Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-02-06

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 6
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 394▼ 46 vs year ago 339 · −13.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 124▲ 70 vs year ago 74 · +94.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $357.52/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$357.52
37 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.07
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1389366.361,42529
Medium and Large 2399325.461,2998thin
One grade step is worth $40.91/cwt here — about $127 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 sale37 hd
357.52
—
FL average5 barns · 200 hd
332.45
+25.07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,580122.991,9434thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,251107.481,34410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06595.381,01620

Every lot, as filed

21 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,255101.53/cwt97.00–105.001,2744
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,248111.44/cwt107.00–115.001,3916
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06595.38/cwt90.00–100.001,01620
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420286.98/cwt280.00–300.001,2053
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520272.86/cwt260.00–285.001,4196
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325300.31/cwt290.00–310.009764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375285.40/cwt270.00–300.001,0704
SteersMedium and Large 1—520290.14/cwt285.00–295.001,5094
SteersMedium and Large 1—370395.20/cwt380.00–410.001,4626
SteersMedium and Large 1—465295.11/cwt290.00–305.001,3723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460276.81/cwt270.00–290.001,2733
SteersMedium and Large 1—275440.36/cwt430.00–450.001,2114
SteersMedium and Large 2—425300.24/cwt290.00–310.001,2764
SteersMedium and Large 1—428325.29/cwt315.00–335.001,3926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273347.84/cwt340.00–355.009504
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368322.86/cwt305.00–340.001,1884
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323335.81/cwt320.00–350.001,0856
SteersMedium and Large 1—320415.70/cwt400.00–430.001,3306
SteersMedium and Large 2—373350.67/cwt330.00–370.001,3084
Bulls——1,465116.60/cwt115.00–118.001,7082
Bulls——1,695129.38/cwt126.00–132.002,1932

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.