Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $270.99/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$270.99

71 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$29.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.48

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	419	286.14	1,199	35
Medium and Large 2	450	256.25	1,154	27
Medium and Large 3	366	256.25	938	9thin

One grade step is worth $29.89/cwt here — about $261 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 sale71 hd

270.99

—

FL average8 barns · 553 hd

277.47

−6.48

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	1,502	112.56	1,691	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,066	89.65	956	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	83.08	826	14

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	—	520	229.90/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	277.68/cwt	270.00–285.00	883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	270.75/cwt	262.00–280.00	988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	234.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	259.43/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	257.21/cwt	250.00–265.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	236.70/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	322.62/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,032	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	338.46/cwt	330.00–350.00	880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	255.79/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,328	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	269.92/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,236	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	278.81/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	274.85/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,135	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	249.89/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,174	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	254.18/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	305.07/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	230.28/cwt	227.00–237.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	249.28/cwt	245.00–255.00	920	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	243.43/cwt	237.00–252.00	1,137	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	226.13/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,052	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	256.25/cwt	245.00–265.00	938	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	246.18/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,041	10
Bulls	—	—	1,502	112.56/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,691	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	89.65/cwt	87.00–94.00	956	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	83.08/cwt	81.00–85.00	826	14

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 Oct 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 584Last week 677Year ago 284

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 120Year ago 153

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	225.00–240.00	229.90
4	—	318	270.00–285.00	277.68
4	—	365	262.00–280.00	270.75
9	—	467	237.00–252.00	243.43
10	—	423	240.00–252.00	246.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	230.00–237.00	234.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	250.00–265.00	257.21
3	—	417	227.00–237.00	230.28
9	—	369	245.00–255.00	249.28
4	—	465	220.00–232.00	226.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	255.00–265.00	259.43
3	—	570	235.00–240.00	236.70
5	—	373	270.00–285.00	278.81
12	—	470	245.00–255.00	249.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	315.00–330.00	322.62
5	—	260	330.00–350.00	338.46
7	—	519	250.00–260.00	255.79
8	—	458	265.00–275.00	269.92
4	—	413	270.00–280.00	274.85
3	—	567	242.00–260.00	254.18
4	—	360	300.00–310.00	305.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	366	245.00–265.00	256.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,502	108.00–117.00	112.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,066	87.00–94.00	89.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	994	81.00–85.00	83.08

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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