Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-05-09

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
56 vs last sale 293 73 vs year ago 310 · 23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
5 vs last sale 83 33 vs year ago 121 · 27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, bulls not tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $251.69/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$251.69
38 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$986
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.72
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400256.291,02531
Medium and Large 2356231.318247thin
One grade step is worth $24.99/cwt here — about $201 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
251.69
FL average7 barns · 268 hd
241.97
+9.72
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21495.091,15515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12485.2395810

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1427212.24/cwt210.00–217.009063
HeifersMedium and Large 1470201.53/cwt200.00–203.009474
HeifersMedium and Large 1323229.95/cwt220.00–237.007435
HeifersMedium and Large 1263256.43/cwt235.00–280.006746
HeifersMedium and Large 1363220.21/cwt210.00–230.007996
HeifersMedium and Large 2376200.90/cwt195.00–205.007555
SteersMedium and Large 1456237.26/cwt230.00–242.001,0825
SteersMedium and Large 2267253.25/cwt250.00–260.006763
SteersMedium and Large 2423214.85/cwt210.00–220.009094
SteersMedium and Large 1329286.70/cwt270.00–300.009437
SteersMedium and Large 1372260.45/cwt240.00–270.009693
SteersMedium and Large 1518213.28/cwt210.00–215.001,1053
SteersMedium and Large 1557205.68/cwt205.00–207.001,1463
SteersMedium and Large 1275296.02/cwt270.00–315.008145
SteersMedium and Large 1420246.71/cwt235.00–255.001,0365
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21393.26/cwt90.00–96.001,13112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220102.40/cwt101.00–103.001,2493
CowsLean 85-90%1,12485.23/cwt83.00–89.0095810

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.