Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $261.17/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −176.18 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$261.17

16 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$17.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.31

vs FL average

−39.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	267.74	1,450	10thin
Medium and Large 2	523	250.24	1,309	6thin

One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $141 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 sale16 hd

261.17

—

FL average5 barns · 79 hd

257.86

+3.31

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−39.52

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−176.18

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	1,636	139.01	2,274	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	117.27	1,377	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	111.66	1,142	6thin

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	400–450	423	267.28/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	292.60/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	322.62/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	275.97/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	247.76/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,053	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	297.15/cwt	290.00–305.00	966	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	273.28/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	287.10/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,217	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	344.84/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,103	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	270.83/cwt	265.00–280.00	864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	290.27/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,344	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	323.07/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,350	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	368.38/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,179	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	344.90/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	250.22/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,164	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	236.57/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	313.33/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	263.83/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,256	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	250.24/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,309	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	262.19/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,484	5
Bulls	—	—	1,636	139.01/cwt	133.00–143.00	2,274	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	117.27/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,377	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	111.66/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,142	6

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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 557Last week 402Year ago 659

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 114Year ago 296

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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
7	300–350	316	310.00–340.00	322.62
6	350–400	370	285.00–300.00	292.60
4	400–450	423	260.00–275.00	267.28
8	450–500	465	240.00–260.00	250.22
7	500–550	509	230.00–245.00	236.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	290.00–305.00	297.15
7	350–400	370	265.00–285.00	275.97
10	400–450	425	240.00–255.00	247.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	265.00–280.00	270.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	418	310.00–340.00	323.07
8	450–500	463	280.00–300.00	290.27
5	500–550	517	265.00–285.00	273.28
5	550–600	566	250.00–280.00	262.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	360.00–380.00	368.38
6	350–400	368	340.00–350.00	344.90
9	400–450	424	270.00–300.00	287.10
7	450–500	476	255.00–275.00	263.83
6	500–550	523	240.00–260.00	250.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	340.00–350.00	344.84
5	350–400	360	305.00–325.00	313.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,636	133.00–143.00	139.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,174	114.00–124.00	117.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	107.00–115.00	111.66

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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