Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2022-05-31

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 31
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
95 vs last sale 238 89 vs year ago 232 · 38.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
6 vs last sale 75 67 vs year ago 148 · 45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.31/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$176.31
37 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.81
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420179.9675715thin
Medium and Large 2402174.0570016thin
Medium and Large 3339173.225876thin
One grade step is worth $6.74/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale37 hd
176.31
FL average6 barns · 237 hd
171.50
+4.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,590100.731,6023thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18887.101,03424
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31078.581,0296thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1265162.36/cwt160.00–165.004304
HeifersMedium and Large 1333167.44/cwt165.00–170.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 2312153.26/cwt150.00–155.004783
HeifersMedium and Large 2527131.63/cwt129.00–133.006943
SteersMedium and Large 1312196.63/cwt195.00–200.006133
SteersMedium and Large 1355191.57/cwt185.00–195.006803
SteersMedium and Large 3318174.81/cwt172.00–180.005563
SteersMedium and Large 2273187.02/cwt180.00–195.005114
SteersMedium and Large 2512154.79/cwt152.00–160.007933
SteersMedium and Large 2578153.69/cwt152.00–157.008883
SteersMedium and Large 1408178.27/cwt175.00–180.007273
SteersMedium and Large 1455171.70/cwt170.00–175.007813
SteersMedium and Large 1572161.62/cwt160.00–165.009243
SteersMedium and Large 2328189.76/cwt185.00–192.006223
SteersMedium and Large 2363180.64/cwt180.00–182.006563
SteersMedium and Large 3360171.62/cwt170.00–175.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 1427158.06/cwt155.00–160.006755
HeifersMedium and Large 3460129.72/cwt125.00–132.005973
Bulls1,590100.73/cwt99.00–103.001,6023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19084.90/cwt81.00–87.001,01012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18589.29/cwt88.00–91.001,05812
CowsLean 85-90%1,31078.58/cwt77.00–79.001,0296

How this sale compares

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.