Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-05-28

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 28
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 157 vs last sale 315▲ 55 vs year ago 103 · +53.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 69▲ 14 vs year ago 51 · +27.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $284.95/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −97.34 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$284.95
7 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.11
vs FL average
−20.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2536284.951,5287thin
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 sale7 hd
284.95
—
FL average2 barns · 16 hd
293.06
−8.11
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
−20.19
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−97.34
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—Average1,445137.651,9894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208127.461,54025
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,099111.711,2284thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273412.53/cwt400.00–420.001,1265
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2319382.87/cwt380.00–385.001,2215
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320399.84/cwt395.00–405.001,2794
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361366.68/cwt360.00–375.001,3247
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363385.17/cwt380.00–390.001,3984
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405342.47/cwt340.00–345.001,3874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465302.66/cwt295.00–310.001,4074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513290.12/cwt285.00–295.001,4884
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567278.06/cwt265.00–285.001,5773
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265364.72/cwt360.00–370.009674
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319356.85/cwt345.00–365.001,1385
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323307.79/cwt300.00–315.009944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358305.10/cwt300.00–310.001,0924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363324.83/cwt320.00–330.001,1794
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383277.65/cwt270.00–285.001,0634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410290.12/cwt285.00–295.001,1894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423312.72/cwt300.00–325.001,3234
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456268.95/cwt265.00–275.001,2265
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,445137.65/cwt133.00–145.001,9894
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099111.71/cwt108.00–117.001,2284
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192126.56/cwt118.00–131.001,50922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328134.10/cwt133.00–136.001,7813

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.