Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $258.78/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −178.58 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$258.78

10 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$25.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs FL average

−28.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	271.66	1,426	5thin
Medium and Large 2	514	245.89	1,264	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.77/cwt here — about $162 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 sale10 hd

258.78

—

FL average4 barns · 92 hd

257.73

+1.05

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−28.05

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−178.58

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	1,550	136.05	2,109	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,191	117.27	1,397	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	106.63	1,060	10

Every lot, as filed

23 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	300–350	313	310.40/cwt	300.00–320.00	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	237.66/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,362	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	270.91/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	284.81/cwt	280.00–290.00	934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	274.80/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	240.88/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	377.34/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	296.71/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,249	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	242.38/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	299.72/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	271.66/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	291.64/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,344	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	347.09/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,312	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	337.27/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,403	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	254.74/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	250.39/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,069	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	314.75/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,130	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	258.02/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	261.31/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,212	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	245.89/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,264	5
Bulls	—	—	1,550	136.05/cwt	135.00–138.00	2,109	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	117.27/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,397	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	106.63/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,060	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 Oct 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 551Year ago 584

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 164Year ago 155

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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
4	300–350	313	300.00–320.00	310.40
8	350–400	360	290.00–310.00	299.72
5	400–450	419	267.00–277.00	270.91
6	450–500	478	245.00–265.00	254.74
5	500–550	510	235.00–245.00	240.88
4	550–600	573	230.00–245.00	237.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	280.00–290.00	284.81
4	350–400	370	270.00–280.00	274.80
5	400–450	427	240.00–257.00	250.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	370.00–385.00	377.34
7	400–450	416	315.00–355.00	337.27
7	450–500	461	280.00–300.00	291.64
5	500–550	525	260.00–290.00	271.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	335.00–360.00	347.09
7	400–450	421	280.00–310.00	296.71
7	450–500	464	255.00–270.00	261.31
5	500–550	514	240.00–255.00	245.89
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	359	305.00–330.00	314.75
6	400–450	418	245.00–270.00	258.02
4	450–500	468	235.00–250.00	242.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	135.00–138.00	136.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,191	112.00–124.00	117.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	994	105.00–109.00	106.63

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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