Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-05-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
222 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 250▲ 56 vs year ago 166 · +33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 83▼ 42 vs year ago 98 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 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 $239.25/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −100.35 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$239.25
8 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,355
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.26
vs FL average
−30.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562253.061,4223thin
Medium and Large 2569230.961,3145thin
One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $108 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 sale8 hd
239.25
—
FL average4 barns · 54 hd
252.51
−13.26
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−30.75
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−100.35
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—Average1,382141.641,9573thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203122.631,47610
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008114.091,1503thin

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1258420.15/cwt415.00–425.001,0844
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320394.69/cwt390.00–400.001,2634
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323374.61/cwt365.00–385.001,2104
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323347.21/cwt340.00–355.001,1214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360358.33/cwt350.00–370.001,2905
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363389.66/cwt380.00–400.001,4144
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373330.20/cwt320.00–340.001,2324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415346.51/cwt340.00–360.001,4383
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265355.57/cwt345.00–365.009424
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310350.32/cwt340.00–360.001,0864
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325317.27/cwt310.00–325.001,0314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366272.13/cwt260.00–280.009965
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3412243.52/cwt240.00–250.001,0033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425307.68/cwt300.00–315.001,3084
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427270.20/cwt260.00–275.001,1543
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465254.89/cwt245.00–260.001,1853
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468284.82/cwt275.00–290.001,3333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562253.06/cwt240.00–260.001,4223
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569230.96/cwt225.00–235.001,3145
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,382141.64/cwt133.00–153.001,9573
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,008114.09/cwt112.00–118.001,1503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,092118.82/cwt116.00–125.001,2986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370128.35/cwt127.00–133.001,7584

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.