Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-10-17

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 632▼ 217 vs year ago 782 · −27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 158▼ 60 vs year ago 160 · −37.5%
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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 $270.68/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$270.68
70 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465273.771,27335
Medium and Large 2407267.921,09231
Medium and Large 3365264.939674thin
One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about $306 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 sale70 hd
270.68
—
FL average8 barns · 548 hd
268.36
+2.32
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
Bulls—Low1,656109.601,8155thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22890.391,1107thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09084.8392512

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1—464244.26/cwt235.00–252.001,1339
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418250.03/cwt245.00–255.001,0458
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456227.26/cwt220.00–232.001,0365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367245.09/cwt240.00–252.008999
SteersMedium and Large 2—406263.44/cwt255.00–270.001,0707
SteersMedium and Large 2—320293.72/cwt285.00–300.009405
SteersMedium and Large 1—418282.63/cwt275.00–290.001,1816
SteersMedium and Large 1—523256.70/cwt248.00–265.001,3438
SteersMedium and Large 3—365264.93/cwt260.00–270.009674
SteersMedium and Large 2—518236.09/cwt230.00–242.001,2234
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375233.41/cwt230.00–237.008754
HeifersMedium and Large 1—316276.17/cwt270.00–285.008735
SteersMedium and Large 1—268330.47/cwt320.00–340.008864
SteersMedium and Large 2—478251.87/cwt247.00–257.001,2046
SteersMedium and Large 1—360305.14/cwt295.00–315.001,0994
SteersMedium and Large 1—478267.38/cwt260.00–275.001,2784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—287280.96/cwt275.00–285.008065
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416234.04/cwt230.00–237.009745
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368261.97/cwt255.00–270.009649
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528222.95/cwt220.00–225.001,1775
SteersMedium and Large 2—361281.92/cwt275.00–290.001,0189
SteersMedium and Large 1—573246.74/cwt240.00–252.001,4149
Bulls——1,593105.47/cwt105.00–106.001,6802
Bulls——1,698112.35/cwt111.00–113.001,9083
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22890.39/cwt88.00–93.001,1107
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09084.83/cwt82.00–89.0092512

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.