Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.90/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −152.45 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$284.90

4 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−15.66

vs FL average

−25.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	284.90	1,481	4thin

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

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

284.90

—

FL average5 barns · 32 hd

300.56

−15.66

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−25.86

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−152.45

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	1,651	134.15	2,215	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	125.52	1,483	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	113.26	1,218	10

Every lot, as filed

18 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 2	400–450	423	282.28/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	315.48/cwt	300.00–330.00	978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	303.16/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	353.49/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	284.90/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	394.77/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,263	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	129.74/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,751	6
Bulls	—	—	1,652	139.84/cwt	137.00–143.00	2,310	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	113.26/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,218	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	122.71/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,312	9
Bulls	—	—	1,650	129.89/cwt	127.00–133.00	2,143	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	380.34/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	347.68/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	306.56/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	408.17/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,498	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	336.52/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	394.44/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	336.51/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,205	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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 248Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 152Year ago 120

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	300.00–330.00	315.48
3	350–400	380	300.00–310.00	303.16
4	400–450	423	275.00–290.00	282.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	340.00–355.00	347.68
3	350–400	358	330.00–340.00	336.51
3	400–450	422	300.00–310.00	306.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	390.00–400.00	394.77
4	350–400	373	370.00–390.00	380.34
3	400–450	420	340.00–360.00	353.49
4	500–550	520	275.00–295.00	284.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	400.00–415.00	408.17
3	400–450	417	375.00–405.00	394.44
3	450–500	460	330.00–350.00	336.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,350	129.00–131.00	129.74
9	—	1,069	120.00–126.00	122.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,075	108.00–118.00	113.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,652	137.00–143.00	139.84
4	—	1,650	127.00–133.00	129.89

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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