Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $283.58/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$283.58

59 head · 391 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$30.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

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	293.45	1,125	40
Medium and Large 2	406	262.81	1,067	19thin

One grade step is worth $30.64/cwt here — about $58 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 sale59 hd

283.58

—

FL average8 barns · 506 hd

278.54

+5.04

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	1,404	100.57	1,411	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	90.27	1,110	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,066	83.34	888	16

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	284.45/cwt	270.00–300.00	782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	267.74/cwt	260.00–275.00	843	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	250.11/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	245.54/cwt	235.00–255.00	793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	216.70/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	255.36/cwt	245.00–265.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	226.47/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	265.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	282.46/cwt	270.00–300.00	884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	277.71/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	284.59/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	246.14/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	298.26/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	313.36/cwt	300.00–330.00	987	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	227.55/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	238.39/cwt	235.00–245.00	996	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	263.44/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	237.65/cwt	230.00–245.00	875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	255.14/cwt	250.00–260.00	931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	227.57/cwt	225.00–230.00	974	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	107.37/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,616	3
Bulls	—	—	1,302	93.77/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,221	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	90.27/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,110	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	78.07/cwt	77.00–79.00	775	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	85.09/cwt	81.00–89.00	927	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 Nov 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 588Last week 509Year ago 913

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 120Year ago 113

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	275	270.00–300.00	284.45
4	—	315	260.00–275.00	267.74
6	—	465	225.00–230.00	227.55
6	—	418	235.00–245.00	238.39
4	—	365	250.00–260.00	255.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	235.00–255.00	245.54
3	—	470	215.00–220.00	216.70
4	—	275	245.00–265.00	255.36
4	—	368	230.00–245.00	237.65
4	—	428	225.00–230.00	227.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	245.00–255.00	250.11
3	—	513	222.00–235.00	226.47
5	—	313	270.00–300.00	282.46
4	—	365	270.00–285.00	277.71
3	—	417	260.00–270.00	263.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	260.00–270.00	265.08
9	—	426	280.00–290.00	284.59
4	—	523	240.00–252.00	246.14
5	—	373	290.00–310.00	298.26
18	—	315	300.00–330.00	313.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,505	105.00–111.00	107.37
3	—	1,302	92.00–97.00	93.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,230	87.00–93.00	90.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	993	77.00–79.00	78.07
12	—	1,090	81.00–89.00	85.09

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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