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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Sep 3

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Aug 27Sep 3Sep 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

221 head

▼ 58 vs last sale 279▼ 165 vs year ago 386 · −42.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 74▼ 42 vs year ago 91 · −46.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $252.31/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −129.98 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$252.31

12 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,357

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$11.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.39

vs FL average

−17.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	256.09	1,397	8thin
Medium and Large 2	523	244.76	1,280	4thin

One grade step is worth $11.33/cwt here — about $117 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 sale12 hd

252.31

—

FL average3 barns · 90 hd

243.92

+8.39

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−17.09

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−129.98

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,512	153.28	2,318	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	132.52	1,650	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	116.21	1,185	4thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	380.14/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,349	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	354.42/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,290	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	293.46/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,221	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	335.45/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,402	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	284.10/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,315	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	479	237.85/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,139	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	267.25/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,384	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	244.76/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,280	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	244.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,403	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	321.61/cwt	310.00–330.00	997	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	295.07/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,047	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	245.07/cwt	240.00–250.00	895	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	275.07/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,018	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	270.21/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,143	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	232.34/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,092	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	250.90/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,187	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	234.86/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,233	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	227.67/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,282	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,512	153.28/cwt	152.00–154.00	2,318	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	116.21/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,185	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	129.05/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,567	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	139.47/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,824	4

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Sep 3, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 221Last week 279Year ago 386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 74Year ago 91

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	310.00–330.00	321.61
4	350–400	355	290.00–300.00	295.07
4	400–450	423	265.00–275.00	270.21
4	450–500	473	245.00–257.00	250.90
4	500–550	525	230.00–240.00	234.86
4	550–600	563	220.00–235.00	227.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	270.00–280.00	275.07
4	450–500	470	225.00–240.00	232.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	240.00–250.00	245.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	364	350.00–360.00	354.42
5	400–450	416	285.00–305.00	293.46
4	500–550	523	235.00–255.00	244.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	370.00–390.00	380.14
8	400–450	418	320.00–350.00	335.45
5	450–500	463	280.00–290.00	284.10
4	500–550	518	260.00–275.00	267.25
4	550–600	573	240.00–250.00	244.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	230.00–250.00	237.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	152.00–154.00	153.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,308	138.00–144.00	139.47
8	—	1,214	124.00–133.00	129.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,020	110.00–119.00	116.21

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.