Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2022-10-18

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
213 vs last sale 995 31 vs year ago 751 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
225 vs last sale 385 28 vs year ago 132 · +21.2%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.95/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$133.95
71 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.85
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478137.2265632
Medium and Large 2432133.1057525
Medium and Large 3422128.0254014thin
One grade step is worth $9.20/cwt here — about $116 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 sale71 hd
133.95
FL average9 barns · 1,012 hd
132.10
+1.85
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
BullsAverage1,59088.691,4105thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27466.1484317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05857.796115thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1328159.89/cwt155.00–165.005244
HeifersMedium and Large 1520129.01/cwt128.00–130.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 3328138.11/cwt135.00–140.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 3520115.43/cwt112.00–119.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 2484128.04/cwt125.00–130.006205
HeifersMedium and Large 2415132.44/cwt130.00–135.005506
SteersMedium and Large 1508151.93/cwt148.00–157.007729
HeifersMedium and Large 1364153.27/cwt152.00–155.005585
SteersMedium and Large 2465152.70/cwt152.00–154.007103
SteersMedium and Large 1479166.41/cwt163.00–169.007979
SteersMedium and Large 2518142.42/cwt140.00–145.007384
SteersMedium and Large 2375172.43/cwt170.00–175.006476
SteersMedium and Large 1625141.83/cwt140.00–145.008867
HeifersMedium and Large 2320146.19/cwt142.00–150.004684
SteersMedium and Large 1355178.97/cwt177.00–180.006353
SteersMedium and Large 1310192.81/cwt187.00–197.005985
SteersMedium and Large 1568147.85/cwt143.00–153.008406
SteersMedium and Large 1418173.44/cwt170.00–177.007256
SteersMedium and Large 3367164.06/cwt160.00–167.006025
HeifersMedium and Large 2506124.82/cwt122.00–127.006327
HeifersMedium and Large 1602121.81/cwt121.00–125.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 1563128.04/cwt126.00–130.007216
HeifersMedium and Large 1463136.46/cwt135.00–138.006328
HeifersMedium and Large 3382136.36/cwt135.00–137.005213
HeifersMedium and Large 2357144.71/cwt140.00–147.005173
Bulls1,67790.71/cwt90.00–92.001,5213
Bulls1,46085.65/cwt84.00–87.001,2502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27466.14/cwt62.00–69.0084317
CowsLean 85-90%1,05857.79/cwt55.00–59.006115

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.