Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2022-08-02

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 2
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
253 head
114 vs last sale 367 186 vs year ago 439 · 42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
98 vs last sale 50 31 vs year ago 117 · +26.5%
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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 steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.34/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$159.34
41 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.37
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2424167.3971010thin
Medium and Large 1532159.3484824
Medium and Large 3461147.876827thin
One grade step is worth $19.51/cwt here — about $27 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 sale41 hd
159.34
FL average9 barns · 889 hd
162.71
−3.37
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
BullsAverage1,446101.511,4684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27077.1498025
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08869.2775418

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1415151.71/cwt150.00–155.006303
HeifersMedium and Large 1510145.05/cwt140.00–150.007406
HeifersMedium and Large 1461146.77/cwt145.00–149.006777
SteersMedium and Large 3415152.41/cwt150.00–155.006334
SteersMedium and Large 2512147.99/cwt147.00–150.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 2465138.94/cwt137.00–142.006465
SteersMedium and Large 1420175.45/cwt174.00–177.007374
SteersMedium and Large 2438167.01/cwt165.00–169.007324
SteersMedium and Large 1722131.99/cwt131.00–134.009536
SteersMedium and Large 3523141.82/cwt135.00–145.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 2527133.39/cwt130.00–135.007033
HeifersMedium and Large 2424142.64/cwt140.00–147.006055
HeifersMedium and Large 1568136.63/cwt134.00–140.007769
SteersMedium and Large 2317187.28/cwt185.00–192.005943
SteersMedium and Large 1506163.39/cwt160.00–168.008277
SteersMedium and Large 1459169.53/cwt165.00–173.007787
Bulls1,446101.51/cwt98.00–105.001,4684
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27077.14/cwt74.00–80.0098025
CowsLean 85-90%1,08869.27/cwt67.00–73.0075418

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.