Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.38/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −134.55 against this barn's trailing median of $386.93.

Average price

$252.38

8 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.76

vs FL average

−27.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	252.38	1,300	8thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.64, low $332.03, median $386.93 across 16 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 sale8 hd

252.38

—

FL average5 barns · 83 hd

243.62

+8.76

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−27.92

This barn, trailing median16 sales

386.93

−134.55

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	1,761	141.57	2,493	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	111.20	1,342	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,012	106.88	1,082	13

Every lot, as filed

21 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	368	332.61/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	311.67/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	344.52/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,068	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	252.38/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,300	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	256.13/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	324.86/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	275.19/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	387.70/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,248	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	297.34/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	435.58/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,407	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	368.26/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	259.09/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	310.09/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	309.53/cwt	300.00–320.00	990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	297.08/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,108	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	298.17/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	349.52/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,468	6
Bulls	—	—	1,761	141.57/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,493	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	108.41/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,269	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	116.51/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,486	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	106.88/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,082	13

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 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 439Last week 437Year ago 424

Slaughter CattleReceipts 226Last week 103Year ago 191

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

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	310	330.00–360.00	344.52
5	350–400	368	325.00–345.00	332.61
7	400–450	411	300.00–320.00	311.67
7	450–500	469	275.00–315.00	298.17
8	500–550	515	240.00–265.00	252.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	300.00–320.00	309.53
6	350–400	373	285.00–310.00	297.08
5	450–500	470	250.00–260.00	256.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	420.00–450.00	435.58
6	400–450	420	340.00–360.00	349.52
4	450–500	463	320.00–330.00	324.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	380.00–400.00	387.70
5	350–400	363	360.00–380.00	368.26
4	400–450	418	305.00–315.00	310.09
4	450–500	465	290.00–305.00	297.34
4	500–550	525	265.00–285.00	275.19
5	550–600	563	255.00–265.00	259.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,761	135.00–147.00	141.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,171	105.00–111.00	108.41
10	—	1,275	115.00–119.00	116.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,012	103.00–109.00	106.88

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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