Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-06-04

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jun 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
418 head
▲ 260 vs last sale 158▲ 17 vs year ago 401 · +4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 65▼ 112 vs year ago 216 · −51.9%
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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.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $277.46/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −104.84 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$277.46
8 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,489
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.96
vs FL average
−31.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508297.541,5124thin
Medium and Large 2565257.371,4544thin
One grade step is worth $40.17/cwt here — about $57 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
277.46
—
FL average5 barns · 47 hd
273.50
+3.96
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
−31.70
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−104.84
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—High1,502145.102,1807thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,182127.961,51318
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,004118.081,1867thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267435.96/cwt415.00–450.001,1647
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315410.32/cwt400.00–420.001,2936
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326376.07/cwt370.00–380.001,2265
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369381.28/cwt375.00–390.001,4077
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375348.11/cwt340.00–360.001,3057
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378317.25/cwt305.00–330.001,1996
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410337.80/cwt325.00–350.001,3858
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423282.28/cwt275.00–290.001,1944
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435304.89/cwt295.00–315.001,3264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468309.84/cwt300.00–320.001,4504
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508297.54/cwt295.00–300.001,5124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565257.37/cwt250.00–265.001,4544
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320309.38/cwt300.00–320.009906
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323360.19/cwt355.00–365.001,1636
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360332.15/cwt320.00–345.001,1968
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373267.25/cwt260.00–275.009974
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377294.09/cwt290.00–300.001,1097
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426312.32/cwt295.00–325.001,3307
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426278.74/cwt270.00–290.001,1877
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428259.25/cwt250.00–265.001,1105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474276.08/cwt270.00–280.001,3095
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475252.75/cwt245.00–265.001,2015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508254.85/cwt245.00–265.001,2954
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,454141.75/cwt141.00–143.002,0615
Bulls——1,623153.47/cwt153.00–154.002,4912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004118.08/cwt112.00–123.001,1867
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095125.48/cwt122.00–127.001,37411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,319131.85/cwt130.00–134.001,7397

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.