Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-09-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Sep 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
551 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 615▼ 126 vs year ago 677 · −18.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 100▲ 44 vs year ago 120 · +36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $249.47/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −132.82 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$249.47
29 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,354
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.40
vs FL average
−24.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541256.131,38520
Medium and Large 2548234.671,2869thin
One grade step is worth $21.46/cwt here — about $99 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 sale29 hd
249.47
—
FL average6 barns · 155 hd
250.87
−1.40
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−24.82
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−132.82
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—Average1,493139.002,07611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191118.211,40815
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,013108.151,09612

Every lot

27 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368369.52/cwt360.00–380.001,3604
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368319.83/cwt315.00–325.001,1774
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381341.81/cwt330.00–350.001,3025
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411325.96/cwt315.00–340.001,3409
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3413266.17/cwt260.00–275.001,0995
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420294.29/cwt280.00–310.001,2368
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463290.14/cwt285.00–295.001,3434
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3466239.08/cwt235.00–245.001,1145
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481261.51/cwt255.00–270.001,2589
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508237.61/cwt230.00–245.001,2074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521256.78/cwt250.00–265.001,33813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577254.93/cwt245.00–262.001,4717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580232.32/cwt225.00–237.001,3475
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605249.92/cwt240.00–260.001,5124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315325.48/cwt310.00–340.001,0256
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320287.73/cwt280.00–295.009214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370286.24/cwt280.00–295.001,0595
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371264.45/cwt260.00–270.009817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414270.87/cwt265.00–280.001,1215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427248.54/cwt240.00–260.001,0619
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463255.27/cwt245.00–265.001,1824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519243.93/cwt240.00–250.001,2665
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,302138.08/cwt137.00–139.001,7985
Bulls——1,613148.95/cwt146.00–151.002,4033
Bulls——1,692130.58/cwt130.00–132.002,2093
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013108.15/cwt104.00–114.001,09612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191118.21/cwt114.00–122.001,40815

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.