Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.06/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −164.29 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$273.06

23 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$14.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.35

vs FL average

−14.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	276.84	1,488	17thin
Medium and Large 2	520	262.36	1,364	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.48/cwt here — about $123 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 sale23 hd

273.06

—

FL average5 barns · 148 hd

266.71

+6.35

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−14.73

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−164.29

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	1,370	150.52	2,062	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	129.71	1,650	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,104	115.73	1,278	11

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	127.18/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,660	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	136.68/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,614	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	115.73/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,278	11
Bulls	—	—	1,370	150.52/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	276.19/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,298	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	247.83/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,428	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	306.20/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	267.63/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,496	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	355.56/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,308	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	396.26/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,442	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	344.53/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	274.74/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,176	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	309.64/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,300	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	389.69/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	415.77/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	295.35/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	253.32/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,213	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	262.36/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	299.80/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	285.03/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	287.20/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,473	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	344.73/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,441	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	432.21/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	330.96/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,221	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	257.43/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	239.20/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,263	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	311.34/cwt	305.00–320.00	987	5

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 443Last week 350Year ago 442

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 105Year ago 172

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,305	120.00–131.00	127.18
4	—	1,181	135.00–141.00	136.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,104	110.00–121.00	115.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,370	149.00–154.00	150.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	330.00–360.00	344.53
11	350–400	369	315.00–345.00	330.96
8	400–450	420	300.00–320.00	309.64
6	450–500	470	270.00–282.00	276.19
8	500–550	530	250.00–265.00	257.43
7	550–600	576	240.00–258.00	247.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	305.00–320.00	311.34
6	350–400	378	290.00–310.00	299.80
8	400–450	428	260.00–290.00	274.74
7	450–500	479	245.00–265.00	253.32
5	500–550	528	230.00–245.00	239.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	425.00–440.00	432.21
5	300–350	312	410.00–420.00	415.77
9	350–400	364	380.00–410.00	396.26
14	400–450	418	330.00–360.00	344.73
5	450–500	460	300.00–315.00	306.20
8	500–550	513	275.00–300.00	287.20
9	550–600	559	260.00–277.00	267.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	380.00–400.00	389.69
11	350–400	368	340.00–370.00	355.56
6	400–450	425	280.00–310.00	295.35
4	450–500	488	280.00–290.00	285.03
6	500–550	520	255.00–270.00	262.36

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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