Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.25/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −147.68 against this barn's trailing median of $386.93.

Average price

$239.25

8 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$22.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.26

vs FL average

−30.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	253.06	1,422	3thin
Medium and Large 2	569	230.96	1,314	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $108 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale8 hd

239.25

—

FL average4 barns · 54 hd

252.51

−13.26

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−30.75

This barn, trailing median16 sales

386.93

−147.68

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	1,382	141.64	1,957	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	122.63	1,476	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	114.09	1,150	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	450–500	468	284.82/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	253.06/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	389.66/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	346.51/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	420.15/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	350.32/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	254.89/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,185	3
Bulls	—	—	1,382	141.64/cwt	133.00–153.00	1,957	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	118.82/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,298	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	114.09/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,150	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	128.35/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	272.13/cwt	260.00–280.00	996	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	307.68/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	374.61/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	358.33/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	270.20/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,154	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	230.96/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,314	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	355.57/cwt	345.00–365.00	942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	394.69/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	317.27/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	243.52/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	347.21/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,121	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	330.20/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,232	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 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 222Last week 250Year ago 166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 83Year ago 98

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

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	265	345.00–365.00	355.57
4	300–350	310	340.00–360.00	350.32
4	400–450	425	300.00–315.00	307.68
3	450–500	468	275.00–290.00	284.82
3	550–600	562	240.00–260.00	253.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	310.00–325.00	317.27
3	400–450	427	260.00–275.00	270.20
3	450–500	465	245.00–260.00	254.89
5	550–600	569	225.00–235.00	230.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	260.00–280.00	272.13
3	400–450	412	240.00–250.00	243.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	258	415.00–425.00	420.15
4	300–350	320	390.00–400.00	394.69
4	350–400	363	380.00–400.00	389.66
3	400–450	415	340.00–360.00	346.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	365.00–385.00	374.61
5	350–400	360	350.00–370.00	358.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	340.00–355.00	347.21
4	350–400	373	320.00–340.00	330.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	133.00–153.00	141.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,092	116.00–125.00	118.82
4	—	1,370	127.00–133.00	128.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	112.00–118.00	114.09

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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