Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $249.41/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −187.94 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$249.41

11 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$26.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs FL average

−19.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	263.91	1,378	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	237.32	1,241	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.59/cwt here — about $136 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 sale11 hd

249.41

—

FL average5 barns · 132 hd

245.70

+3.71

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−19.14

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−187.94

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	1,230	149.49	1,839	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	132.53	1,548	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	118.77	1,249	13

Every lot, as filed

25 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	350–400	365	297.29/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	270.15/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	272.20/cwt	260.00–280.00	991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	245.81/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	248.74/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	350.28/cwt	340.00–360.00	939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	237.32/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	263.91/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	377.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	233.07/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,231	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	350.23/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	349.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,304	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	318.65/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,342	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	280.79/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,179	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	265.85/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,242	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	260.16/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,192	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	247.66/cwt	240.00–255.00	899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	239.13/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	325.17/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,213	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	321.77/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,017	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	269.11/cwt	260.00–275.00	850	5
Bulls	—	—	1,230	149.49/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,839	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,056	136.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,440	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	118.77/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,249	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	130.79/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,594	11

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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 676Year ago 135

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 84Year ago 47

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	340.00–360.00	350.28
5	300–350	316	310.00–330.00	321.77
4	350–400	365	290.00–305.00	297.29
4	400–450	423	265.00–275.00	270.15
6	450–500	458	250.00–270.00	260.16
5	500–550	528	230.00–235.00	233.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	260.00–280.00	272.20
7	400–450	426	240.00–260.00	248.74
5	450–500	470	235.00–245.00	239.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	260.00–275.00	269.11
4	350–400	363	240.00–255.00	247.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	340.00–360.00	350.23
6	350–400	373	320.00–330.00	325.17
6	450–500	465	237.00–255.00	245.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	370.00–390.00	377.56
8	350–400	373	340.00–360.00	349.66
5	400–450	420	275.00–290.00	280.79
5	450–500	467	260.00–275.00	265.85
6	500–550	523	230.00–245.00	237.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	421	310.00–330.00	318.65
5	500–550	522	260.00–270.00	263.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	146.00–155.00	149.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,056	135.00–140.00	136.37
11	—	1,219	126.00–133.00	130.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,052	112.00–124.00	118.77

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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