Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2026-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.06/cwt on 68 head, up $5.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −42.74 against this barn's trailing median of $393.79.

Average price

$351.06

▲ 5.30 vs prior sale

68 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,902

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$41.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.49

vs FL average

−39.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	371.22	2,014	35
Medium and Large 2	541	329.67	1,785	33

One grade step is worth $41.55/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $437.32, low $339.94, median $393.79 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale68 hd

351.06

—

FL average5 barns · 240 hd

357.54

−6.49

National average133 barns · 6,012 hd

390.78

−39.72

This barn, trailing median16 sales

393.79

−42.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,587	194.67	3,089	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	149.73	1,908	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	130.24	1,386	41

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	396.78/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	410.41/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,519	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	312.20/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,633	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	340.67/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,748	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	336.12/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,556	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	453.67/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,896	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	469.55/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,287	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	414.47/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,761	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	468.71/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	314.74/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,825	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	519.20/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,625	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	312.87/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	304.53/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	365.54/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,528	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	434.41/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,381	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	390.31/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,249	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	367.07/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,343	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	440.54/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	495.32/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,833	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	330.22/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,876	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	349.67/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,004	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	522.73/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,364	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	335.62/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,406	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	407.76/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	473.74/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,521	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	385.59/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,013	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	313.09/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,954	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	271	563.38/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,527	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	381.48/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,778	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	420.54/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,947	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	372.17/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,760	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	635.93/cwt	600.00–670.00	1,800	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	578.84/cwt	550.00–610.00	1,870	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	440.27/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	348.12/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,803	9
Bulls	—	—	1,587	194.67/cwt	189.00–200.00	3,089	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	122.67/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,249	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	134.60/cwt	128.00–144.00	1,468	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	149.73/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,908	21

How this sale compares

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)

Tue Sep 8, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 979Last week 839Year ago 946

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 210Year ago 326

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	261	500.00–550.00	522.73
19	300–350	321	460.00–490.00	473.74
12	350–400	370	430.00–450.00	440.27
14	400–450	423	380.00–415.00	396.78
19	450–500	466	360.00–400.00	381.48
9	500–550	518	340.00–355.00	348.12
14	550–600	568	320.00–340.00	330.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	274	450.00–490.00	469.55
20	300–350	318	420.00–450.00	434.41
14	350–400	370	400.00–420.00	410.41
11	400–450	418	360.00–370.00	365.54
17	450–500	463	320.00–350.00	336.12
14	500–550	523	300.00–325.00	312.20
9	550–600	579	300.00–310.00	304.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	380.00–400.00	390.31
9	350–400	366	350.00–380.00	367.07
13	400–450	419	320.00–350.00	335.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	271	550.00–580.00	563.38
18	300–350	313	500.00–540.00	519.20
10	350–400	370	420.00–460.00	440.54
16	400–450	425	400.00–430.00	414.47
12	450–500	473	360.00–385.00	372.17
19	500–550	513	330.00–350.00	340.67
14	550–600	580	300.00–330.00	314.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	283	600.00–670.00	635.93
24	300–350	323	550.00–610.00	578.84
25	350–400	370	470.00–520.00	495.32
17	400–450	418	440.00–470.00	453.67
24	450–500	463	400.00–440.00	420.54
21	500–550	522	360.00–410.00	385.59
14	550–600	573	335.00–365.00	349.67
14	600–650	624	300.00–330.00	313.09
6	650–700	670	300.00–325.00	312.87
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	450.00–490.00	468.71
8	350–400	368	400.00–415.00	407.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,587	189.00–200.00	194.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,018	118.00–126.00	122.67
26	—	1,091	128.00–144.00	134.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,274	140.00–156.00	149.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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