Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

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

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $302.03/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −144.06 against this barn's trailing median of $446.09.

Average price

$302.03

9 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$23.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.95

vs FL average

+8.16 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	309.92	1,384	6thin
Medium and Large 2	427	286.25	1,222	3thin

One grade step is worth $23.67/cwt here — about $161 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 400–500 lb

32 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $474.98, low $380.83, median $446.09 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

302.03

—

FL average5 barns · 90 hd

283.07

+18.95

National average177 barns · 12,492 hd

293.87

+8.16

This barn, trailing median32 sales

446.09

−144.06

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	—	High	1,493	129.24	1,929	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,123	123.01	1,381	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	107.28	1,108	4thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	442.21/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	286.25/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	301.79/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	376.10/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,395	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	401.43/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	364.54/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,185	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	128.62/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,489	4
Bulls	—	—	1,520	135.36/cwt	131.00–139.00	2,057	2
Bulls	—	—	1,465	123.11/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,804	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	107.28/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,108	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	117.40/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	344.77/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,286	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	293.24/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	326.59/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	369.46/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	337.83/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	351.59/cwt	345.00–355.00	995	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 Mar 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 214Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 71Year ago 122

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	425.00–460.00	442.21
3	350–400	383	395.00–415.00	401.43
6	400–450	415	355.00–385.00	369.46
4	450–500	468	325.00–350.00	337.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	365.00–385.00	376.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	295.00–315.00	301.79
3	400–450	427	280.00–300.00	286.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	345.00–355.00	351.59
6	300–350	325	350.00–380.00	364.54
5	350–400	373	320.00–360.00	344.77
3	400–450	415	320.00–330.00	326.59
3	450–500	478	290.00–300.00	293.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,158	126.00–132.00	128.62
4	—	1,088	114.00–123.00	117.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	104.00–113.00	107.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	131.00–139.00	135.36
2	—	1,465	120.00–126.00	123.11

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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