Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady under light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.85/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −137.08 against this barn's trailing median of $386.93.

Average price

$249.85

4 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.59

vs FL average

−18.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	249.85	1,287	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.64, low $332.03, median $386.93 across 16 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

249.85

—

FL average5 barns · 39 hd

243.26

+6.59

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−18.53

This barn, trailing median16 sales

386.93

−137.08

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	1,499	135.96	2,038	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,014	116.91	1,185	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	106.69	1,078	5thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	500–550	515	249.85/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	354.67/cwt	345.00–370.00	972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	379.74/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	349.29/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,100	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	320.98/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,374	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	317.27/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,015	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	249.11/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	290.08/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	404.77/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	389.52/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,227	4
Bulls	—	—	1,362	131.38/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,789	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,014	116.91/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,185	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	106.69/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,078	5
Bulls	—	—	1,705	142.83/cwt	141.00–145.00	2,435	2

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 264Year ago 293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 70Year ago 83

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady under light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	345.00–370.00	354.67
6	300–350	315	335.00–365.00	349.29
11	400–450	428	295.00–345.00	320.98
4	500–550	515	245.00–255.00	249.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	310.00–325.00	317.27
5	450–500	474	240.00–255.00	249.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	400.00–410.00	404.77
4	300–350	315	380.00–400.00	389.52
4	350–400	380	370.00–390.00	379.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	285.00–295.00	290.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	127.00–137.00	131.38
2	—	1,705	141.00–145.00	142.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,014	112.00–120.00	116.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,010	105.00–108.00	106.69

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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