Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 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 $278.19/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$278.19

83 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

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

$42.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.99

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	282.37	1,321	54
Medium and Large 2	414	275.24	1,140	25
Medium and Large 3	423	240.15	1,016	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $305 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 sale83 hd

278.19

—

FL average7 barns · 575 hd

271.20

+6.99

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	1,790	118.88	2,128	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	96.22	1,149	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	87.43	883	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	273	287.16/cwt	275.00–300.00	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	244.95/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	230.05/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	271.68/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	273.19/cwt	250.00–295.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	229.59/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,189	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	250.16/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,176	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	231.32/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,413	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	308.38/cwt	300.00–320.00	987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	284.66/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,048	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	240.15/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,016	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	252.11/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,419	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	311.78/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	259.85/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,333	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	275.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,175	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	233.27/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	225.11/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,267	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	253.42/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,067	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	267.85/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	355.35/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,148	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	344.73/cwt	335.00–355.00	958	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	306.71/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	268.44/cwt	245.00–295.00	859	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	244.90/cwt	240.00–250.00	889	4
Bulls	—	—	1,790	118.88/cwt	116.00–125.00	2,128	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	95.26/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,132	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	101.03/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,238	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	87.43/cwt	84.00–90.00	883	5

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 19, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 848Year ago 732

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 54Year ago 81

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 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
4	—	273	275.00–300.00	287.16
4	—	480	240.00–250.00	244.95
5	—	370	260.00–280.00	271.68
9	—	518	225.00–235.00	229.59
10	—	563	220.00–230.00	225.11
9	—	421	245.00–260.00	253.42
12	—	320	245.00–295.00	268.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	225.00–235.00	230.05
4	—	325	250.00–295.00	273.19
4	—	363	240.00–250.00	244.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	245.00–255.00	250.16
5	—	320	300.00–320.00	308.38
6	—	368	275.00–295.00	284.66
7	—	426	270.00–280.00	275.83
3	—	560	230.00–240.00	233.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	611	230.00–233.00	231.32
10	—	563	247.00–257.00	252.11
7	—	365	305.00–320.00	311.78
8	—	513	250.00–270.00	259.85
5	—	474	260.00–280.00	267.85
6	—	323	340.00–370.00	355.35
4	—	278	335.00–355.00	344.73
5	—	410	295.00–315.00	306.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	235.00–245.00	240.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,790	116.00–125.00	118.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,188	91.00–98.00	95.26
2	—	1,225	100.00–102.00	101.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,010	84.00–90.00	87.43

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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