Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.93/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −111.49 against this barn's trailing median of $375.42.

Average price

$263.93

5 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.46

vs FL average

−2.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	263.93	1,343	5thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.64, low $299.90, median $375.42 across 18 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 sale5 hd

263.93

—

FL average5 barns · 36 hd

255.47

+8.46

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−2.94

This barn, trailing median18 sales

375.42

−111.49

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	1,461	140.00	2,045	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	126.56	1,566	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	113.85	1,133	18

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	436.09/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,413	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	361.76/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	319.50/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	263.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	340.41/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,242	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	312.25/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,617	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	117.88/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,187	11
Bulls	—	—	1,311	135.52/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,777	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	131.34/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,677	9
Bulls	—	—	1,710	147.46/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,522	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	107.53/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,051	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	357.16/cwt	330.00–415.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	380.41/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	349.65/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	415.20/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	305.10/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,464	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	122.65/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,478	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	287.32/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	277.30/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,284	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	321.92/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	304.86/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,113	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	382.87/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	295.14/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,366	4

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 Mar 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 248Last week 337Year ago 436

Slaughter CattleReceipts 152Last week 125Year ago 83

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	425.00–450.00	436.09
6	350–400	380	400.00–430.00	415.20
4	400–450	423	370.00–395.00	382.87
4	500–550	518	305.00–320.00	312.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	330.00–415.00	357.16
4	350–400	370	370.00–390.00	380.41
4	400–450	425	340.00–360.00	349.65
4	450–500	480	300.00–310.00	305.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	350.00–380.00	361.76
6	350–400	365	325.00–355.00	340.41
5	400–450	419	305.00–330.00	319.50
4	450–500	463	290.00–300.00	295.14
5	500–550	509	260.00–270.00	263.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	310.00–335.00	321.92
4	350–400	365	300.00–310.00	304.86
4	400–450	425	280.00–295.00	287.32
4	450–500	463	270.00–285.00	277.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,007	114.00–123.00	117.88
7	—	977	105.00–109.00	107.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,277	130.00–136.00	131.34
11	—	1,205	120.00–128.00	122.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,311	129.00–138.00	135.52
3	—	1,710	141.00–150.00	147.46

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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