Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $265.72/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −171.63 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$265.72

15 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,423

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$14.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.91

vs FL average

−33.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	270.54	1,474	10thin
Medium and Large 2	517	256.09	1,324	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.45/cwt here — about $150 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 sale15 hd

265.72

—

FL average5 barns · 82 hd

263.82

+1.91

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−33.32

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−171.63

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	1,555	133.27	2,072	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	119.78	1,441	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,191	110.29	1,314	6thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	470	250.16/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	238.63/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,229	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	275.66/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	314.73/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,149	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	289.65/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,231	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	375.14/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	268.84/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,239	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	257.13/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,101	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	321.19/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,214	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	345.58/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,116	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	269.88/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,133	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	266.94/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	258.85/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	349.73/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	323.22/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,364	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	256.09/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	247.68/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	296.07/cwt	290.00–300.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	234.87/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	334.75/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,021	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	299.62/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	274.14/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,431	5
Bulls	—	—	1,555	133.27/cwt	129.00–140.00	2,072	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	123.23/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,378	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	110.29/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,314	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	117.57/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,479	14

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 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 402Last week 329Year ago 350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 72Year ago 88

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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
12	300–350	305	320.00–350.00	334.75
6	350–400	365	305.00–325.00	314.73
8	400–450	420	260.00–280.00	269.88
4	450–500	470	245.00–255.00	250.16
4	500–550	515	232.00–245.00	238.63
4	550–600	565	230.00–240.00	234.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	290.00–300.00	296.07
5	350–400	376	270.00–285.00	275.66
4	400–450	420	240.00–255.00	247.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	340.00–360.00	349.73
4	400–450	425	280.00–300.00	289.65
7	450–500	461	260.00–280.00	268.84
5	500–550	517	250.00–260.00	256.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	370.00–380.00	375.14
7	400–450	422	315.00–335.00	323.22
5	450–500	468	290.00–315.00	299.62
5	500–550	522	265.00–280.00	274.14
5	550–600	568	260.00–277.00	266.94
5	600–650	610	250.00–265.00	258.85
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	330.00–360.00	345.58
5	350–400	378	315.00–330.00	321.19
4	400–450	428	245.00–270.00	257.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	129.00–140.00	133.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,118	122.00–127.00	123.23
14	—	1,258	113.00–120.00	117.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,191	106.00–116.00	110.29

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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