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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 19

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

337 head

▲ 207 vs last sale 130▲ 10 vs year ago 327 · +3.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

125 head

▲ 84 vs last sale 41▲ 54 vs year ago 71 · +76.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.08/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −80.52 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.

Average price

$259.08

12 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$19.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.58

vs FL average

−18.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	265.52	1,435	8thin
Medium and Large 2	523	246.22	1,288	4thin

One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about $147 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

259.08

—

FL average5 barns · 54 hd

256.51

+2.58

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−18.14

This barn, trailing median20 sales

339.60

−80.52

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

20 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $339.60 across 20 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,360	131.92	1,794	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	121.98	1,408	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	114.50	1,127	12

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	461.88/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,233	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	449.76/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,430	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	407.48/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,328	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	412.25/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,538	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	390.13/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,482	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	394.52/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,637	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	346.77/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,484	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	334.76/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,550	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	315.13/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,648	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	353.60/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,110	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	353.47/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,283	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	288.56/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,082	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	325.27/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,343	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	290.21/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,213	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	280.56/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,313	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	296.19/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,392	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	277.61/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,410	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	246.22/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,288	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	253.42/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,452	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,360	131.92/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,794	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	984	114.50/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,127	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,154	121.98/cwt	117.00–127.00	1,408	18

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Mar 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 337Last week 130Year ago 327

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 41Year ago 71

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	340.00–375.00	353.60
5	350–400	363	330.00–370.00	353.47
6	400–450	413	310.00–340.00	325.27
5	450–500	470	290.00–305.00	296.19
4	500–550	508	270.00–285.00	277.61
4	550–600	573	250.00–257.00	253.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	280.00–305.00	288.56
6	400–450	418	285.00–295.00	290.21
7	450–500	468	275.00–285.00	280.56
4	500–550	523	237.00–255.00	246.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	445.00–470.00	461.88
8	300–350	318	440.00–460.00	449.76
6	350–400	373	405.00–420.00	412.25
4	400–450	415	375.00–415.00	394.52
6	450–500	463	320.00–350.00	334.76
3	500–550	523	305.00–320.00	315.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	400.00–420.00	407.48
4	350–400	380	380.00–400.00	390.13
3	400–450	428	340.00–350.00	346.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,154	117.00–127.00	121.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	984	109.00–118.00	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,360	131.00–133.00	131.92

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.