Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-05-30

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 30
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 357▼ 40 vs year ago 143 · −28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 84▼ 30 vs year ago 81 · −37.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.14/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$237.14
28 head · 363 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.64
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1372243.8690621
Medium and Large 2338216.997337thin
One grade step is worth $26.87/cwt here — about $173 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 sale28 hd
237.14
—
FL average5 barns · 303 hd
212.50
+24.64
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
Bulls—Average1,333106.561,4202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,199100.861,20921
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08187.989514thin

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 1—323246.19/cwt235.00–270.007953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367238.82/cwt232.00–242.008763
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435218.26/cwt215.00–225.009493
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323219.61/cwt210.00–230.007094
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358213.49/cwt210.00–220.007643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265281.79/cwt270.00–295.007476
SteersMedium and Large 2—357248.27/cwt245.00–255.008863
SteersMedium and Large 2—523203.58/cwt200.00–207.001,0654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473220.08/cwt215.00–225.001,0416
SteersMedium and Large 1—262315.25/cwt310.00–325.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1—512224.77/cwt215.00–230.001,1513
SteersMedium and Large 1—320304.38/cwt295.00–315.009744
SteersMedium and Large 1—418249.59/cwt245.00–257.001,0435
SteersMedium and Large 1—465241.74/cwt230.00–250.001,1245
Bulls——1,333106.56/cwt105.00–108.001,4202
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23095.68/cwt94.00–102.001,17713
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,148109.28/cwt106.00–112.001,2558
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08187.98/cwt85.00–91.009514

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.