Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $219.31/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$219.31

58 head · 423 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$41.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.01

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	231.93	989	36
Medium and Large 2	426	202.37	862	15thin
Medium and Large 3	396	190.72	756	7thin

One grade step is worth $41.21/cwt here — about $233 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 sale58 hd

219.31

—

FL average8 barns · 416 hd

218.30

+1.01

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	—	High	1,535	108.82	1,670	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	94.16	1,116	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	81.28	845	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	282	227.16/cwt	210.00–235.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	179.91/cwt	170.00–185.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	189.75/cwt	185.00–200.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	179.57/cwt	175.00–182.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	162.43/cwt	160.00–165.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	199.11/cwt	190.00–205.00	629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	218.44/cwt	215.00–225.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	187.41/cwt	185.00–190.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	217.02/cwt	210.00–227.00	998	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	266.76/cwt	245.00–280.00	734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	198.50/cwt	195.00–205.00	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	212.03/cwt	205.00–217.00	1,107	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	195.14/cwt	185.00–200.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	183.27/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	219.70/cwt	210.00–230.00	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	174.57/cwt	170.00–177.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	206.54/cwt	200.00–220.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	199.82/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	249.80/cwt	240.00–260.00	944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	232.37/cwt	225.00–240.00	971	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	191.29/cwt	185.00–200.00	712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	162.91/cwt	157.00–167.00	852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	205.08/cwt	195.00–210.00	865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	158.28/cwt	155.00–160.00	883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	163.62/cwt	160.00–167.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	188.32/cwt	185.00–190.00	785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	171.73/cwt	167.00–174.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	174.84/cwt	170.00–180.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	251.39/cwt	245.00–265.00	812	3
Bulls	—	—	1,747	114.80/cwt	112.00–118.00	2,006	3
Bulls	—	—	1,376	104.33/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,436	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	91.25/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,107	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	97.66/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,125	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	81.28/cwt	77.00–86.00	845	4

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 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 433Last week 259Year ago 654

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 165Year ago 184

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	282	210.00–235.00	227.16
3	—	460	175.00–182.00	179.57
6	—	330	210.00–230.00	219.70
5	—	372	185.00–200.00	191.29
3	—	417	185.00–190.00	188.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	170.00–185.00	179.91
3	—	263	185.00–200.00	189.75
5	—	316	190.00–205.00	199.11
3	—	418	170.00–177.00	174.57
5	—	523	157.00–167.00	162.91
3	—	558	155.00–160.00	158.28
3	—	463	167.00–174.00	171.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	160.00–165.00	162.43
4	—	368	160.00–167.00	163.62
4	—	320	170.00–180.00	174.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	215.00–225.00	218.44
3	—	462	195.00–205.00	198.50
3	—	565	180.00–190.00	183.27
3	—	357	200.00–220.00	206.54
3	—	422	195.00–210.00	205.08
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	185.00–190.00	187.41
3	—	365	185.00–200.00	195.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	210.00–227.00	217.02
5	—	275	245.00–280.00	266.76
7	—	522	205.00–217.00	212.03
4	—	570	195.00–205.00	199.82
6	—	378	240.00–260.00	249.80
6	—	418	225.00–240.00	232.37
3	—	323	245.00–265.00	251.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,747	112.00–118.00	114.80
4	—	1,376	100.00–110.00	104.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,213	89.00–92.00	91.25
5	—	1,152	95.00–99.00	97.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,040	77.00–86.00	81.28

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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