Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2020-03-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 24
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 67▼ 151 vs year ago 264 · −57.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 57▼ 26 vs year ago 108 · −24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.01/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$147.01
22 head · 385 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1370158.1258511thin
Medium and Large 2366148.575434thin
Medium and Large 3420128.655417thin
One grade step is worth $29.46/cwt here — about $45 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 sale22 hd
147.01
—
FL average9 barns · 219 hd
141.38
+5.62
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—Average1,53091.641,40211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22177.1494218

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1260173.21/cwt170.00–175.004503
Steers—Medium and Large 2263161.29/cwt155.00–167.004242
Steers—Medium and Large 1323173.36/cwt170.00–177.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1363159.41/cwt157.00–162.005792
Steers—Medium and Large 3368133.57/cwt132.00–135.004922
Steers—Medium and Large 3422128.20/cwt125.00–135.005413
Steers—Medium and Large 1455148.54/cwt145.00–152.006762
Steers—Medium and Large 2468135.85/cwt132.00–140.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 3470124.42/cwt122.00–127.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 1505128.51/cwt127.00–130.006492
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220163.18/cwt160.00–170.003593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255154.90/cwt150.00–160.003952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270138.97/cwt130.00–147.003752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308144.44/cwt142.00–147.004452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315132.38/cwt130.00–135.004172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315118.52/cwt117.00–120.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355133.43/cwt130.00–140.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458107.54/cwt105.00–110.004932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43085.95/cwt85.00–89.001,2294
Bulls——1,47592.85/cwt90.00–94.001,3705
Bulls——1,865100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20381.28/cwt79.00–83.009787
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23374.50/cwt71.00–76.0091911

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.