Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-03-26

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 26
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 337▼ 188 vs year ago 436 · −43.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 125▲ 69 vs year ago 83 · +83.1%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 20 comparable sales and sits −75.67 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509263.931,3435thin
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 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 median20 sales
339.60
−75.67
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
426380333286median 339.6003/0306/1608/2510/0611/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,461140.002,0458thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,237126.561,56620
CowsLean 85-90%Average995113.851,13318

Every lot

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. 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 2323357.16/cwt330.00–415.001,1543
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324436.09/cwt425.00–450.001,4137
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370380.41/cwt370.00–390.001,4084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380415.20/cwt400.00–430.001,5786
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423382.87/cwt370.00–395.001,6204
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425349.65/cwt340.00–360.001,4864
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480305.10/cwt300.00–310.001,4644
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518312.25/cwt305.00–320.001,6174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306361.76/cwt350.00–380.001,1075
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325321.92/cwt310.00–335.001,0464
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365340.41/cwt325.00–355.001,2426
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365304.86/cwt300.00–310.001,1134
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419319.50/cwt305.00–330.001,3395
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425287.32/cwt280.00–295.001,2214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463295.14/cwt290.00–300.001,3664
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463277.30/cwt270.00–285.001,2844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509263.93/cwt260.00–270.001,3435
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,311135.52/cwt129.00–138.001,7775
Bulls——1,710147.46/cwt141.00–150.002,5223
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977107.53/cwt105.00–109.001,0517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,007117.88/cwt114.00–123.001,18711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205122.65/cwt120.00–128.001,47811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,277131.34/cwt130.00–136.001,6779

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.