Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $298.45/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$298.45

47 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$29.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.61

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	404	308.96	1,249	30
Medium and Large 2	416	279.90	1,163	17thin

One grade step is worth $29.06/cwt here — about $86 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 sale47 hd

298.45

—

FL average7 barns · 346 hd

299.06

−0.61

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	1,449	118.38	1,715	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	101.97	1,195	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	94.45	971	14

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 2	—	328	258.78/cwt	255.00–265.00	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	294.76/cwt	290.00–305.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	253.07/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	282.86/cwt	275.00–290.00	891	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	255.12/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	251.16/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,163	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	326.09/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	339.62/cwt	330.00–360.00	900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	308.28/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,286	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	261.16/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	287.38/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,316	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	275.10/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,444	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	272.60/cwt	265.00–280.00	995	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	334.85/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,088	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	286.38/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	310.31/cwt	305.00–315.00	993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	244.93/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,269	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	279.71/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,197	6
Bulls	—	—	1,430	115.87/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,657	3
Bulls	—	—	1,467	120.88/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,773	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	98.92/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,198	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	106.03/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,188	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	92.84/cwt	87.00–95.00	934	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	96.59/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,021	6

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 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 416Last week 302Year ago 601

Slaughter CattleReceipts 179Last week 117Year ago 141

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	328	255.00–265.00	258.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	290.00–305.00	294.76
3	—	515	240.00–260.00	253.07
4	—	315	275.00–290.00	282.86
4	—	415	245.00–265.00	255.12
5	—	463	245.00–260.00	251.16
6	—	365	265.00–280.00	272.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	361	315.00–335.00	326.09
3	—	265	330.00–360.00	339.62
3	—	417	305.00–315.00	308.28
3	—	558	250.00–267.00	261.16
4	—	458	280.00–295.00	287.38
4	—	525	270.00–280.00	275.10
6	—	325	330.00–340.00	334.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	280.00–300.00	286.38
4	—	320	305.00–315.00	310.31
4	—	518	240.00–250.00	244.93
6	—	428	270.00–290.00	279.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	115.00–117.00	115.87
3	—	1,467	119.00–122.00	120.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,211	96.00–102.00	98.92
6	—	1,120	105.00–108.00	106.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,006	87.00–95.00	92.84
6	—	1,057	96.00–98.00	96.59

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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