Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $236.04/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$236.04

52 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.88

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	437	238.96	1,044	44
Medium and Large 2	456	219.96	1,003	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $41 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 sale52 hd

236.04

—

FL average8 barns · 641 hd

227.16

+8.88

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	1,770	118.75	2,102	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	104.16	1,319	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,006	93.99	946	9thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1	—	265	270.57/cwt	260.00–280.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	259.45/cwt	250.00–270.00	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	216.36/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,214	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	223.39/cwt	220.00–225.00	956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	217.90/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	238.37/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,099	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	281.31/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	239.91/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	240.10/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	237.76/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	227.70/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	319.75/cwt	315.00–330.00	841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	283.12/cwt	270.00–290.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	255.22/cwt	245.00–260.00	962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	249.66/cwt	240.00–260.00	931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	242.59/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	220.94/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	317.15/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	264.76/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,112	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	251.79/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,183	4
Bulls	—	—	1,770	118.75/cwt	115.00–124.00	2,102	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	101.43/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,257	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	110.52/cwt	106.00–113.00	1,471	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	93.99/cwt	92.00–97.00	946	9

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 Aug 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 442Last week 302Year ago 253

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 72Year ago 148

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	260.00–280.00	270.57
4	—	318	250.00–270.00	259.45
9	—	561	212.00–222.00	216.36
7	—	461	230.00–245.00	238.37
8	—	373	240.00–260.00	249.66
6	—	425	235.00–250.00	242.59
6	—	513	217.00–225.00	220.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	220.00–225.00	223.39
5	—	473	212.00–222.00	217.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	275.00–295.00	281.31
3	—	560	230.00–245.00	239.91
4	—	525	235.00–245.00	240.10
3	—	263	315.00–330.00	319.75
4	—	320	310.00–325.00	317.15
4	—	420	255.00–275.00	264.76
4	—	470	242.00–262.00	251.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	230.00–245.00	237.76
4	—	463	220.00–235.00	227.70
3	—	315	270.00–290.00	283.12
3	—	377	245.00–260.00	255.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,770	115.00–124.00	118.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,239	99.00–105.00	101.43
6	—	1,331	106.00–113.00	110.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,006	92.00–97.00	93.99

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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