Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.51/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −182.84 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$254.51

27 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$14.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.16

vs FL average

−25.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	260.75	1,403	15thin
Medium and Large 2	540	246.71	1,332	12thin

One grade step is worth $14.04/cwt here — about $72 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 sale27 hd

254.51

—

FL average5 barns · 153 hd

252.36

+2.16

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

−25.83

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−182.84

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	1,560	160.19	2,499	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	135.95	1,517	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	117.87	1,361	10

Every lot, as filed

29 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	458	267.62/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,226	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	280.91/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	247.57/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,287	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	240.21/cwt	230.00–250.00	872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	275.10/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	304.48/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	375.57/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,232	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	353.56/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,322	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	294.56/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,246	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	295.57/cwt	285.00–310.00	937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	267.70/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	417.44/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,336	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	294.36/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	239.17/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	437.08/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	237.32/cwt	230.00–245.00	997	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	265.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,379	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	381.31/cwt	340.00–415.00	1,624	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	378.33/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	267.72/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	331.03/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,030	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	248.22/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,184	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	260.12/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,093	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	325.23/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,213	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	255.78/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,430	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	252.10/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,313	7
Bulls	—	—	1,560	160.19/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,499	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	135.95/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,517	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	117.87/cwt	112.00–133.00	1,361	10

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 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 467Last week 169Year ago 605

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 53Year ago 99

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	320.00–340.00	331.03
8	350–400	363	290.00–320.00	304.48
5	400–450	406	275.00–290.00	280.91
4	450–500	458	260.00–275.00	267.62
6	500–550	520	240.00–255.00	247.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	230.00–250.00	240.21
4	400–450	420	230.00–245.00	237.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	285.00–310.00	295.57
4	350–400	368	270.00–280.00	275.10
6	400–450	420	250.00–270.00	260.12
9	450–500	477	240.00–255.00	248.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	360.00–390.00	375.57
9	350–400	374	345.00–365.00	353.56
4	400–450	423	280.00–310.00	294.56
4	450–500	478	260.00–275.00	267.70
7	500–550	521	250.00–255.00	252.10
5	550–600	566	235.00–245.00	239.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	430.00–445.00	437.08
5	300–350	320	400.00–430.00	417.44
5	350–400	360	370.00–390.00	378.33
15	400–450	426	340.00–415.00	381.31
6	450–500	470	280.00–310.00	294.36
8	500–550	520	260.00–270.00	265.10
7	550–600	559	250.00–260.00	255.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	320.00–330.00	325.23
4	400–450	423	260.00–275.00	267.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,560	150.00–170.00	160.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,116	131.00–142.00	135.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,155	112.00–133.00	117.87

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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