Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

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 $256.11/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −181.24 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$256.11

14 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$22.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.62

vs FL average

−45.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	272.25	1,410	4thin
Medium and Large 2	518	249.66	1,293	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale14 hd

256.11

—

FL average5 barns · 90 hd

265.73

−9.62

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−45.74

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−181.24

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	1,596	139.32	2,224	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,068	115.30	1,231	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	103.16	1,199	3thin

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	500–550	504	237.37/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,196	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	321.68/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,029	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	268.71/cwt	260.00–275.00	986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	257.70/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,193	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	440.18/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	346.12/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,274	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	265.42/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	319.66/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,176	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	342.21/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	272.25/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	271.20/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,150	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	269.57/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,267	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	378.23/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	297.27/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,228	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	326.03/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,353	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	249.66/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,293	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	214.93/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,199	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	280.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	901	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	247.28/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,046	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	305.14/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,114	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	379.66/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,378	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	294.92/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,351	6
Bulls	—	—	1,596	139.32/cwt	129.00–146.00	2,224	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	122.47/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,290	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	103.16/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,199	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	113.71/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,218	9

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 532Last week 557Year ago 509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 83Year ago 120

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
8	300–350	320	305.00–340.00	321.68
8	350–400	365	295.00–315.00	305.14
11	400–450	424	260.00–280.00	271.20
10	450–500	463	245.00–270.00	257.70
7	500–550	504	230.00–247.00	237.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	270.00–290.00	280.73
5	350–400	367	260.00–275.00	268.71
10	400–450	423	240.00–255.00	247.28
6	550–600	558	210.00–220.00	214.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	430.00–450.00	440.18
6	350–400	363	370.00–390.00	379.66
11	400–450	415	315.00–335.00	326.03
6	450–500	458	290.00–300.00	294.92
4	500–550	518	265.00–280.00	272.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	360.00–390.00	378.23
13	350–400	368	335.00–360.00	346.12
6	400–450	413	290.00–305.00	297.27
10	450–500	470	260.00–280.00	269.57
10	500–550	518	240.00–260.00	249.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	335.00–350.00	342.21
10	350–400	368	310.00–330.00	319.66
5	400–450	428	250.00–275.00	265.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,596	129.00–146.00	139.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	122.00–123.00	122.47
9	—	1,071	109.00–118.00	113.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	101.00–104.00	103.16

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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