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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 21

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← May 14May 21May 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

315 head

▲ 93 vs last sale 222▼ 42 vs year ago 357 · −11.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

69 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 56▼ 15 vs year ago 84 · −17.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.20/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −86.09 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$296.20

12 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$30.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.03

vs FL average

−17.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	314.14	1,608	5thin
Medium and Large 2	521	283.38	1,476	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.76/cwt here — about $132 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale12 hd

296.20

—

FL average5 barns · 85 hd

286.17

+10.03

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

−17.90

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−86.09

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,670	136.96	2,287	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	125.07	1,360	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	112.02	1,138	5thin

Every lot

25 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	421.74/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,109	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	407.68/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,256	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	384.81/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,243	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	358.95/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,307	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	387.81/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,489	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	346.89/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,460	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	315.89/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,349	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	330.16/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,545	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	295.19/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,420	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	314.14/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,608	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	283.38/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,476	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	365.14/cwt	360.00–370.00	997	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	287.11/cwt	275.00–300.00	919	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	353.77/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,136	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	322.37/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,048	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	334.59/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,238	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	312.25/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,165	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	280.27/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,051	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	284.70/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,204	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	248.23/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,050	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	315.35/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,356	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	292.26/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,359	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,670	136.96/cwt	134.00–141.00	2,287	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,016	112.02/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,138	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,087	125.07/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,360	20

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue May 21, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 315Last week 222Year ago 357

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 56Year ago 84

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,670	134.00–141.00	136.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,087	121.00–130.00	125.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,016	105.00–117.00	112.02

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	360.00–370.00	365.14
9	300–350	321	335.00–370.00	353.77
10	350–400	370	325.00–345.00	334.59
8	400–450	430	300.00–330.00	315.35
4	450–500	465	285.00–300.00	292.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	275.00–300.00	287.11
6	350–400	375	270.00–290.00	280.27
5	400–450	423	240.00–260.00	248.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	310.00–330.00	322.37
6	350–400	373	305.00–320.00	312.25
4	400–450	423	275.00–295.00	284.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	380.00–390.00	384.81
7	350–400	364	345.00–370.00	358.95
7	400–450	427	310.00–320.00	315.89
5	450–500	481	285.00–310.00	295.19
7	500–550	521	275.00–295.00	283.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	263	400.00–440.00	421.74
6	300–350	308	400.00–415.00	407.68
5	350–400	384	380.00–400.00	387.81
9	400–450	421	340.00–355.00	346.89
4	450–500	468	320.00–340.00	330.16
5	500–550	512	305.00–320.00	314.14

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.