Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-05-02

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 2
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
8 vs last sale 301 121 vs year ago 414 · 29.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
66 vs last sale 149 205 vs year ago 288 · 71.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.22/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$216.22
40 head · 352 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.91
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1349219.0376533
Medium and Large 2362202.967347thin
One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $32 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
216.22
FL average8 barns · 402 hd
212.31
+3.91
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
BullsAverage1,510103.931,5693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20693.491,12712
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07084.979096thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,07084.97/cwt81.00–89.009096
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20693.49/cwt91.00–96.001,12712
Bulls1,510103.93/cwt101.00–106.001,5693
SteersMedium and Large 1408237.84/cwt230.00–242.009703
SteersMedium and Large 1230316.74/cwt300.00–335.007296
HeifersMedium and Large 1329231.28/cwt220.00–240.007617
HeifersMedium and Large 2413193.23/cwt190.00–195.007983
HeifersMedium and Large 1373206.76/cwt190.00–222.0077113
HeifersMedium and Large 2323210.25/cwt204.00–217.006794
SteersMedium and Large 1277283.73/cwt270.00–300.007869
SteersMedium and Large 1325276.45/cwt265.00–295.008985
SteersMedium and Large 2368220.82/cwt212.00–230.008134
SteersMedium and Large 1362254.63/cwt235.00–265.009223
HeifersMedium and Large 1270244.17/cwt230.00–260.006594
SteersMedium and Large 1458233.09/cwt220.00–240.001,0683
SteersMedium and Large 2272246.26/cwt240.00–260.006703
HeifersMedium and Large 1475192.36/cwt191.00–195.009143
HeifersMedium and Large 1407202.03/cwt198.00–204.008223
HeifersMedium and Large 1218253.74/cwt240.00–260.005533

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.