Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $299.61/cwt on 33 head.

Average price

$299.61

33 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$37.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.97

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	439	314.18	1,380	20
Medium and Large 2	466	277.18	1,291	13thin

One grade step is worth $37.01/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale33 hd

299.61

—

FL average7 barns · 384 hd

326.57

−26.97

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	1,710	124.49	2,129	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	104.85	1,256	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	93.21	893	8thin

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

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	—	325	306.26/cwt	300.00–320.00	995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	295.18/cwt	290.00–300.00	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	276.91/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	255.17/cwt	250.00–260.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	261.88/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	276.41/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	343.64/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,244	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	344.80/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	318.55/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	293.41/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	329.56/cwt	315.00–340.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	241.64/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	253.69/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	375.70/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,202	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	264.88/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	278.31/cwt	270.00–290.00	871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	279.86/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,455	4
Bulls	—	—	1,210	116.76/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,413	2
Bulls	—	—	1,960	128.36/cwt	126.00–133.00	2,516	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	103.36/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,264	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	108.81/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,230	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	90.09/cwt	87.00–94.00	841	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	98.41/cwt	95.00–105.00	981	3

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 →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Jan 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 331Year ago 443

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 105Year ago 78

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	300.00–320.00	306.26
3	—	372	270.00–290.00	276.91
3	—	422	255.00–275.00	261.88
5	—	273	315.00–340.00	329.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	275	290.00–300.00	295.18
4	—	373	250.00–260.00	255.17
5	—	313	270.00–290.00	278.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	270.00–290.00	276.41
3	—	328	340.00–355.00	344.80
3	—	570	240.00–245.00	241.64
4	—	520	247.00–260.00	253.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	335.00–360.00	343.64
3	—	418	305.00–345.00	318.55
3	—	460	290.00–300.00	293.41
4	—	320	360.00–390.00	375.70
3	—	568	260.00–275.00	264.88
4	—	520	275.00–285.00	279.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	114.00–120.00	116.76
4	—	1,960	126.00–133.00	128.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,223	101.00–105.00	103.36
3	—	1,130	107.00–112.00	108.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	87.00–94.00	90.09
3	—	997	95.00–105.00	98.41

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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