Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Independence Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.89/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −163.46 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$273.89

20 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$29.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.83

vs FL average

−29.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	279.89	1,516	16thin
Medium and Large 2	558	249.93	1,395	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.95/cwt here — about $121 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 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 sale20 hd

273.89

—

FL average6 barns · 105 hd

276.72

−2.83

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−29.02

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−163.46

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	1,333	156.79	2,090	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	139.09	1,786	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	126.05	1,337	9thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	341.13/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	384.61/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	435.14/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,144	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	253.61/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,430	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	330.34/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,199	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	137.60/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,764	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	121.17/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,286	5
Bulls	—	—	1,333	156.79/cwt	153.00–161.00	2,090	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	132.16/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,401	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	142.83/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	287.30/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	317.72/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	249.93/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	340.40/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,065	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	274.87/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,575	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	292.70/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	311.08/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	359.79/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	362.21/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	287.58/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	299.58/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,252	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	272.75/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	277.83/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,164	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	265.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,266	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	240.12/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	325.41/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,204	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	389.79/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	260.14/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,348	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	284.90/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,453	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	274.85/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,176	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 Jul 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 352Last week 215Year ago 310

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 101Year ago 199

No trends offered due to market closure last week for Independence Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	430.00–440.00	435.14
4	300–350	315	400.00–420.00	410.32
4	350–400	358	380.00–400.00	389.79
9	400–450	413	325.00–355.00	341.13
5	450–500	464	305.00–315.00	311.08
8	500–550	510	275.00–295.00	284.90
8	550–600	573	265.00–285.00	274.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	375.00–395.00	384.61
4	350–400	363	350.00–370.00	359.79
6	400–450	418	290.00–310.00	299.58
4	450–500	460	280.00–295.00	287.58
4	550–600	558	245.00–255.00	249.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	355.00–370.00	362.21
4	350–400	363	320.00–340.00	330.34
4	400–450	428	270.00–280.00	274.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	330.00–350.00	340.40
6	350–400	370	310.00–340.00	325.41
8	400–450	428	305.00–330.00	317.72
4	450–500	478	275.00–300.00	287.30
10	500–550	518	250.00–270.00	260.14
9	550–600	564	245.00–264.00	253.61
9	600–650	608	232.00–245.00	240.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	285.00–300.00	292.70
5	400–450	419	270.00–290.00	277.83
5	450–500	476	260.00–270.00	265.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	265.00–280.00	272.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,282	130.00–140.00	137.60
6	—	1,289	142.00–145.00	142.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,061	117.00–123.00	121.17
4	—	1,060	129.00–135.00	132.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,333	153.00–161.00	156.79

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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