Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	396	360.68	1,429	32
Medium and Large 3	328	344.43	1,130	6thin
Medium and Large 2	437	312.51	1,365	27

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,597	120.97	1,932	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	107.28	1,341	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	94.70	962	10

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	344.43/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,130	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	261	449.04/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	336.81/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	343.04/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,280	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	340.38/cwt	330.00–350.00	902	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	262.10/cwt	250.00–275.00	826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	292.17/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	314.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,149	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	285.24/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,335	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	274.29/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	291.76/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	412.80/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	315.22/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	256.90/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,451	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	382.21/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	267.29/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,403	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	283.09/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,348	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	278.25/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	377.24/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,369	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	266.76/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	254.73/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,179	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	332.18/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,086	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	266.77/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	242.36/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,272	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	299.76/cwt	290.00–310.00	953	4
Bulls	—	—	1,581	118.94/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,880	8
Bulls	—	—	1,660	129.10/cwt	127.00–131.00	2,143	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	102.31/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,095	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	111.01/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,537	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	94.70/cwt	92.00–100.00	962	10

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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 304Last week 293Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 144Year ago 165

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
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	330.00–360.00	344.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	261	440.00–460.00	449.04
5	—	414	320.00–360.00	336.81
5	—	510	280.00–300.00	291.76
4	—	308	400.00–425.00	412.80
4	—	465	305.00–325.00	315.22
3	—	563	275.00–285.00	278.25
4	—	363	370.00–385.00	377.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	330.00–360.00	343.04
3	—	565	250.00–270.00	256.90
4	—	328	375.00–390.00	382.21
4	—	525	260.00–275.00	267.29
7	—	476	270.00–300.00	283.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	330.00–350.00	340.38
5	—	419	280.00–310.00	292.17
6	—	365	310.00–320.00	314.86
4	—	468	270.00–300.00	285.24
5	—	510	255.00–275.00	266.76
7	—	327	320.00–350.00	332.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	315	250.00–275.00	262.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	260.00–290.00	274.29
6	—	463	245.00–265.00	254.73
5	—	413	255.00–275.00	266.77
6	—	525	235.00–250.00	242.36
4	—	318	290.00–310.00	299.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,581	114.00–124.00	118.94
2	—	1,660	127.00–131.00	129.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	101.00–103.00	102.31
4	—	1,385	110.00–114.00	111.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,016	92.00–100.00	94.70

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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