Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $268.61/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$268.61

87 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$34.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.18

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	469	276.13	1,296	53
Medium and Large 2	436	260.86	1,138	27
Medium and Large 3	399	241.52	965	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.61/cwt here — about $331 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 sale87 hd

268.61

—

FL average8 barns · 551 hd

267.43

+1.18

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	1,548	113.84	1,762	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,168	102.29	1,195	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	96.11	947	4thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	368	264.29/cwt	250.00–280.00	973	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	250.42/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,047	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	229.85/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,184	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	278.28/cwt	270.00–290.00	896	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	236.57/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	236.16/cwt	230.00–242.00	874	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	329.68/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	226.68/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	263.62/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,355	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	232.02/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	301.55/cwt	290.00–310.00	971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	243.63/cwt	230.00–250.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	238.36/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	255.86/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,087	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	317.50/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,143	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	239.94/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,008	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	283.46/cwt	280.00–290.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	330.24/cwt	320.00–335.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	249.95/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,387	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	270.79/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,267	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	247.34/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	277.14/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	227.78/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,050	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	215.62/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,108	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	233.64/cwt	230.00–237.00	988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	223.29/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	285.87/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	244.31/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,146	9
Bulls	—	—	1,548	113.84/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,762	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	102.29/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,195	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	96.11/cwt	93.00–99.00	947	4

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 Sep 12, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 848Last week 386Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 91Year ago 163

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	368	250.00–280.00	264.29
12	—	418	240.00–260.00	250.42
6	—	515	225.00–235.00	229.85
9	—	322	270.00–290.00	278.28
3	—	260	280.00–290.00	283.46
3	—	567	220.00–225.00	223.29
9	—	469	240.00–250.00	244.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	230.00–242.00	236.16
9	—	461	220.00–237.00	227.78
14	—	514	210.00–220.00	215.62
4	—	423	230.00–237.00	233.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	230.00–240.00	236.57
5	—	322	290.00–310.00	301.55
3	—	535	235.00–240.00	238.36
4	—	425	250.00–262.00	255.86
8	—	465	240.00–255.00	247.34
4	—	368	270.00–285.00	277.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	310	320.00–340.00	329.68
3	—	658	225.00–230.00	226.68
9	—	514	250.00–280.00	263.62
5	—	619	230.00–235.00	232.02
5	—	360	300.00–330.00	317.50
3	—	273	320.00–335.00	330.24
8	—	555	245.00–255.00	249.95
9	—	468	260.00–280.00	270.79
5	—	409	280.00–295.00	285.87
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	230.00–250.00	243.63
4	—	420	235.00–245.00	239.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	110.00–118.00	113.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	97.00–104.00	102.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	985	93.00–99.00	96.11

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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