Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-02-13

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 13
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
304 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 293▲ 45 vs year ago 259 · +17.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 144▼ 103 vs year ago 165 · −62.4%
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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 $339.17/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$339.17
65 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.98
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396360.681,42932
Medium and Large 3328344.431,1306thin
Medium and Large 2437312.511,36527
One grade step is worth $48.18/cwt here — about $64 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
339.17
—
FL average7 barns · 433 hd
347.15
−7.98
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—Average1,597120.971,93210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,250107.281,3417thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01694.7096210

Every lot, as filed

30 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—328344.43/cwt330.00–360.001,1306
SteersMedium and Large 1—261449.04/cwt440.00–460.001,1727
SteersMedium and Large 1—414336.81/cwt320.00–360.001,3945
SteersMedium and Large 2—373343.04/cwt330.00–360.001,2809
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265340.38/cwt330.00–350.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315262.10/cwt250.00–275.008266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419292.17/cwt280.00–310.001,2245
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365314.86/cwt310.00–320.001,1496
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468285.24/cwt270.00–300.001,3354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368274.29/cwt260.00–290.001,0094
SteersMedium and Large 1—510291.76/cwt280.00–300.001,4885
SteersMedium and Large 1—308412.80/cwt400.00–425.001,2714
SteersMedium and Large 1—465315.22/cwt305.00–325.001,4664
SteersMedium and Large 2—565256.90/cwt250.00–270.001,4513
SteersMedium and Large 2—328382.21/cwt375.00–390.001,2544
SteersMedium and Large 2—525267.29/cwt260.00–275.001,4034
SteersMedium and Large 2—476283.09/cwt270.00–300.001,3487
SteersMedium and Large 1—563278.25/cwt275.00–285.001,5673
SteersMedium and Large 1—363377.24/cwt370.00–385.001,3694
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510266.76/cwt255.00–275.001,3605
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463254.73/cwt245.00–265.001,1796
HeifersMedium and Large 1—327332.18/cwt320.00–350.001,0867
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413266.77/cwt255.00–275.001,1025
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525242.36/cwt235.00–250.001,2726
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318299.76/cwt290.00–310.009534
Bulls——1,581118.94/cwt114.00–124.001,8808
Bulls——1,660129.10/cwt127.00–131.002,1432
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,070102.31/cwt101.00–103.001,0953
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,385111.01/cwt110.00–114.001,5374
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01694.70/cwt92.00–100.0096210

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.