Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2022-04-26

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 26
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
235 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 192▼ 59 vs year ago 294 · −20.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 192▲ 49 vs year ago 114 · +43.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.04/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$176.04
44 head · 413 lb average
Value per head Derived
$727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.37
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434182.3879214thin
Medium and Large 2405176.3171321
Medium and Large 3399165.556619thin
One grade step is worth $16.83/cwt here — about $131 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 sale44 hd
176.04
—
FL average8 barns · 519 hd
177.41
−1.37
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—Average1,60095.931,5356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23375.9693728
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05873.6077918

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2257191.75/cwt190.00–195.004933
Steers—Medium and Large 2315194.74/cwt190.00–197.006133
Steers—Medium and Large 2363179.57/cwt177.00–185.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 1365191.62/cwt190.00–195.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 3373172.58/cwt170.00–175.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 1410190.85/cwt185.00–195.007825
Steers—Medium and Large 3420159.93/cwt157.00–162.006725
Steers—Medium and Large 2425172.59/cwt170.00–175.007344
Steers—Medium and Large 1472173.39/cwt170.00–175.008183
Steers—Medium and Large 2483166.52/cwt165.00–168.008044
Steers—Medium and Large 1505168.02/cwt167.00–170.008493
Steers—Medium and Large 2515161.96/cwt160.00–164.008344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283174.87/cwt170.00–180.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310167.90/cwt165.00–170.005205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325157.42/cwt155.00–160.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335141.62/cwt140.00–145.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380150.13/cwt145.00–155.005704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408158.39/cwt157.00–161.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456156.18/cwt155.00–158.007125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510148.47/cwt145.00–152.007574
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58594.18/cwt93.00–95.001,4934
Bulls——1,63099.42/cwt97.00–102.001,6212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05873.60/cwt71.00–76.0077918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23375.96/cwt73.00–79.0093728

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.