Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2022-03-15

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 15
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 289▼ 24 vs year ago 355 · −6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 96▲ 36 vs year ago 63 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.54/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$151.54
61 head · 383 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392160.4762921
Medium and Large 2372152.6356723
Medium and Large 3389139.0254117thin
One grade step is worth $21.46/cwt here — about $88 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 sale61 hd
151.54
—
FL average9 barns · 549 hd
152.15
−0.62
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—Low1,44998.941,4344thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08288.3695620
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06677.348247thin

Every lot

28 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 2273191.26/cwt185.00–200.005225
Steers—Medium and Large 2315195.94/cwt192.00–200.006174
Steers—Medium and Large 3325185.82/cwt182.00–190.006044
Steers—Medium and Large 2360182.08/cwt180.00–185.006555
Steers—Medium and Large 3361173.88/cwt170.00–177.006287
Steers—Medium and Large 1415193.41/cwt190.00–200.008033
Steers—Medium and Large 3420161.14/cwt157.00–165.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 2432181.60/cwt180.00–185.007853
Steers—Medium and Large 2458166.73/cwt165.00–170.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 3472153.22/cwt150.00–160.007233
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275161.33/cwt155.00–167.004444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310170.35/cwt167.00–175.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325160.15/cwt155.00–165.005206
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325147.46/cwt145.00–150.004794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357149.62/cwt147.00–155.005343
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360140.83/cwt135.00–145.005075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368160.92/cwt157.00–165.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420137.51/cwt134.00–140.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428147.57/cwt145.00–150.006326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433156.91/cwt152.00–162.006796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465142.47/cwt140.00–145.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468152.81/cwt148.00–158.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472127.25/cwt125.00–132.006013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40592.74/cwt91.00–95.001,3032
Bulls——1,493105.14/cwt102.00–108.001,5702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%99386.09/cwt83.00–89.0085513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06677.34/cwt74.00–80.008247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24692.58/cwt90.00–97.001,1547

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.