Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-07

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 $266.89/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$266.89

71 head · 418 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,116

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$24.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.87

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	433	273.89	1,186	36
Medium and Large 2	408	261.46	1,067	30
Medium and Large 3	369	249.07	919	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.82/cwt here — about $267 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

266.89

—

FL average8 barns · 515 hd

267.76

−0.87

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	1,692	107.01	1,811	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	90.43	1,015	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	81.34	916	8thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	232.39/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,213	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	223.66/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,170	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	213.91/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	269.17/cwt	262.00–275.00	837	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	270.87/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	257.35/cwt	250.00–262.00	957	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	234.70/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,101	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	261.39/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,226	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	300.34/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	309.92/cwt	305.00–315.00	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	241.63/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,126	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	277.68/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,166	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	249.36/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,269	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	253.80/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,076	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	249.07/cwt	245.00–255.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	221.64/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	252.15/cwt	245.00–260.00	819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	238.84/cwt	235.00–245.00	884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	290.54/cwt	280.00–300.00	938	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	240.38/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,017	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	224.82/cwt	220.00–230.00	955	4
Bulls	—	—	1,692	107.01/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,811	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	93.09/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,077	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	81.34/cwt	78.00–85.00	916	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	88.07/cwt	85.00–90.00	961	9

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 Nov 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 509Last week 659Year ago 602

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 296Year ago 115

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
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	230.00–237.00	232.39
5	—	373	265.00–275.00	270.87
7	—	466	235.00–250.00	241.63
7	—	424	245.00–265.00	253.80
8	—	323	280.00–300.00	290.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	469	255.00–270.00	261.39
6	—	368	290.00–310.00	300.34
4	—	305	305.00–315.00	309.92
8	—	420	270.00–285.00	277.68
9	—	509	240.00–257.00	249.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	369	245.00–255.00	249.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	217.00–230.00	223.66
4	—	563	210.00–218.00	213.91
7	—	311	262.00–275.00	269.17
5	—	372	250.00–262.00	257.35
11	—	469	230.00–240.00	234.70
9	—	423	235.00–245.00	240.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	217.00–225.00	221.64
6	—	325	245.00–260.00	252.15
5	—	370	235.00–245.00	238.84
4	—	425	220.00–230.00	224.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,692	104.00–110.00	107.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,157	92.00–94.00	93.09
9	—	1,091	85.00–90.00	88.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,126	78.00–85.00	81.34

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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