Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $355.08/cwt on 49 head, up $4.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 18 comparable sales and sits −24.89 against this barn's trailing median of $379.98.

Average price

$355.08

▲ 4.03 vs prior sale

49 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,944

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$46.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.88

vs FL average

−48.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	381.50	2,058	21
Medium and Large 2	553	335.27	1,855	28

One grade step is worth $46.23/cwt here — about $203 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $437.32, low $339.94, median $379.98 across 18 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 sale49 hd

355.08

—

FL average5 barns · 263 hd

362.96

−7.88

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−48.28

This barn, trailing median18 sales

379.98

−24.89

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	1,781	197.03	3,509	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	140.43	1,767	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	125.34	1,412	37

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	—	—	1,831	200.05/cwt	196.00–211.00	3,663	8
Bulls	—	—	1,647	188.96/cwt	188.00–191.00	3,112	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	127.93/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,414	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	118.34/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,402	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	139.10/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,750	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	155.11/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	410.43/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,908	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	484.77/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,551	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	469.52/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,949	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	648.04/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	426.73/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	528.93/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,481	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	333.03/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,068	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	424.44/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,791	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	329.67/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,876	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	343.92/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	464.90/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	323.92/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	359.58/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,726	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	454.31/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,477	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	439.66/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,640	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	340.69/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,601	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	515.54/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,877	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	589.53/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,886	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	464.43/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,231	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	375.53/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,596	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	576.64/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,545	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	325.14/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,691	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	559.77/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,808	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	469.27/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,732	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	334.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,405	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	410.34/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	306.52/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	335.15/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	354.85/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	397.90/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,077	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	379.58/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,803	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	349.57/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,818	10

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 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 701Last week 979Year ago 863

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 134Year ago 235

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,831	196.00–211.00	200.05
3	—	1,647	188.00–191.00	188.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,105	124.00–132.00	127.93
10	—	1,185	116.00–122.00	118.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,258	133.00–148.00	139.10
4	—	1,263	150.00–160.00	155.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	268	620.00–680.00	648.04
10	300–350	320	580.00–600.00	589.53
13	350–400	364	500.00–530.00	515.54
18	400–450	415	450.00–490.00	469.52
30	450–500	465	390.00–430.00	410.43
13	500–550	522	390.00–405.00	397.90
8	550–600	568	350.00–360.00	354.85
11	600–650	621	325.00–340.00	333.03
5	650–700	656	315.00–330.00	323.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	550.00–600.00	576.64
12	300–350	323	550.00–570.00	559.77
13	350–400	369	450.00–490.00	469.27
15	400–450	422	410.00–440.00	424.44
14	450–500	480	340.00–380.00	359.58
11	500–550	529	330.00–360.00	343.92
17	550–600	569	320.00–340.00	329.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	280	500.00–560.00	528.93
10	300–350	320	480.00–490.00	484.77
10	350–400	368	460.00–470.00	464.90
11	400–450	421	415.00–440.00	426.73
10	450–500	475	360.00–400.00	379.58
10	500–550	520	335.00–365.00	349.57
8	550–600	568	330.00–340.00	335.15
7	600–650	616	300.00–315.00	306.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	265	450.00–480.00	464.43
14	300–350	325	440.00–470.00	454.31
16	350–400	373	430.00–450.00	439.66
12	400–450	425	360.00–390.00	375.53
21	450–500	470	330.00–350.00	340.69
8	500–550	520	320.00–330.00	325.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	400.00–420.00	410.34
8	400–450	420	320.00–350.00	334.46

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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