Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-12-10

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Dec 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
439 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 437▲ 15 vs year ago 424 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
226 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 103▲ 35 vs year ago 191 · +18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.38/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −87.22 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$252.38
8 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,300
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.76
vs FL average
−27.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515252.381,3008thin
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 sale8 hd
252.38
—
FL average5 barns · 83 hd
243.62
+8.76
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−27.92
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−87.22
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
Bulls—Average1,761141.572,4934thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207111.201,34229
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,012106.881,08213

Every lot

21 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322387.70/cwt380.00–400.001,2485
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323435.58/cwt420.00–450.001,4074
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363368.26/cwt360.00–380.001,3375
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418310.09/cwt305.00–315.001,2964
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420349.52/cwt340.00–360.001,4686
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463324.86/cwt320.00–330.001,5044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465297.34/cwt290.00–305.001,3834
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525275.19/cwt265.00–285.001,4454
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563259.09/cwt255.00–265.001,4595
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310344.52/cwt330.00–360.001,0688
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320309.53/cwt300.00–320.009904
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368332.61/cwt325.00–345.001,2245
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373297.08/cwt285.00–310.001,1086
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411311.67/cwt300.00–320.001,2817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469298.17/cwt275.00–315.001,3987
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470256.13/cwt250.00–260.001,2045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515252.38/cwt240.00–265.001,3008
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,761141.57/cwt135.00–147.002,4934
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012106.88/cwt103.00–109.001,08213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171108.41/cwt105.00–111.001,26919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275116.51/cwt115.00–119.001,48610

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.