Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $314.25/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −175.12 against this barn's trailing median of $489.37.

Average price

$314.25

14 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$50.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.43

vs FL average

−12.73 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	445	328.77	1,461	10thin
Medium and Large 2	468	277.97	1,301	4thin

One grade step is worth $50.79/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

32 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $417.26, median $489.37 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 sale14 hd

314.25

—

FL average5 barns · 95 hd

315.68

−1.43

National average172 barns · 7,877 hd

326.98

−12.73

This barn, trailing median32 sales

489.37

−175.12

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	1,417	134.75	1,910	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	125.35	1,463	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	988	114.32	1,129	5thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	317.66/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,137	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	277.26/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	280.20/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	400.67/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	319.81/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	335.60/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,050	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	132.21/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	380.15/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,235	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	302.36/cwt	290.00–310.00	998	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	114.32/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,129	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	122.93/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,449	17
Bulls	—	—	1,396	131.05/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,829	4
Bulls	—	—	1,460	142.14/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	277.97/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,301	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	362.20/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	337.72/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	384.90/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	251.31/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,154	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	345.71/cwt	330.00–360.00	909	8

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 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 217Year ago 225

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 139Year ago 49

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	263	330.00–360.00	345.71
8	300–350	313	320.00–350.00	335.60
4	350–400	358	310.00–325.00	317.66
4	450–500	465	270.00–285.00	277.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	290.00–310.00	302.36
4	350–400	373	270.00–290.00	280.20
7	450–500	459	245.00–260.00	251.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	395.00–410.00	400.67
4	350–400	378	380.00–390.00	384.90
5	400–450	425	330.00–350.00	337.72
5	450–500	464	310.00–335.00	319.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	370.00–390.00	380.15
5	350–400	359	350.00–370.00	362.20
4	450–500	468	265.00–290.00	277.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,132	131.00–136.00	132.21
17	—	1,179	117.00–128.00	122.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	988	110.00–121.00	114.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,396	128.00–132.00	131.05
2	—	1,460	140.00–144.00	142.14

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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