Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-03-05

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 369▼ 73 vs year ago 287 · −25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 98▼ 15 vs year ago 86 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.07/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −77.22 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$305.07
4 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.67
vs FL average
−7.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528305.071,6114thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
305.07
—
FL average4 barns · 16 hd
291.40
+13.67
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
−7.93
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−77.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
485427368310median 382.2903/1705/1908/0409/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $470.90, low $324.03, median $382.29 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,384123.771,7135thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,079122.821,32513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,038111.791,1603thin

Every lot

19 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330435.23/cwt420.00–450.001,4364
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366378.44/cwt370.00–390.001,3857
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379412.81/cwt395.00–425.001,5655
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410353.41/cwt330.00–370.001,4495
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430317.41/cwt310.00–325.001,3654
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458285.18/cwt280.00–295.001,3063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460314.78/cwt305.00–325.001,4484
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528305.07/cwt300.00–310.001,6114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273348.62/cwt330.00–365.009524
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327351.88/cwt340.00–360.001,1517
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364321.70/cwt310.00–340.001,1715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422305.83/cwt300.00–310.001,2915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423267.37/cwt260.00–275.001,1314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465256.74/cwt250.00–260.001,1943
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,353118.51/cwt110.00–125.001,6033
Bulls——1,430131.66/cwt128.00–136.001,8832
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,012118.56/cwt110.00–121.001,2007
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038111.79/cwt109.00–117.001,1603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157127.78/cwt124.00–132.001,4786

This sale against other markets

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.