Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-08-29

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 29
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
135 head
288 vs last sale 423 226 vs year ago 361 · 62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
79 vs last sale 126 93 vs year ago 140 · 66.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $248.55/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$248.55
14 head · 416 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,033
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.59
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402256.571,03211thin
Medium and Large 2465219.171,0193thin
One grade step is worth $37.40/cwt here — about $13 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 sale14 hd
248.55
FL average6 barns · 408 hd
237.97
+10.59
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,263104.821,3245thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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 1418246.73/cwt245.00–250.001,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 1325286.92/cwt275.00–300.009324
HeifersMedium and Large 1468233.59/cwt230.00–237.001,0934
HeifersMedium and Large 2465219.17/cwt215.00–227.001,0193
SteersMedium and Large 1415242.45/cwt170.00–280.001,0063
SteersMedium and Large 1365306.21/cwt290.00–315.001,1183
SteersMedium and Large 2432253.15/cwt245.00–257.001,0943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11599.51/cwt98.00–101.001,1102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,362108.36/cwt107.00–109.001,4763

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.