Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2026-07-20

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jul 20
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,090 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 1,226▲ 178 vs year ago 912 · +19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 235▼ 108 vs year ago 257 · −42.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 68▲ 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold sharply lower, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.46/cwt on 27 head, down $20.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 24 comparable sales and sits +8.12 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$378.46
▼ 20.98 vs prior sale
27 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.56
vs FL average
+2.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513385.761,98018thin
Medium and Large 2534363.851,9439thin
One grade step is worth $21.91/cwt here — about $36 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 sale27 hd
378.46
—
FL average6 barns · 179 hd
398.02
−19.56
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
+2.65
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
+8.12
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—High1,405214.403,0127thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,294181.052,3439thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,139170.101,93726
CowsLean 85-90%High953143.001,36313

Every lot

85 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy213790.00/cwt790.00–790.001,6832
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2221671.24/cwt640.00–690.001,4834
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1222718.60/cwt700.00–760.001,59510
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy260730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,8982
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268675.81/cwt640.00–700.001,81110
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2276593.51/cwt560.00–610.001,63810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy308653.41/cwt650.00–660.002,0133
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321597.52/cwt575.00–630.001,9185
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328548.87/cwt535.00–570.001,8005
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360597.43/cwt595.00–600.002,1512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364573.47/cwt555.00–590.002,0877
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373498.15/cwt480.00–520.001,8589
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422492.71/cwt485.00–525.002,07910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431455.54/cwt440.00–475.001,96321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472449.89/cwt440.00–465.002,12310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483428.13/cwt400.00–440.002,0688
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524401.06/cwt390.00–405.002,10222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530375.02/cwt370.00–380.001,98812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556372.14/cwt370.00–385.002,06912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577401.28/cwt395.00–420.002,3154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611378.78/cwt370.00–385.002,31412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678367.27/cwt355.00–380.002,4902
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2955225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1224645.02/cwt630.00–680.001,4459
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2228565.48/cwt540.00–580.001,2895
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy269657.12/cwt650.00–680.001,7684
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2276542.53/cwt510.00–560.001,49712
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280600.65/cwt570.00–630.001,68211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320558.77/cwt540.00–580.001,78814
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327481.27/cwt445.00–500.001,57415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy353562.59/cwt530.00–590.001,9864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373482.13/cwt470.00–520.001,79819
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379439.03/cwt420.00–460.001,66415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425446.08/cwt430.00–470.001,89614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431424.55/cwt400.00–445.001,83012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463434.48/cwt410.00–450.002,01212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481380.45/cwt360.00–400.001,83063
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511385.22/cwt380.00–405.001,96817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523370.67/cwt360.00–380.001,9397
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1731
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9482
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2432
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223555.17/cwt550.00–560.001,2382
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230645.43/cwt630.00–670.001,4844
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285636.78/cwt605.00–660.001,81514
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2289547.42/cwt530.00–560.001,5824
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1319596.83/cwt560.00–620.001,90414
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324520.03/cwt490.00–550.001,68512
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373537.00/cwt520.00–570.002,00314
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379489.34/cwt465.00–510.001,85519
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413467.72/cwt460.00–510.001,93221
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422433.18/cwt400.00–450.001,82819
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463432.19/cwt420.00–455.002,00111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486383.05/cwt370.00–400.001,86211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509383.46/cwt380.00–395.001,95219
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2516370.96/cwt360.00–375.001,91411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563364.94/cwt355.00–375.002,0553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615317.50/cwt300.00–335.001,9532
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0591
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0631
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785297.47/cwt295.00–300.002,3352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,232197.78/cwt193.00–201.002,4373
Bulls——1,413220.48/cwt210.00–228.003,1153
Bulls——1,900246.00/cwt246.00–246.004,6741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%733125.34/cwt120.00–132.009193
Cows—Boner 80-85%973158.74/cwt151.00–162.001,5453
Cows—Lean 85-90%995156.94/cwt153.00–162.001,5624
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035142.53/cwt138.00–146.001,4756
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121168.77/cwt164.00–172.001,89215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,190180.05/cwt178.00–182.002,1434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234176.84/cwt174.00–182.002,1828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,275169.46/cwt168.00–171.002,1612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445190.12/cwt188.00–193.002,7473
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed823154.91/cwt134.00–170.001,27510
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy930284.82/cwt260.00–350.002,6498
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2998212.73/cwt170.00–255.002,12343

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.