Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.96/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −145.96 against this barn's trailing median of $386.93.

Average price

$240.96

15 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.54

vs FL average

−4.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	240.96	1,273	15thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale15 hd

240.96

—

FL average3 barns · 62 hd

240.43

+0.54

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−4.11

This barn, trailing median16 sales

386.93

−145.96

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,106	135.21	1,495	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	119.75	1,317	6thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	264.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,240	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	283.81/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,059	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	277.41/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	264.70/cwt	255.00–275.00	874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	255.95/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,121	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	369.66/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	316.82/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	343.52/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	375.58/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,213	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	300.08/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,374	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	271.75/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	417.10/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	244.99/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	232.30/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	246.74/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,244	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	269.76/cwt	265.00–275.00	993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	272.32/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,397	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,038	140.85/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,462	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	119.75/cwt	112.00–128.00	1,317	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	131.31/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,514	13

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 Aug 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 169Last week 443Year ago 352

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 84Year ago 83

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	280.00–290.00	283.81
6	400–450	415	270.00–285.00	277.41
4	450–500	468	260.00–270.00	264.92
9	500–550	504	240.00–255.00	246.74
6	550–600	565	225.00–240.00	232.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	255.00–275.00	264.70
4	350–400	368	265.00–275.00	269.76
4	400–450	438	247.00–265.00	255.95
7	450–500	479	240.00–252.00	244.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	258	410.00–430.00	417.10
4	350–400	363	360.00–380.00	369.66
5	400–450	411	305.00–335.00	316.82
4	450–500	458	295.00–305.00	300.08
8	500–550	513	265.00–280.00	272.32
5	550–600	567	260.00–280.00	271.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	360.00–390.00	375.58
3	350–400	365	330.00–350.00	343.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,038	137.00–143.00	140.85
13	—	1,153	124.00–135.00	131.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,100	112.00–128.00	119.75

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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