Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-03-28

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
436 head
109 vs last sale 327 170 vs year ago 266 · +63.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
12 vs last sale 71 110 vs year ago 193 · 57.0%
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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 $256.19/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$256.19
38 head · 332 lb average
Value per head Derived
$850
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.24
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1342266.1590927
Medium and Large 2301239.887218thin
Medium and Large 3328210.106893thin
One grade step is worth $56.05/cwt here — about $220 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 sale38 hd
256.19
FL average7 barns · 311 hd
237.95
+18.24
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
BullsAverage1,628106.361,7326thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
Bulls1,628106.36/cwt103.00–111.001,7326
SteersMedium and Large 3328210.10/cwt205.00–220.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1278284.32/cwt270.00–300.0079010
SteersMedium and Large 1311286.55/cwt270.00–300.008917
HeifersMedium and Large 2468181.73/cwt180.00–185.008503
HeifersMedium and Large 2370193.15/cwt190.00–200.007153
HeifersMedium and Large 3472163.29/cwt160.00–165.007713
SteersMedium and Large 2319241.66/cwt230.00–260.007715
SteersMedium and Large 2270236.91/cwt230.00–240.006403
SteersMedium and Large 1485223.46/cwt220.00–227.001,0844
SteersMedium and Large 1413237.81/cwt232.00–250.009823
SteersMedium and Large 1363243.21/cwt240.00–250.008833
HeifersMedium and Large 3432172.44/cwt167.00–175.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 2430188.59/cwt182.00–192.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 1271232.85/cwt225.00–240.006319
HeifersMedium and Large 1324228.19/cwt220.00–240.007397
HeifersMedium and Large 1463189.03/cwt187.00–190.008753
HeifersMedium and Large 1430199.02/cwt197.00–200.008563

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.