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Okeechobee Livestock Market
the state's largest cattle auction, as reported
- Founded
- 1948
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- Okeechobee, Okeechobee County
- District
- Okeechobee
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Operating; sales run Mondays and Tuesdays under the Clemons family.
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.018 (rank 63 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.005 (rank 59) · outside share 0.33
- Confidence
- High · sources: [OLM] [AGHOFP] [FDACSLM] (register)
The Dixie Cattlemen build the barn beside the railroad in the 1930s and the market opens 17 September 1948 with 748 head sold; Pete Clemons and partners buy it in 1961 and his sons run it today [OLM]. The Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame describes it as Florida's largest cattle market, as reported [AGHOFP][FDACSLM].
Connections
Location and lineage
- holdsPete Clemonsbuys and modernizes the market; his sons take over in 19891961 to 1989
- tied venture or seatOkeechobeethe auction barn beside the railroad1948 to present
Programs, permits and leases
- under program, permit or lease ofFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Serviceslisted among the state's livestock marketsongoing