Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $280.61/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$280.61

56 head · 385 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,080

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$51.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.93

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	383	297.15	1,137	27
Medium and Large 2	377	277.29	1,045	18thin
Medium and Large 3	404	245.44	991	11thin

One grade step is worth $51.71/cwt here — about $146 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 sale56 hd

280.61

—

FL average8 barns · 511 hd

268.69

+11.93

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	1,556	107.87	1,678	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	88.10	1,066	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	79.47	840	13

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	315	265.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	239.79/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	237.96/cwt	235.00–241.00	857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	247.32/cwt	240.00–255.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	232.93/cwt	230.00–235.00	752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	218.52/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	260.15/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,113	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	230.87/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	339.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	899	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	299.66/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	279.94/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,176	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	366	253.77/cwt	245.00–265.00	929	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	279.15/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	295.27/cwt	285.00–310.00	977	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	225.15/cwt	220.00–230.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	233.63/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	248.90/cwt	245.00–255.00	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	270.11/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	326.59/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,016	7
Bulls	—	—	1,556	107.87/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,678	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	86.75/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,084	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	91.39/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,020	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	79.47/cwt	76.00–82.00	840	13

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 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 659Last week 350Year ago 589

Slaughter CattleReceipts 296Last week 88Year ago 252

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	260.00–270.00	265.08
4	—	423	235.00–245.00	239.79
4	—	468	230.00–237.00	233.63
5	—	359	245.00–255.00	248.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	235.00–241.00	237.96
4	—	318	240.00–255.00	247.32
4	—	470	217.00–220.00	218.52
4	—	423	220.00–230.00	225.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	230.00–235.00	232.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	255.00–265.00	260.15
7	—	366	275.00–285.00	279.15
5	—	331	285.00–310.00	295.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	227.00–235.00	230.87
7	—	366	245.00–265.00	253.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	330.00–350.00	339.43
4	—	363	290.00–310.00	299.66
4	—	420	275.00–285.00	279.94
4	—	465	265.00–275.00	270.11
4	—	525	240.00–250.00	245.10
7	—	311	315.00–335.00	326.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,556	105.00–114.00	107.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,249	83.00–89.00	86.75
7	—	1,116	90.00–96.00	91.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,057	76.00–82.00	79.47

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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