Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.46/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −159.90 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$277.46

8 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$40.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.96

vs FL average

−31.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	297.54	1,512	4thin
Medium and Large 2	565	257.37	1,454	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.17/cwt here — about $57 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

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.55, low $362.33, median $437.35 across 21 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

277.46

—

FL average5 barns · 47 hd

273.50

+3.96

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−31.70

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−159.90

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	—	High	1,502	145.10	2,180	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	127.96	1,513	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	118.08	1,186	7thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1	300–350	315	410.32/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,293	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	131.85/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,739	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	118.08/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,186	7
Bulls	—	—	1,623	153.47/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,491	2
Bulls	—	—	1,454	141.75/cwt	141.00–143.00	2,061	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	125.48/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,374	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	254.85/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	348.11/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,305	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	381.28/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	337.80/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,385	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	376.07/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	294.09/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,109	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	309.84/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	317.25/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,199	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	312.32/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	304.89/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	259.25/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	282.28/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	309.38/cwt	300.00–320.00	990	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	257.37/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	278.74/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,187	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	252.75/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,201	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	435.96/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,164	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	276.08/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	332.15/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,196	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	297.54/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	360.19/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	267.25/cwt	260.00–275.00	997	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 Jun 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 418Last week 158Year ago 401

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 65Year ago 216

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	267	415.00–450.00	435.96
6	300–350	315	400.00–420.00	410.32
7	350–400	369	375.00–390.00	381.28
8	400–450	410	325.00–350.00	337.80
4	450–500	468	300.00–320.00	309.84
4	500–550	508	295.00–300.00	297.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	370.00–380.00	376.07
7	350–400	375	340.00–360.00	348.11
4	400–450	435	295.00–315.00	304.89
4	550–600	565	250.00–265.00	257.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	305.00–330.00	317.25
4	400–450	423	275.00–290.00	282.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	355.00–365.00	360.19
8	350–400	360	320.00–345.00	332.15
7	400–450	426	295.00–325.00	312.32
5	450–500	474	270.00–280.00	276.08
4	500–550	508	245.00–265.00	254.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	300.00–320.00	309.38
7	350–400	377	290.00–300.00	294.09
7	400–450	426	270.00–290.00	278.74
5	450–500	475	245.00–265.00	252.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	260.00–275.00	267.25
5	400–450	428	250.00–265.00	259.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,319	130.00–134.00	131.85
11	—	1,095	122.00–127.00	125.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,004	112.00–123.00	118.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	153.00–154.00	153.47
5	—	1,454	141.00–143.00	141.75

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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