Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-11-12

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Nov 12
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
450 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 532▼ 138 vs year ago 588 · −23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 73▼ 8 vs year ago 77 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows' steady. Feeder cattle 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.29/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −89.31 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$250.29
6 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,314
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.34
vs FL average
−14.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525250.291,3146thin
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 sale6 hd
250.29
—
FL average4 barns · 102 hd
239.95
+10.34
National average194 barns · 23,548 hd
265.10
−14.81
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−89.31
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%Average1,223113.631,39012
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,123109.201,22616

Every lot

14 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230420.87/cwt400.00–440.009686
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272408.53/cwt390.00–420.001,1115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329412.93/cwt390.00–420.001,3594
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381403.02/cwt380.00–410.001,5364
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430340.23/cwt330.00–350.001,4634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472317.14/cwt290.00–330.001,4973
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535285.23/cwt260.00–290.001,5266
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1229372.31/cwt360.00–380.008535
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270320.74/cwt300.00–340.008666
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324318.80/cwt300.00–340.001,03310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368315.51/cwt300.00–330.001,1616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525250.29/cwt240.00–260.001,3146
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123109.20/cwt107.00–111.001,22616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223113.63/cwt112.00–115.001,39012

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.