Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-03-05

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
155 vs last sale 369 73 vs year ago 287 · 25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
27 vs last sale 98 15 vs year ago 86 · 17.4%
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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 steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.07/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 132.28 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.
Average price
$305.07
4 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.67
vs FL average
7.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528305.071,6114thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
493444396348median 437.3512/1602/1704/2807/0708/18
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.55, low $362.33, median $437.35 across 21 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 sale4 hd
305.07
FL average4 barns · 16 hd
291.40
+13.67
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
−7.93
This barn, trailing median21 sales
437.35
−132.28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,384123.771,7135thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,079122.821,32513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038111.791,1603thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300273348.62/cwt330.00–365.009524
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460314.78/cwt305.00–325.001,4484
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400366378.44/cwt370.00–390.001,3857
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330435.23/cwt420.00–450.001,4364
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550528305.07/cwt300.00–310.001,6114
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379412.81/cwt395.00–425.001,5655
CowsBoner 80-85%1,157127.78/cwt124.00–132.001,4786
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450422305.83/cwt300.00–310.001,2915
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423267.37/cwt260.00–275.001,1314
CowsLean 85-90%1,038111.79/cwt109.00–117.001,1603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,012118.56/cwt110.00–121.001,2007
Bulls1,353118.51/cwt110.00–125.001,6033
Bulls1,430131.66/cwt128.00–136.001,8832
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500458285.18/cwt280.00–295.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450430317.41/cwt310.00–325.001,3654
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350327351.88/cwt340.00–360.001,1517
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410353.41/cwt330.00–370.001,4495
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465256.74/cwt250.00–260.001,1943
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364321.70/cwt310.00–340.001,1715

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.