Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

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 firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.20/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$173.20

54 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.05

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	425	177.64	756	41
Medium and Large 2	466	161.84	754	10thin
Medium and Large 3	472	150.39	710	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.25/cwt here — about $46 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 sale54 hd

173.20

—

FL average8 barns · 659 hd

178.24

−5.05

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,537	108.65	1,670	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	101.31	1,350	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	79.93	869	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	163.36/cwt	160.00–165.00	915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	152.39/cwt	150.00–157.00	856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	172.68/cwt	170.00–177.00	739	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	150.39/cwt	147.00–152.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	183.04/cwt	170.00–200.00	591	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	170.49/cwt	167.00–177.00	610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	250.62/cwt	240.00–270.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	182.95/cwt	179.00–188.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	211.11/cwt	205.00–217.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	206.16/cwt	200.00–212.00	965	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	228.19/cwt	220.00–240.00	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	193.83/cwt	190.00–200.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	193.58/cwt	190.00–197.00	890	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	171.95/cwt	167.00–177.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	162.45/cwt	160.00–165.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	168.83/cwt	163.00–175.00	886	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	205.19/cwt	200.00–210.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	184.92/cwt	180.00–192.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	246.32/cwt	240.00–260.00	793	3
Bulls	—	—	1,503	105.67/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,588	3
Bulls	—	—	1,588	113.11/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,796	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	94.55/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,321	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	103.84/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,358	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	79.93/cwt	78.00–84.00	869	3

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Feb 7, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 443Year ago 441

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 78Year ago 172

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	160.00–165.00	163.36
5	—	428	170.00–177.00	172.68
8	—	323	170.00–200.00	183.04
6	—	475	167.00–177.00	171.95
10	—	525	163.00–175.00	168.83
4	—	270	200.00–210.00	205.19
5	—	371	180.00–192.00	184.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	150.00–157.00	152.39
3	—	358	167.00–177.00	170.49
4	—	475	160.00–165.00	162.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	147.00–152.00	150.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	240.00–270.00	250.62
3	—	617	179.00–188.00	182.95
4	—	418	205.00–217.00	211.11
4	—	468	200.00–212.00	206.16
5	—	371	220.00–240.00	228.19
3	—	322	240.00–260.00	246.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	190.00–200.00	193.83
4	—	460	190.00–197.00	193.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,503	101.00–108.00	105.67
2	—	1,588	112.00–114.00	113.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	90.00–97.00	94.55
8	—	1,308	101.00–107.00	103.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	78.00–84.00	79.93

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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