Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 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 $285.37/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$285.37

65 head · 393 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$26.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.24

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	391	293.17	1,145	46
Medium and Large 2	400	266.49	1,065	19thin

One grade step is worth $26.67/cwt here — about $80 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 sale65 hd

285.37

—

FL average8 barns · 565 hd

265.13

+20.24

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	1,403	119.56	1,677	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	98.61	1,216	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	90.40	968	6thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	315	272.30/cwt	260.00–285.00	858	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	249.86/cwt	240.00–260.00	912	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	227.37/cwt	220.00–235.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	278.73/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,001	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	217.84/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,233	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	223.03/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,180	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,141	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	324.76/cwt	320.00–330.00	854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	228.56/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,189	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	322.68/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,026	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	243.41/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	296.56/cwt	285.00–305.00	970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	263.67/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	238.41/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	297.68/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	214.56/cwt	212.00–217.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	243.56/cwt	240.00–247.00	994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	277.85/cwt	270.00–285.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	244.79/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	240.11/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	245.19/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,263	3
Bulls	—	—	1,403	119.56/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,677	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	102.28/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,366	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	90.40/cwt	88.00–94.00	968	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	96.54/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,135	16

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 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 423Last week 605Year ago 416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 99Year ago 48

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	315	260.00–285.00	272.30
10	—	365	240.00–260.00	249.86
5	—	566	215.00–222.00	217.84
5	—	529	220.00–225.00	223.03
6	—	408	240.00–247.00	243.56
6	—	268	270.00–285.00	277.85
4	—	465	235.00–245.00	240.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	220.00–235.00	227.37
4	—	523	212.00–217.00	214.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	359	270.00–285.00	278.73
4	—	520	222.00–235.00	228.56
5	—	327	285.00–305.00	296.56
3	—	455	235.00–245.00	238.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	270.00–280.00	274.88
8	—	263	320.00–330.00	324.76
14	—	318	315.00–330.00	322.68
3	—	620	235.00–250.00	243.41
6	—	468	257.00–270.00	263.67
5	—	370	290.00–310.00	297.68
3	—	562	235.00–250.00	244.79
3	—	515	240.00–255.00	245.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	115.00–123.00	119.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,336	101.00–107.00	102.28
16	—	1,176	93.00–99.00	96.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,071	88.00–94.00	90.40

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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