Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.06/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$272.06

85 head · 445 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$7.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.02

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	458	273.65	1,252	67
Medium and Large 2	399	266.12	1,063	18thin

One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $189 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 sale85 hd

272.06

—

FL average8 barns · 661 hd

258.04

+14.02

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	1,302	119.29	1,553	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	108.09	1,284	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,133	93.36	1,058	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 1	—	469	236.34/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,108	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	256.25/cwt	245.00–265.00	933	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	220.27/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	244.66/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,032	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	252.80/cwt	240.00–265.00	804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	241.32/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	304.81/cwt	300.00–310.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	230.12/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,204	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	252.63/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	280.62/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,173	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	250.27/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,321	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	294.92/cwt	290.00–300.00	973	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	236.32/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	230.00/cwt	225.00–237.00	828	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	224.93/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	298.89/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,115	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	321.31/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,015	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	327.45/cwt	315.00–335.00	868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	242.70/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	282.84/cwt	270.00–295.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	279.84/cwt	270.00–290.00	881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	227.59/cwt	225.00–230.00	967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	259.66/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,236	11
Bulls	—	—	1,302	119.29/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,553	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	104.80/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,220	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	114.66/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,418	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	93.36/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,058	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 Aug 15, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 605Last week 352Year ago 790

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 83Year ago 150

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	232.00–242.00	236.34
11	—	364	245.00–265.00	256.25
3	—	570	217.00–227.00	220.27
5	—	422	240.00–252.00	244.66
6	—	518	220.00–230.00	224.93
4	—	273	270.00–295.00	282.84
6	—	315	270.00–290.00	279.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	318	240.00–265.00	252.80
5	—	360	225.00–237.00	230.00
4	—	425	225.00–230.00	227.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	240.00–244.00	241.32
6	—	418	272.00–290.00	280.62
12	—	528	241.00–260.00	250.27
3	—	655	235.00–237.00	236.32
11	—	373	290.00–310.00	298.89
7	—	316	315.00–330.00	321.31
5	—	265	315.00–335.00	327.45
9	—	569	235.00–252.00	242.70
11	—	476	250.00–272.00	259.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	300.00–310.00	304.81
6	—	523	225.00–235.00	230.12
4	—	418	245.00–260.00	252.63
4	—	330	290.00–300.00	294.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	118.00–122.00	119.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,164	102.00–108.00	104.80
5	—	1,237	109.00–116.00	114.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,133	90.00–98.00	93.36

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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