Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-07-23

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jul 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 550▲ 48 vs year ago 302 · +15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 68▲ 33 vs year ago 72 · +45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $257.33/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −124.96 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$257.33
24 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,400
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.71
vs FL average
−40.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549273.621,5028thin
Medium and Large 2541249.181,34916thin
One grade step is worth $24.44/cwt here — about $153 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 sale24 hd
257.33
—
FL average5 barns · 117 hd
261.03
−3.71
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
−40.49
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−124.96
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—Low1,664152.002,52914
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,249130.781,63322
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,057121.031,27912

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310397.38/cwt390.00–405.001,2326
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324428.51/cwt420.00–440.001,3889
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365368.22/cwt360.00–375.001,3447
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375392.33/cwt380.00–405.001,47114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418309.82/cwt300.00–320.001,2954
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426346.23/cwt330.00–360.001,47517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468285.38/cwt270.00–295.001,3365
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473309.87/cwt305.00–315.001,4664
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520284.90/cwt280.00–290.001,4814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526251.84/cwt245.00–260.001,3259
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561245.76/cwt240.00–250.001,3797
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578262.34/cwt255.00–270.001,5164
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603252.47/cwt245.00–260.001,5224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318344.03/cwt330.00–360.001,0949
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323308.30/cwt300.00–320.009965
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369330.39/cwt315.00–345.001,21915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374296.76/cwt285.00–305.001,1107
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416303.17/cwt285.00–315.001,2615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425269.76/cwt260.00–280.001,1464
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468259.63/cwt250.00–270.001,2158
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477283.26/cwt275.00–295.001,3517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517257.81/cwt250.00–270.001,3335
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,608136.93/cwt131.00–141.002,2026
Bulls——1,623169.35/cwt168.00–172.002,7493
Bulls——1,756159.66/cwt158.00–162.002,8045
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057121.03/cwt118.00–126.001,27912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233129.73/cwt125.00–133.001,60019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,347137.45/cwt136.00–141.001,8513

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.