Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.52/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −134.41 against this barn's trailing median of $386.93.

Average price

$252.52

4 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.23

vs FL average

−15.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	252.52	1,313	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

252.52

—

FL average5 barns · 38 hd

244.29

+8.23

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−15.07

This barn, trailing median16 sales

386.93

−134.41

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	1,623	140.70	2,284	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,142	123.79	1,414	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	112.47	1,097	6thin

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	300–350	328	353.66/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	252.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,313	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	343.65/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	300.21/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	264.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,389	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	288.85/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,222	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	123.79/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,414	16
Bulls	—	—	1,623	140.70/cwt	140.00–142.00	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	380.19/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	314.61/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	327.32/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	387.17/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,429	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	398.77/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,268	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	257.58/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,172	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	340.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	280.14/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,297	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	315.24/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	360.64/cwt	350.00–370.00	985	4

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 May 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 250Last week 181Year ago 237

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 43Year ago 88

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	350.00–370.00	360.64
5	300–350	328	335.00–365.00	353.66
5	350–400	380	315.00–335.00	327.32
4	400–450	410	305.00–325.00	315.24
4	450–500	463	275.00–285.00	280.14
4	500–550	520	250.00–255.00	252.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	305.00–325.00	314.61
4	350–400	363	290.00–310.00	300.21
7	400–450	423	275.00–300.00	288.85
4	450–500	455	250.00–265.00	257.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	375.00–385.00	380.19
5	350–400	364	330.00–365.00	343.65
5	500–550	526	260.00–270.00	264.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	390.00–405.00	398.77
9	350–400	369	370.00–400.00	387.17
4	400–450	420	330.00–350.00	340.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,142	118.00–128.00	123.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	975	110.00–115.00	112.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,623	140.00–142.00	140.70

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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