Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-02-20

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 304▼ 174 vs year ago 433 · −40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 62▼ 37 vs year ago 83 · −44.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $310.51/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$310.51
50 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.03
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390318.821,24336
Medium and Large 2370289.141,06914thin
One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $173 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 sale50 hd
310.51
—
FL average7 barns · 342 hd
298.48
+12.03
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—Low1,442115.501,6663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213111.501,3528thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average991103.131,0226thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518267.75/cwt260.00–275.001,3874
HeifersMedium and Large 1—274355.47/cwt340.00–380.009745
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469282.15/cwt270.00–290.001,3235
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323301.33/cwt290.00–320.009735
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425304.82/cwt290.00–320.001,2958
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370330.41/cwt315.00–345.001,2236
SteersMedium and Large 1—468320.27/cwt310.00–330.001,4994
SteersMedium and Large 2—520277.72/cwt270.00–285.001,4444
SteersMedium and Large 1—414347.39/cwt330.00–360.001,4385
HeifersMedium and Large 2—414276.09/cwt270.00–280.001,1435
SteersMedium and Large 1—263459.05/cwt440.00–480.001,2076
SteersMedium and Large 1—563286.51/cwt280.00–300.001,6133
SteersMedium and Large 2—465293.48/cwt290.00–300.001,3653
SteersMedium and Large 1—320409.53/cwt400.00–420.001,3106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328349.66/cwt335.00–365.001,1478
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373290.20/cwt280.00–300.001,0824
SteersMedium and Large 2—325379.69/cwt370.00–390.001,2346
SteersMedium and Large 1—513300.12/cwt295.00–305.001,5404
SteersMedium and Large 2—365369.86/cwt365.00–375.001,3504
SteersMedium and Large 1—363395.34/cwt385.00–405.001,4354
Bulls——1,442115.50/cwt114.00–118.001,6663
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,213111.50/cwt107.00–117.001,3528
CowsLean 85-90%—991103.13/cwt101.00–105.001,0226

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.