Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $285.14/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$285.14

51 head · 422 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$24.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.34

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	417	295.25	1,230	30
Medium and Large 2	429	270.70	1,160	21

One grade step is worth $24.55/cwt here — about $69 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 sale51 hd

285.14

—

FL average7 barns · 276 hd

286.48

−1.34

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	1,411	112.04	1,581	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	93.25	1,067	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	85.61	877	8thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	468	265.13/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	249.64/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	280.87/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	294.79/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,247	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	267.59/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	322.56/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	245.12/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,282	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	85.61/cwt	83.00–89.00	877	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	97.08/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,174	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	91.19/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,012	13
Bulls	—	—	1,411	112.04/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	245.92/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	319.86/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	339.62/cwt	330.00–350.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	259.88/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,359	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	230.12/cwt	225.00–235.00	967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	291.16/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	264.59/cwt	255.00–275.00	966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	225.91/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	247.47/cwt	245.00–250.00	916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	227.42/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	269.77/cwt	265.00–275.00	877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	3

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 Jan 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 302Last week 424Year ago 558

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 191Year ago 139

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	260.00–270.00	265.13
6	—	415	260.00–275.00	267.59
4	—	523	240.00–250.00	245.12
7	—	364	280.00–300.00	291.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	275.00–285.00	280.87
4	—	423	290.00–300.00	294.79
5	—	328	315.00–335.00	322.56
4	—	563	240.00–252.00	245.92
4	—	365	315.00–325.00	319.86
4	—	265	330.00–350.00	339.62
4	—	523	255.00–265.00	259.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	240.00–260.00	249.64
8	—	365	255.00–275.00	264.59
5	—	563	220.00–230.00	225.91
4	—	523	225.00–230.00	227.42
4	—	325	265.00–275.00	269.77
3	—	450	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	225.00–235.00	230.12
6	—	370	245.00–250.00	247.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,024	83.00–89.00	85.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,209	96.00–99.00	97.08
13	—	1,110	90.00–92.00	91.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,411	105.00–118.00	112.04

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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