Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-05-07

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 7
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 181▲ 13 vs year ago 237 · +5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 43▼ 5 vs year ago 88 · −5.7%
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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 steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.52/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −87.08 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$252.52
4 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.23
vs FL average
−15.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520252.521,3134thin
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
252.52
—
FL average5 barns · 38 hd
244.29
+8.23
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−15.07
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−87.08
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—Average1,623140.702,2843thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,142123.791,41416
CowsLean 85-90%Average975112.471,0976thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318398.77/cwt390.00–405.001,2685
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323380.19/cwt375.00–385.001,2284
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364343.65/cwt330.00–365.001,2515
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369387.17/cwt370.00–400.001,4299
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420340.24/cwt330.00–350.001,4294
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526264.07/cwt260.00–270.001,3895
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273360.64/cwt350.00–370.009854
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323314.61/cwt305.00–325.001,0164
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328353.66/cwt335.00–365.001,1605
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363300.21/cwt290.00–310.001,0904
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380327.32/cwt315.00–335.001,2445
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410315.24/cwt305.00–325.001,2924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423288.85/cwt275.00–300.001,2227
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455257.58/cwt250.00–265.001,1724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463280.14/cwt275.00–285.001,2974
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520252.52/cwt250.00–255.001,3134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,623140.70/cwt140.00–142.002,2843
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%975112.47/cwt110.00–115.001,0976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142123.79/cwt118.00–128.001,41416

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.