Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-04-16

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 16
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
375 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 264▲ 106 vs year ago 269 · +39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 113▼ 3 vs year ago 80 · −3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $262.58/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −119.71 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$262.58
4 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.28
vs FL average
−41.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2523262.581,3734thin
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
262.58
—
FL average4 barns · 34 hd
268.86
−6.28
National average171 barns · 11,979 hd
304.39
−41.81
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−119.71
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—Average1,608137.402,2106thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198120.521,44412
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,019105.121,07111

Every lot

24 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318384.45/cwt375.00–395.001,2234
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318330.39/cwt320.00–340.001,0514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323359.73/cwt355.00–365.001,1624
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358365.21/cwt355.00–375.001,3076
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360345.83/cwt340.00–350.001,2455
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380327.40/cwt320.00–335.001,2444
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414307.17/cwt295.00–315.001,2725
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415330.36/cwt320.00–340.001,37110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453287.46/cwt280.00–295.001,3024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464315.29/cwt310.00–320.001,46311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523262.58/cwt260.00–265.001,3734
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265337.97/cwt325.00–350.0089610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315330.88/cwt320.00–340.001,0427
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363322.93/cwt310.00–335.001,17210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365289.73/cwt280.00–300.001,0584
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428286.42/cwt270.00–300.001,22613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428257.63/cwt250.00–265.001,1034
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465267.66/cwt260.00–275.001,2454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528246.57/cwt240.00–257.001,3025
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425128.90/cwt125.00–134.001,8372
Bulls——1,700141.65/cwt137.00–145.002,4084
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01897.13/cwt94.00–100.009894
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,019109.69/cwt105.00–114.001,1187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198120.52/cwt116.00–128.001,44412

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.