Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-04-25

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 25
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
32 vs last sale 269 66 vs year ago 235 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
69 vs last sale 80 14 vs year ago 163 · 8.6%
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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 steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.95/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$203.95
42 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.76
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1315232.0673114thin
Medium and Large 2394197.0377715thin
Medium and Large 3411181.6574613thin
One grade step is worth $50.40/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale42 hd
203.95
FL average8 barns · 554 hd
205.71
−1.76
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
BullsAverage1,719106.431,8306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26093.721,18115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06285.0490318

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1319228.19/cwt220.00–240.007287
HeifersMedium and Large 1375218.11/cwt210.00–222.008183
HeifersMedium and Large 3415182.53/cwt180.00–185.007574
HeifersMedium and Large 3458177.46/cwt175.00–180.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 3370184.31/cwt180.00–187.006825
HeifersMedium and Large 2374201.10/cwt195.00–205.007525
HeifersMedium and Large 2412193.24/cwt190.00–195.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 1263249.29/cwt235.00–265.006564
SteersMedium and Large 2473209.59/cwt207.00–215.009913
SteersMedium and Large 2323230.39/cwt220.00–240.007444
SteersMedium and Large 1375245.76/cwt240.00–255.009225
SteersMedium and Large 2520199.88/cwt194.00–203.001,0393
SteersMedium and Large 1408234.12/cwt230.00–240.009555
HeifersMedium and Large 2317206.84/cwt200.00–210.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 2465187.42/cwt185.00–190.008724
SteersMedium and Large 1256268.44/cwt245.00–285.006875
SteersMedium and Large 1454224.05/cwt220.00–230.001,0175
SteersMedium and Large 1323267.22/cwt240.00–280.008633
SteersMedium and Large 2370226.76/cwt220.00–230.008393
Bulls1,801107.92/cwt106.00–110.001,9444
Bulls1,555103.45/cwt102.00–105.001,6092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26093.72/cwt90.00–98.001,18115
CowsLean 85-90%1,06285.04/cwt81.00–90.0090318

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.