Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-06-01

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
664 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 934▼ 230 vs year ago 894 · −25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 189▼ 158 vs year ago 315 · −50.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale for the previous Monday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $420.25/cwt on 7 head, down $2.39 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 19 comparable sales and sits +44.22 against this barn's trailing median of $376.03.
Average price
$420.25
▼ 2.39 vs prior sale
7 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,229
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529440.812,3324thin
Medium and Large 2532392.832,0903thin
One grade step is worth $47.97/cwt here — about $242 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 sale7 hd
420.25
—
FL average3 barns · 24 hd
412.24
+8.00
This barn, trailing median19 sales
376.03
+44.22
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

19 sales
441399357314median 376.0303/0206/0807/2008/2411/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $427.13, low $328.43, median $376.03 across 19 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—High1,438214.493,08428
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,259183.512,3106thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,127175.651,98045
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,112143.401,5953thin

Every lot

58 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 1215731.01/cwt700.00–750.001,5723
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2223646.97/cwt620.00–680.001,4432
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1258690.65/cwt650.00–700.001,78228
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273593.76/cwt580.00–610.001,6212
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323563.60/cwt545.00–585.001,8202
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324640.87/cwt630.00–650.002,0764
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373503.79/cwt485.00–525.001,8792
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374562.27/cwt540.00–600.002,10318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419476.92/cwt465.00–500.001,99814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465463.42/cwt430.00–480.002,15511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520443.48/cwt425.00–460.002,3068
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573429.21/cwt410.00–450.002,4592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2150600.00/cwt600.00–600.009001
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1171685.12/cwt650.00–720.001,17210
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223582.47/cwt560.00–610.001,2992
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1224654.85/cwt620.00–690.001,46715
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2258544.27/cwt520.00–550.001,4046
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271596.95/cwt570.00–630.001,61813
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327551.38/cwt525.00–585.001,80312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372474.35/cwt450.00–500.001,76511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373426.74/cwt415.00–440.001,5922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425435.00/cwt420.00–460.001,84919
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430384.30/cwt375.00–405.001,6526
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475429.26/cwt410.00–455.002,0393
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624340.95/cwt330.00–360.002,1284
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2150650.00/cwt650.00–650.009752
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1171758.02/cwt720.00–800.001,2969
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215651.01/cwt620.00–670.001,4003
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1221735.65/cwt690.00–760.001,6264
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273668.08/cwt630.00–700.001,82412
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280598.93/cwt590.00–620.001,6773
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323628.43/cwt595.00–660.002,03016
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2334547.36/cwt535.00–590.001,8284
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358522.63/cwt490.00–530.001,8716
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363583.48/cwt540.00–600.002,11810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427473.37/cwt455.00–505.002,02133
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432428.34/cwt420.00–450.001,85010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473406.67/cwt390.00–425.001,9242
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477456.00/cwt440.00–470.002,1758
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522444.41/cwt420.00–460.002,3203
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523391.75/cwt375.00–410.002,0492
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3651
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,410229.48/cwt221.00–242.003,2367
Bulls——1,440199.35/cwt195.00–202.002,8716
Bulls——1,450213.55/cwt205.00–220.003,09615
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038138.10/cwt135.00–143.001,4332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125177.83/cwt171.00–186.002,00136
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137166.94/cwt164.00–170.001,8989
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,259183.51/cwt180.00–190.002,3106
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,260154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9401

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.