Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-03-21

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 21
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
327 head
89 vs last sale 238 80 vs year ago 247 · +32.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
51 vs last sale 122 209 vs year ago 280 · 74.6%
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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 steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $251.48/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$251.48
51 head · 345 lb average
Value per head Derived
$867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.73
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1332274.2191028
Medium and Large 2360223.8180623
One grade step is worth $50.40/cwt here — about $105 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 sale51 hd
251.48
FL average6 barns · 366 hd
231.75
+19.73
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
BullsAverage1,360106.781,4522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32998.661,31114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05587.889276thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1317227.70/cwt220.00–240.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1427194.11/cwt190.00–200.008297
HeifersMedium and Large 3462163.36/cwt160.00–165.007553
HeifersMedium and Large 3313185.86/cwt180.00–192.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 3362176.45/cwt170.00–180.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 3420171.75/cwt170.00–175.007213
SteersMedium and Large 2270244.44/cwt235.00–260.006605
SteersMedium and Large 2430207.33/cwt200.00–215.008924
SteersMedium and Large 2320233.04/cwt225.00–245.007467
SteersMedium and Large 2372218.18/cwt215.00–225.008123
HeifersMedium and Large 2323204.81/cwt200.00–210.006624
SteersMedium and Large 1412233.52/cwt230.00–240.009623
SteersMedium and Large 1318280.79/cwt260.00–300.008938
SteersMedium and Large 1370254.39/cwt240.00–270.009418
SteersMedium and Large 1284299.53/cwt295.00–305.008519
SteersMedium and Large 2463202.57/cwt200.00–205.009384
HeifersMedium and Large 1363211.66/cwt202.00–222.007688
HeifersMedium and Large 1269237.64/cwt225.00–255.006399
Bulls1,360106.78/cwt104.00–109.001,4522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27495.79/cwt92.00–100.001,2209
CowsBoner 80-85%1,427103.83/cwt102.00–106.001,4825
CowsLean 85-90%1,05587.88/cwt86.00–90.009276

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.