Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-03-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 14
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
49 vs last sale 287 93 vs year ago 331 · 28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
36 vs last sale 86 23 vs year ago 99 · +23.2%
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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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.76/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$239.76
39 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$36.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.17
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392245.3696133
Medium and Large 2392209.018186thin
One grade step is worth $36.35/cwt here — about $143 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 sale39 hd
239.76
FL average6 barns · 373 hd
227.59
+12.17
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
BullsAverage1,420106.001,5053thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,229100.631,23723
CowsLean 85-90%Average98584.1682910

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 1325220.31/cwt210.00–225.007163
HeifersMedium and Large 1368209.52/cwt200.00–220.007714
SteersMedium and Large 1280270.83/cwt260.00–295.007583
SteersMedium and Large 1418234.58/cwt225.00–245.009816
HeifersMedium and Large 2373186.72/cwt180.00–195.006967
HeifersMedium and Large 2428187.43/cwt185.00–190.008024
SteersMedium and Large 1325267.12/cwt255.00–280.008688
SteersMedium and Large 1370248.18/cwt235.00–260.009188
SteersMedium and Large 2418206.53/cwt200.00–210.008633
HeifersMedium and Large 3365172.40/cwt170.00–175.006296
HeifersMedium and Large 1418197.40/cwt195.00–200.008254
HeifersMedium and Large 1463195.14/cwt190.00–200.009034
SteersMedium and Large 2365211.48/cwt205.00–215.007723
SteersMedium and Large 1461220.92/cwt215.00–230.001,0185
SteersMedium and Large 1570216.61/cwt210.00–220.001,2353
Bulls1,420106.00/cwt104.00–108.001,5053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,293103.04/cwt101.00–105.001,33214
CowsLean 85-90%98584.16/cwt81.00–88.0082910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13096.88/cwt94.00–99.001,0959

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.