Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	465	273.77	1,273	35
Medium and Large 2	407	267.92	1,092	31
Medium and Large 3	365	264.93	967	4thin

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,656	109.60	1,815	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	90.39	1,110	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	84.83	925	12

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	244.26/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,133	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	250.03/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,045	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	227.26/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,036	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	245.09/cwt	240.00–252.00	899	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	263.44/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,070	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	293.72/cwt	285.00–300.00	940	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	282.63/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	256.70/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	264.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	236.09/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,223	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	233.41/cwt	230.00–237.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	276.17/cwt	270.00–285.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	330.47/cwt	320.00–340.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	251.87/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,204	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	305.14/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,099	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	267.38/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	287	280.96/cwt	275.00–285.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	234.04/cwt	230.00–237.00	974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	261.97/cwt	255.00–270.00	964	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	222.95/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	281.92/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,018	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	246.74/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,414	9
Bulls	—	—	1,593	105.47/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,680	2
Bulls	—	—	1,698	112.35/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,908	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	90.39/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,110	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	84.83/cwt	82.00–89.00	925	12

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 17, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 565Last week 632Year ago 782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 158Year ago 160

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
9	—	464	235.00–252.00	244.26
8	—	418	245.00–255.00	250.03
5	—	316	270.00–285.00	276.17
5	—	287	275.00–285.00	280.96
9	—	368	255.00–270.00	261.97
5	—	528	220.00–225.00	222.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	220.00–232.00	227.26
9	—	367	240.00–252.00	245.09
5	—	416	230.00–237.00	234.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	230.00–237.00	233.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	406	255.00–270.00	263.44
5	—	320	285.00–300.00	293.72
4	—	518	230.00–242.00	236.09
6	—	478	247.00–257.00	251.87
9	—	361	275.00–290.00	281.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	275.00–290.00	282.63
8	—	523	248.00–265.00	256.70
4	—	268	320.00–340.00	330.47
4	—	360	295.00–315.00	305.14
4	—	478	260.00–275.00	267.38
9	—	573	240.00–252.00	246.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	260.00–270.00	264.93

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	105.00–106.00	105.47
3	—	1,698	111.00–113.00	112.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,228	88.00–93.00	90.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,090	82.00–89.00	84.83

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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