540.00–600.002,11519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414488.99/cwt465.00–500.002,02410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423414.47/cwt405.00–425.001,7532
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8005
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465489.68/cwt480.00–495.002,2773
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519449.24/cwt425.00–470.002,3324
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150590.00/cwt590.00–590.008851
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1174674.46/cwt640.00–700.001,1749
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223577.98/cwt560.00–600.001,2894
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225645.86/cwt620.00–680.001,45311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265547.01/cwt525.00–560.001,4503
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273611.85/cwt590.00–640.001,67020
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327464.68/cwt450.00–490.001,52010
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334512.60/cwt500.00–550.001,71218
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365427.37/cwt405.00–440.001,5603
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371478.06/cwt450.00–500.001,77420
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415414.28/cwt395.00–425.001,7193
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426453.95/cwt430.00–480.001,93415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464431.25/cwt400.00–445.002,00112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468383.65/cwt375.00–390.001,7955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522419.61/cwt390.00–435.002,1906
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579410.58/cwt400.00–425.002,3776
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2209654.76/cwt605.00–670.001,3685
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1211716.81/cwt690.00–750.001,5129
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265601.45/cwt570.00–620.001,5943
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280649.21/cwt630.00–700.001,81817
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2311564.76/cwt525.00–580.001,7564
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321621.24/cwt590.00–650.001,99419
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366572.10/cwt545.00–590.002,09413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373511.44/cwt495.00–530.001,9082
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420478.36/cwt455.00–500.002,00913
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423414.47/cwt405.00–425.001,7532
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474472.32/cwt450.00–495.002,2399
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511432.33/cwt425.00–435.002,2094
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,306186.59/cwt180.00–190.002,4374
Bulls——1,353197.14/cwt194.00–201.002,6675
Bulls——1,541218.80/cwt210.00–223.003,3728
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%937146.68/cwt140.00–150.001,37422
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065136.25/cwt134.00–138.001,4513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,074161.97/cwt155.00–165.001,74041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130171.54/cwt166.00–181.001,93872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278150.81/cwt150.00–153.001,9274
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,281176.15/cwt168.00–181.002,25621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3711

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.