Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $238.49/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$238.49

40 head · 388 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$42.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.83

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	367	255.33	936	24
Medium and Large 2	421	213.23	899	16thin

One grade step is worth $42.09/cwt here — about $37 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 sale40 hd

238.49

—

FL average8 barns · 385 hd

227.66

+10.83

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	1,310	103.88	1,361	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	94.50	1,131	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	83.62	827	7thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	258	245.29/cwt	235.00–255.00	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	200.18/cwt	195.00–205.00	841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	209.28/cwt	200.00–215.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	212.58/cwt	205.00–220.00	978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	240.39/cwt	230.00–250.00	776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	193.08/cwt	190.00–196.00	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	203.37/cwt	200.00–205.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	212.54/cwt	210.00–215.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	198.43/cwt	195.00–202.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	274.17/cwt	260.00–290.00	872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	231.55/cwt	220.00–240.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	229.25/cwt	220.00–235.00	837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	197.30/cwt	190.00–205.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	237.37/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	252.45/cwt	240.00–260.00	937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	228.21/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	279.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	222.72/cwt	215.00–230.00	953	4
Bulls	—	—	1,280	108.51/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,389	3
Bulls	—	—	1,340	99.24/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,330	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	93.06/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,116	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	102.43/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,217	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	83.62/cwt	80.00–86.00	827	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 Apr 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 269Last week 225Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 49Year ago 192

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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	—	258	235.00–255.00	245.29
4	—	460	205.00–220.00	212.58
6	—	323	230.00–250.00	240.39
5	—	365	220.00–235.00	229.25
4	—	428	215.00–230.00	222.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	195.00–205.00	200.18
5	—	325	200.00–215.00	209.28
4	—	473	190.00–196.00	193.08
4	—	375	190.00–205.00	197.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	200.00–205.00	203.37
4	—	418	210.00–215.00	212.54
4	—	515	195.00–202.00	198.43
5	—	317	220.00–240.00	231.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	260.00–290.00	274.17
4	—	428	230.00–245.00	237.37
5	—	371	240.00–260.00	252.45
5	—	458	220.00–240.00	228.21
6	—	278	270.00–290.00	279.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	105.00–111.00	108.51
3	—	1,340	98.00–102.00	99.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,199	90.00–97.00	93.06
2	—	1,188	101.00–104.00	102.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	989	80.00–86.00	83.62

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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