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

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 $274.20/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$274.20

68 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$27.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	416	288.07	1,197	33
Medium and Large 2	451	261.20	1,178	32
Medium and Large 3	365	260.27	950	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.80/cwt here — about $247 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 sale68 hd

274.20

—

FL average8 barns · 524 hd

270.87

+3.33

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	1,469	111.65	1,640	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	87.92	1,007	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	81.08	868	17

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	523	222.95/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	221.22/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	281.82/cwt	270.00–295.00	910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	244.66/cwt	237.00–252.00	888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	260.10/cwt	255.00–265.00	983	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	251.39/cwt	245.00–265.00	812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	318.09/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,151	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	260.27/cwt	255.00–270.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	291.23/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,080	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	233.40/cwt	230.00–237.00	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	250.66/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	259.84/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	241.93/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,386	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	270.16/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,237	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	318.22/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	236.70/cwt	235.00–240.00	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	297.21/cwt	290.00–305.00	960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	230.07/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,318	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	238.31/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	290.12/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,219	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	225.24/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,061	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	217.48/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	241.05/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	239.87/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,147	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	246.71/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	327.78/cwt	320.00–335.00	869	4
Bulls	—	—	1,469	111.65/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,640	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	87.92/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,007	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	81.08/cwt	76.00–84.00	868	17

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 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 632Last week 584Year ago 995

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 155Year ago 385

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	—	523	221.00–225.00	222.95
5	—	562	220.00–222.00	221.22
6	—	323	270.00–295.00	281.82
6	—	378	255.00–265.00	260.10
6	—	420	240.00–242.00	241.05
8	—	478	235.00–245.00	239.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	237.00–252.00	244.66
3	—	323	245.00–265.00	251.39
4	—	423	230.00–237.00	233.40
7	—	471	220.00–232.00	225.24
4	—	510	215.00–220.00	217.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	235.00–240.00	236.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	305.00–325.00	318.09
4	—	573	237.00–247.00	241.93
6	—	458	260.00–280.00	270.16
5	—	321	310.00–330.00	318.22
8	—	420	280.00–300.00	290.12
3	—	522	245.00–250.00	246.71
4	—	265	320.00–335.00	327.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	255.00–270.00	260.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	371	285.00–300.00	291.23
9	—	471	245.00–255.00	250.66
3	—	428	255.00–270.00	259.84
4	—	323	290.00–305.00	297.21
6	—	573	225.00–235.00	230.07
3	—	528	235.00–240.00	238.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,469	105.00–114.00	111.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,145	85.00–91.00	87.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,070	76.00–84.00	81.08

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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