Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.44/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −165.91 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$271.44

31 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,479

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$28.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.76

vs FL average

−19.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	276.08	1,492	26
Medium and Large 2	568	247.31	1,405	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.77/cwt here — about $87 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 sale31 hd

271.44

—

FL average7 barns · 164 hd

269.68

+1.76

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−19.65

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−165.91

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	1,609	154.85	2,492	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	136.78	1,689	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	124.64	1,315	4thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 2	400–450	425	297.24/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	247.31/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	351.44/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	294.23/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,195	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	337.22/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,123	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	278.59/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,268	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	264.81/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,239	6
Bulls	—	—	1,609	154.85/cwt	145.00–161.00	2,492	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	136.78/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,689	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	124.64/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	320.25/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	249.26/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	264.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,372	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	412.77/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	298.68/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,389	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	283.32/cwt	272.00–294.00	1,473	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	269.87/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,506	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	249.81/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,574	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	332.05/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,395	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	427.21/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	353.46/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	310.08/cwt	305.00–315.00	977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	229.93/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	270.29/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,127	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	280.21/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	387.70/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	253.25/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,203	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	292.30/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,111	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	292.62/cwt	285.00–300.00	951	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	267.30/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,002	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 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 550Last week 352Year ago 594

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 88Year ago 97

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	380.00–400.00	387.70
7	350–400	363	340.00–370.00	353.46
4	400–450	425	290.00–305.00	297.24
4	450–500	470	275.00–285.00	280.21
5	550–600	568	242.00–255.00	247.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	340.00–370.00	351.44
6	450–500	468	260.00–270.00	264.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	260	420.00–435.00	427.21
5	300–350	319	405.00–425.00	412.77
10	400–450	420	320.00–345.00	332.05
12	450–500	465	290.00–307.00	298.68
12	500–550	520	272.00–294.00	283.32
14	550–600	558	260.00–280.00	269.87
8	600–650	630	242.00–258.00	249.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	333	325.00–350.00	337.22
5	350–400	366	310.00–335.00	320.25
7	400–450	406	290.00–300.00	294.23
12	450–500	455	270.00–287.00	278.59
6	500–550	518	260.00–270.00	264.93
5	550–600	568	245.00–256.00	249.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	305.00–315.00	310.08
6	350–400	380	285.00–300.00	292.30
5	400–450	417	255.00–280.00	270.29
5	450–500	475	245.00–265.00	253.25
4	500–550	518	225.00–235.00	229.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	285.00–300.00	292.62
4	350–400	375	260.00–275.00	267.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,609	145.00–161.00	154.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,235	130.00–142.00	136.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,055	121.00–129.00	124.64

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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