Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-04-30

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 30
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 264▼ 112 vs year ago 293 · −38.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 70▼ 40 vs year ago 83 · −48.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady under light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.85/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −89.75 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$249.85
4 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,287
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.59
vs FL average
−18.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515249.851,2874thin
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
249.85
—
FL average5 barns · 39 hd
243.26
+6.59
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−18.53
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−89.75
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—Average1,499135.962,0385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,014116.911,1854thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,010106.691,0785thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273404.77/cwt400.00–410.001,1054
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315389.52/cwt380.00–400.001,2274
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380379.74/cwt370.00–390.001,4434
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468290.08/cwt285.00–295.001,3584
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274354.67/cwt345.00–370.009725
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315349.29/cwt335.00–365.001,1006
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320317.27/cwt310.00–325.001,0154
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428320.98/cwt295.00–345.001,37411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474249.11/cwt240.00–255.001,1815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515249.85/cwt245.00–255.001,2874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,362131.38/cwt127.00–137.001,7893
Bulls——1,705142.83/cwt141.00–145.002,4352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010106.69/cwt105.00–108.001,0785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,014116.91/cwt112.00–120.001,1854

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.