Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $311.23/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −178.15 against this barn's trailing median of $489.37.

Average price

$311.23

16 head · 429 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,335

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$43.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.68

vs FL average

−16.77 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	442	326.21	1,440	8thin
Medium and Large 2	415	310.12	1,287	4thin
Medium and Large 3	418	282.37	1,180	4thin

One grade step is worth $43.84/cwt here — about $260 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 sale16 hd

311.23

—

FL average5 barns · 84 hd

309.55

+1.68

National average173 barns · 7,192 hd

328.00

−16.77

This barn, trailing median32 sales

489.37

−178.15

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	1,407	129.96	1,829	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	115.82	1,508	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	109.11	1,158	7thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2	400–450	415	310.12/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	372.21/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,202	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	254.13/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	275.91/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	297.77/cwt	290.00–310.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	282.37/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,180	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	115.82/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,508	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	306	351.76/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,076	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	329.59/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	337.19/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	282.38/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	311.98/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,320	4
Bulls	—	—	1,407	129.96/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,829	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	109.11/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	297.40/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	382.34/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	415.28/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	315.22/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	345.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.31/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,301	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 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 375Year ago 301

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 77Year ago 149

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	365.00–380.00	372.21
4	400–450	415	300.00–320.00	310.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	340.00–360.00	351.76
4	400–450	418	275.00–290.00	282.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	400.00–430.00	415.28
8	300–350	325	390.00–410.00	400.31
4	350–400	358	375.00–390.00	382.34
4	400–450	418	330.00–345.00	337.19
4	450–500	465	305.00–325.00	315.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	290.00–310.00	297.77
4	350–400	365	290.00–305.00	297.40
5	400–450	416	270.00–285.00	275.91
5	450–500	460	250.00–260.00	254.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	340.00–350.00	345.28
4	350–400	370	320.00–340.00	329.59
4	400–450	423	300.00–325.00	311.98
4	450–500	458	275.00–290.00	282.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,302	114.00–120.00	115.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,061	105.00–114.00	109.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	125.00–138.00	129.96

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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