Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

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 $273.39/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$273.39

65 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,120

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$27.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.09

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	398	285.54	1,136	36
Medium and Large 3	375	259.87	975	4thin
Medium and Large 2	432	258.05	1,114	25

One grade step is worth $27.49/cwt here — about $23 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 sale65 hd

273.39

—

FL average7 barns · 508 hd

267.30

+6.09

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	1,605	106.02	1,702	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	93.79	1,136	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	84.86	900	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2	—	460	222.93/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	242.65/cwt	237.00–248.00	910	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	226.93/cwt	225.00–230.00	976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	263.84/cwt	260.00–270.00	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	237.27/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,113	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	217.45/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,120	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	259.87/cwt	255.00–265.00	975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	281.60/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	252	327.86/cwt	310.00–340.00	826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	218.27/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	288.93/cwt	285.00–295.00	971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	274.10/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	258.86/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	314.06/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	291.68/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	242.58/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,026	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	246.20/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	260.11/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,210	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	240.95/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	247.47/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	232.39/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,213	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	272.64/cwt	265.00–285.00	900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	217.53/cwt	215.00–220.00	946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	239.15/cwt	235.00–245.00	784	5
Bulls	—	—	1,605	106.02/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,702	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	93.79/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,136	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	84.86/cwt	82.00–87.00	900	7

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 491Last week 449Year ago 898

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 134Year ago 122

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	220.00–225.00	222.93
8	—	375	237.00–248.00	242.65
5	—	430	225.00–230.00	226.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	365	260.00–270.00	263.84
5	—	469	232.00–245.00	237.27
4	—	515	215.00–220.00	217.45
7	—	423	235.00–252.00	242.58
5	—	330	265.00–285.00	272.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	215.00–220.00	217.53
5	—	328	235.00–245.00	239.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	255.00–265.00	259.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	270.00–290.00	281.60
5	—	252	310.00–340.00	327.86
6	—	320	300.00–330.00	314.06
7	—	361	285.00–300.00	291.68
3	—	532	242.00–255.00	246.20
4	—	465	255.00–265.00	260.11
4	—	558	237.00–245.00	240.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	215.00–225.00	218.27
5	—	336	285.00–295.00	288.93
5	—	371	270.00–280.00	274.10
5	—	430	255.00–265.00	258.86
4	—	465	245.00–250.00	247.47
3	—	522	230.00–237.00	232.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,605	102.00–110.00	106.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,211	90.00–97.00	93.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,061	82.00–87.00	84.86

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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