Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2018-04-03

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 128 vs last sale 428▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 94▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00-8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.72/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$142.72
71 head · 374 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393150.6559214thin
Medium and Large 2376144.2854229
Medium and Large 3362137.1449628
One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $96 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 sale71 hd
142.72
—
FL average10 barns · 721 hd
152.72
−10.00
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—Average1,41381.481,1512thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22154.956716thin

Every lot

31 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1216230.16/cwt225.00–235.004979
Steers—Medium and Large 1258211.45/cwt205.00–220.005463
Steers—Medium and Large 3265183.58/cwt182.00–185.004862
Steers—Medium and Large 2278197.43/cwt195.00–200.005494
Steers—Medium and Large 2313188.06/cwt182.00–192.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 2367183.27/cwt180.00–190.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 3416154.06/cwt150.00–160.006415
Steers—Medium and Large 1430186.63/cwt185.00–190.008033
Steers—Medium and Large 3473145.05/cwt140.00–150.006864
Steers—Medium and Large 2505132.52/cwt130.00–135.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 3508122.51/cwt120.00–125.006226
Steers—Medium and Large 1515141.54/cwt140.00–143.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 2557134.68/cwt132.00–137.007503
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220181.52/cwt180.00–185.003993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220172.56/cwt170.00–175.003806
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265153.38/cwt150.00–157.004065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2266164.26/cwt160.00–167.004375
Heifers—Medium and Large 3309144.80/cwt140.00–150.004477
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360139.49/cwt135.00–142.005027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370150.65/cwt150.00–152.005573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413144.85/cwt140.00–150.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423130.56/cwt128.00–135.005525
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435119.79/cwt115.00–125.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1452142.35/cwt140.00–147.006433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460131.06/cwt125.00–135.0060310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485121.01/cwt120.00–122.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510121.31/cwt120.00–122.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517131.95/cwt129.00–135.006823
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464139.07/cwt135.00–142.006455
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,41381.48/cwt81.00–82.001,1512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22154.95/cwt53.00–57.006716

This sale against other markets

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.