Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-08-06

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 6
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
169 head
▼ 274 vs last sale 443▼ 183 vs year ago 352 · −52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 84▼ 30 vs year ago 83 · −36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.96/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −98.64 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$240.96
15 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,273
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.54
vs FL average
−4.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528240.961,27315thin
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 sale15 hd
240.96
—
FL average3 barns · 62 hd
240.43
+0.54
National average152 barns · 6,273 hd
245.07
−4.11
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−98.64
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

20 sales
426380333286median 339.6003/0306/1608/2510/0611/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $339.60 across 20 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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,106135.211,49522
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100119.751,3176thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1258417.10/cwt410.00–430.001,0763
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323375.58/cwt360.00–390.001,2134
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363369.66/cwt360.00–380.001,3424
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365343.52/cwt330.00–350.001,2543
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411316.82/cwt305.00–335.001,3025
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458300.08/cwt295.00–305.001,3744
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513272.32/cwt265.00–280.001,3978
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567271.75/cwt260.00–280.001,5415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330264.70/cwt255.00–275.008746
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368269.76/cwt265.00–275.009934
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373283.81/cwt280.00–290.001,0595
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415277.41/cwt270.00–285.001,1516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438255.95/cwt247.00–265.001,1214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468264.92/cwt260.00–270.001,2404
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479244.99/cwt240.00–252.001,1747
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1504246.74/cwt240.00–255.001,2449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565232.30/cwt225.00–240.001,3126
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,038140.85/cwt137.00–143.001,4629
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100119.75/cwt112.00–128.001,3176
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153131.31/cwt124.00–135.001,51413

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.