Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $256.78/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$256.78

61 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,243

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$8.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.28

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	258.74	1,309	46
Medium and Large 2	418	250.74	1,048	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $261 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 sale61 hd

256.78

—

FL average8 barns · 642 hd

251.50

+5.28

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	1,411	117.29	1,655	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	102.29	1,193	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	91.35	948	6thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2	—	428	219.91/cwt	215.00–225.00	941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	213.47/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,099	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	317.02/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	226.60/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	234.88/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	235.16/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	300.28/cwt	290.00–310.00	820	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	271	328.80/cwt	320.00–335.00	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	242.37/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	233.89/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	237.28/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	215.08/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	230.73/cwt	225.00–235.00	724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	245.21/cwt	235.00–255.00	878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	266.05/cwt	260.00–270.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	213.63/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,331	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	226.66/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	254.11/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	244.68/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,289	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	257.56/cwt	250.00–270.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	215.96/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,222	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	224.35/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,162	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	284.86/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,025	4
Bulls	—	—	1,411	117.29/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,655	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	98.39/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,085	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	105.70/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,291	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	91.35/cwt	89.00–97.00	948	6

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 Jul 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 594Year ago 367

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 97Year ago 50

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	215.00–225.00	219.91
4	—	515	210.00–217.00	213.47
4	—	473	210.00–220.00	215.08
5	—	314	225.00–235.00	230.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	230.00–245.00	237.28
4	—	358	235.00–255.00	245.21
5	—	258	260.00–270.00	266.05
6	—	623	207.00–220.00	213.63
5	—	328	250.00–270.00	257.56
5	—	566	212.00–222.00	215.96
4	—	518	220.00–229.00	224.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	310.00–330.00	317.02
5	—	271	320.00–335.00	328.80
8	—	570	235.00–250.00	242.37
5	—	628	230.00–240.00	233.89
7	—	672	222.00–230.00	226.66
5	—	474	245.00–260.00	254.11
9	—	527	235.00–252.00	244.68
4	—	360	275.00–295.00	284.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	220.00–230.00	226.60
4	—	430	230.00–240.00	234.88
4	—	470	230.00–240.00	235.16
4	—	273	290.00–310.00	300.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,411	113.00–121.00	117.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,103	95.00–100.00	98.39
8	—	1,221	102.00–110.00	105.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,038	89.00–97.00	91.35

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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