Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.92/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$176.92

49 head · 426 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$24.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.06

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	414	189.39	785	16thin
Medium and Large 2	438	173.35	759	23
Medium and Large 3	419	165.20	692	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.19/cwt here — about $93 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 sale49 hd

176.92

—

FL average7 barns · 481 hd

185.99

−9.06

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	1,594	108.09	1,723	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,068	90.92	971	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	978	81.51	797	14

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	313	210.20/cwt	205.00–215.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	182.54/cwt	180.00–185.00	845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	161.65/cwt	160.00–165.00	844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	192.24/cwt	185.00–200.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	175.10/cwt	170.00–180.00	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	155.99/cwt	155.00–157.00	894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	270.70/cwt	255.00–285.00	725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	209.73/cwt	200.00–215.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	194.81/cwt	190.00–200.00	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	166.82/cwt	160.00–170.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	227.81/cwt	220.00–235.00	952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	200.12/cwt	190.00–205.00	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	227.20/cwt	220.00–242.00	822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	249.42/cwt	235.00–265.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	160.41/cwt	157.00–167.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	171.64/cwt	170.00–175.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	212.34/cwt	205.00–220.00	977	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	177.78/cwt	173.00–180.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	167.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	172.58/cwt	170.00–175.00	894	4
Bulls	—	—	1,522	106.48/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,621	6
Bulls	—	—	1,810	112.91/cwt	112.00–114.00	2,044	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	95.62/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,164	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	81.51/cwt	76.00–86.00	797	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,004	88.91/cwt	87.00–92.00	893	7

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 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 433Year ago 390

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 83Year ago 97

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	313	205.00–215.00	210.20
4	—	463	180.00–185.00	182.54
4	—	363	185.00–200.00	192.24
4	—	518	170.00–175.00	172.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	160.00–165.00	161.65
6	—	373	170.00–180.00	175.10
4	—	573	155.00–157.00	155.99
4	—	323	190.00–200.00	194.81
3	—	462	170.00–175.00	171.64
3	—	430	173.00–180.00	177.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	160.00–170.00	166.82
3	—	465	157.00–167.00	160.41
4	—	423	165.00–170.00	167.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	268	255.00–285.00	270.70
4	—	418	220.00–235.00	227.81
3	—	362	220.00–242.00	227.20
4	—	323	235.00–265.00	249.42
4	—	460	205.00–220.00	212.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	200.00–215.00	209.73
3	—	425	190.00–205.00	200.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,522	102.00–109.00	106.48
2	—	1,810	112.00–114.00	112.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	95.00–96.00	95.62
7	—	1,004	87.00–92.00	88.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	978	76.00–86.00	81.51

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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