Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-04-04

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 4
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
224 head
212 vs last sale 436 64 vs year ago 288 · 22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
37 vs last sale 83 35 vs year ago 155 · 22.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.45/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$244.45
38 head · 357 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$67.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.04
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1350262.1791723
Medium and Large 2371225.4183511thin
Medium and Large 3365194.867114thin
One grade step is worth $67.31/cwt here — about $205 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
244.45
FL average6 barns · 255 hd
233.40
+11.04
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
BullsAverage1,540109.851,6924thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16696.551,12620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17286.281,01112

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1430194.54/cwt192.00–200.008373
HeifersMedium and Large 1455193.36/cwt192.00–196.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 3323193.20/cwt190.00–200.006243
SteersMedium and Large 1475223.26/cwt220.00–230.001,0603
SteersMedium and Large 1413229.26/cwt225.00–237.009473
SteersMedium and Large 1320284.53/cwt270.00–300.009106
SteersMedium and Large 1256292.42/cwt280.00–310.007495
SteersMedium and Large 2415213.70/cwt205.00–222.008874
SteersMedium and Large 2375221.84/cwt215.00–225.008323
SteersMedium and Large 2323239.81/cwt235.00–245.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 2367190.80/cwt185.00–200.007005
HeifersMedium and Large 1265244.43/cwt230.00–260.006484
HeifersMedium and Large 1323234.46/cwt225.00–245.007574
HeifersMedium and Large 1360217.50/cwt207.00–225.007835
SteersMedium and Large 1363250.52/cwt235.00–265.009096
SteersMedium and Large 3365194.86/cwt190.00–200.007114
Bulls1,540109.85/cwt107.00–112.001,6924
CowsBoner 80-85%1,297101.44/cwt100.00–103.001,3165
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12294.92/cwt91.00–99.001,06515
CowsLean 85-90%1,17286.28/cwt81.00–91.001,01112

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.