Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-07-16

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jul 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
550 head
▲ 198 vs last sale 352▼ 44 vs year ago 594 · −7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 88▼ 29 vs year ago 97 · −29.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.44/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −110.85 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$271.44
31 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.76
vs FL average
−19.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540276.081,49226
Medium and Large 2568247.311,4055thin
One grade step is worth $28.77/cwt here — about $87 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 sale31 hd
271.44
—
FL average7 barns · 164 hd
269.68
+1.76
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−19.65
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−110.85
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—Average1,609154.852,4928thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235136.781,68910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055124.641,3154thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260427.21/cwt420.00–435.001,1114
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319412.77/cwt405.00–425.001,3175
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320351.44/cwt340.00–370.001,1255
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322387.70/cwt380.00–400.001,2485
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363353.46/cwt340.00–370.001,2837
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420332.05/cwt320.00–345.001,39510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425297.24/cwt290.00–305.001,2634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465298.68/cwt290.00–307.001,38912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468264.81/cwt260.00–270.001,2396
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470280.21/cwt275.00–285.001,3174
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520283.32/cwt272.00–294.001,47312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558269.87/cwt260.00–280.001,50614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568247.31/cwt242.00–255.001,4055
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630249.81/cwt242.00–258.001,5748
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315310.08/cwt305.00–315.009774
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325292.62/cwt285.00–300.009514
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333337.22/cwt325.00–350.001,12312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366320.25/cwt310.00–335.001,1725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375267.30/cwt260.00–275.001,0024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380292.30/cwt285.00–300.001,1116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406294.23/cwt290.00–300.001,1957
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417270.29/cwt255.00–280.001,1275
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455278.59/cwt270.00–287.001,26812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475253.25/cwt245.00–265.001,2035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518264.93/cwt260.00–270.001,3726
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518229.93/cwt225.00–235.001,1914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568249.26/cwt245.00–256.001,4165
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,609154.85/cwt145.00–161.002,4928
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055124.64/cwt121.00–129.001,3154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235136.78/cwt130.00–142.001,68910

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.