Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-06-22

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
825 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 605▼ 77 vs year ago 902 · −8.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 231▼ 46 vs year ago 265 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower and feeder classes steady to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $408.09/cwt on 35 head, up $13.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 24 comparable sales and sits +37.75 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$408.09
▲ 13.66 vs prior sale
35 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs FL average
−7.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538421.752,27027
Medium and Large 2565361.992,0458thin
One grade step is worth $59.77/cwt here — about $224 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 sale35 hd
408.09
—
FL average6 barns · 120 hd
408.71
−0.62
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−7.74
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
+37.75
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—High1,550202.373,13618
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,295185.652,4044thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,155170.611,97052
CowsLean 85-90%Low983154.031,51411

Every lot

59 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1257693.98/cwt660.00–700.001,78413
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319618.81/cwt590.00–640.001,9745
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323553.26/cwt530.00–580.001,7872
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369567.19/cwt555.00–575.002,0936
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373523.49/cwt500.00–550.001,9534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423446.30/cwt425.00–470.001,8882
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438479.30/cwt475.00–510.002,09916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465430.81/cwt405.00–445.002,0033
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466483.47/cwt455.00–500.002,25331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515443.85/cwt415.00–460.002,28616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563446.86/cwt430.00–455.002,51636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573392.01/cwt380.00–405.002,2462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618422.85/cwt395.00–440.002,61315
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,1801
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225665.84/cwt640.00–700.001,4987
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268565.60/cwt560.00–570.001,5165
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273657.49/cwt620.00–690.001,7957
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315572.61/cwt540.00–590.001,80411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327497.34/cwt490.00–510.001,6265
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373460.14/cwt435.00–485.001,71621
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2386404.53/cwt400.00–425.001,5615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421448.91/cwt425.00–470.001,89017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436403.67/cwt400.00–420.001,7605
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463392.36/cwt375.00–400.001,8177
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466445.74/cwt415.00–460.002,07722
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519425.77/cwt400.00–445.002,21016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530371.01/cwt360.00–395.001,9663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566415.91/cwt390.00–430.002,35411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586356.57/cwt350.00–385.002,0905
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625370.77/cwt350.00–385.002,31710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1168765.84/cwt730.00–800.001,2876
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2217678.82/cwt650.00–700.001,4738
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1226751.30/cwt720.00–800.001,6989
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1272675.46/cwt640.00–700.001,83711
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273598.35/cwt580.00–620.001,6332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324625.70/cwt595.00–655.002,02710
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330552.12/cwt540.00–580.001,8223
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371585.03/cwt555.00–615.002,17022
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373518.79/cwt500.00–540.001,9354
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423439.20/cwt425.00–455.001,8582
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432486.02/cwt475.00–525.002,10014
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8005
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465469.42/cwt435.00–485.002,18315
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,9251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1534409.37/cwt400.00–440.002,1864
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0351
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574405.96/cwt395.00–420.002,3304
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615388.01/cwt375.00–395.002,3863
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,450187.13/cwt184.00–190.002,7137
Bulls——1,519197.11/cwt195.00–201.002,9944
Bulls——1,667220.62/cwt215.00–225.003,6787
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%828144.16/cwt142.00–146.001,1942
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017156.22/cwt150.00–160.001,5899
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142177.03/cwt172.00–187.002,02227
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156166.84/cwt161.00–170.001,92916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192158.04/cwt155.00–160.001,8849
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295185.65/cwt179.00–189.002,4044

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.