Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-02-27

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 27
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 259▲ 66 vs year ago 303 · +21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 46▼ 26 vs year ago 124 · −21.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $342.79/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$342.79
49 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.05
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425354.631,50826
Medium and Large 2413329.401,36023
One grade step is worth $25.23/cwt here — about $147 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 sale49 hd
342.79
—
FL average5 barns · 212 hd
353.84
−11.05
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—High1,686127.812,1558thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,063115.551,22812
CowsLean 85-90%Average973105.251,0244thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363321.74/cwt310.00–330.001,1685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416292.88/cwt285.00–305.001,2185
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473254.74/cwt245.00–265.001,2058
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425267.68/cwt260.00–275.001,1384
SteersMedium and Large 2—365375.27/cwt365.00–385.001,3704
SteersMedium and Large 1—515300.83/cwt295.00–310.001,5495
SteersMedium and Large 1—375400.13/cwt390.00–410.001,5006
SteersMedium and Large 2—523275.12/cwt270.00–280.001,4394
SteersMedium and Large 2—428302.37/cwt295.00–310.001,2944
SteersMedium and Large 1—560282.52/cwt280.00–285.001,5824
SteersMedium and Large 1—410342.44/cwt330.00–360.001,4045
SteersMedium and Large 1—323412.21/cwt405.00–420.001,3316
SteersMedium and Large 2—465293.81/cwt285.00–300.001,3665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—364291.16/cwt280.00–300.001,0607
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313304.80/cwt300.00–310.009546
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325335.69/cwt320.00–350.001,0916
SteersMedium and Large 2—318382.68/cwt375.00–390.001,2176
Bulls——1,728129.72/cwt129.00–133.002,2425
Bulls——1,617124.63/cwt124.00–126.002,0153
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,063115.55/cwt112.00–122.001,22812
CowsLean 85-90%—973105.25/cwt101.00–108.001,0244

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.