Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $282.65/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −154.70 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$282.65

20 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$24.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.71

vs FL average

−42.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	292.51	1,574	12thin
Medium and Large 2	554	267.87	1,484	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.64/cwt here — about $90 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 sale20 hd

282.65

—

FL average4 barns · 61 hd

271.94

+10.71

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−42.72

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−154.70

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	1,454	136.39	1,983	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,066	115.86	1,235	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	109.14	1,145	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	314.59/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,148	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	301.72/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,279	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	257.30/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	271.71/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,141	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	279.63/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,323	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	258.35/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,343	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	260.92/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	348.11/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,483	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	305.15/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	337.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	435.85/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,377	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	401.19/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	309.64/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,300	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	274.81/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	348.90/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,110	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	299.43/cwt	285.00–315.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	296.15/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	367.26/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,366	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	279.87/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	412.40/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,497	5
Bulls	—	—	1,454	136.39/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,983	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	115.03/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,229	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	121.68/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,275	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	109.14/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,145	8

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 553Year ago 491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 105Year ago 101

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

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	318	330.00–370.00	348.90
6	350–400	365	300.00–330.00	314.59
7	400–450	424	290.00–310.00	301.72
10	450–500	473	270.00–290.00	279.63
7	500–550	520	245.00–275.00	258.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	285.00–315.00	299.43
5	400–450	420	260.00–280.00	271.71
4	450–500	478	250.00–265.00	257.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	390.00–415.00	401.19
7	350–400	372	355.00–385.00	367.26
4	400–450	420	300.00–320.00	309.64
5	450–500	468	290.00–300.00	296.15
4	500–550	525	265.00–285.00	274.81
4	550–600	583	255.00–267.00	260.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	420.00–450.00	435.85
5	350–400	363	400.00–430.00	412.40
11	400–450	426	335.00–365.00	348.11
5	450–500	464	320.00–350.00	337.46
6	500–550	513	295.00–315.00	305.15
6	550–600	563	270.00–290.00	279.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,454	131.00–141.00	136.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,068	110.00–119.00	115.03
2	—	1,048	120.00–123.00	121.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,049	107.00–113.00	109.14

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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