Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2022-05-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 24
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 215▼ 5 vs year ago 243 · −2.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 163▼ 159 vs year ago 234 · −67.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.47/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$186.47
37 head · 386 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.77
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368198.5473120
Medium and Large 2407172.2870117thin
One grade step is worth $26.26/cwt here — about $30 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 sale37 hd
186.47
—
FL average9 barns · 487 hd
171.70
+14.77
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—Average1,635101.661,6622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13178.8989210
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00973.777449thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1203246.56/cwt240.00–250.005013
Steers—Medium and Large 2270188.44/cwt180.00–200.005095
Steers—Medium and Large 1278222.30/cwt215.00–230.006182
Steers—Medium and Large 1315204.84/cwt195.00–215.006452
Steers—Medium and Large 1373190.81/cwt187.00–195.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 2380178.42/cwt175.00–180.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 2420172.07/cwt170.00–174.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 1428185.03/cwt180.00–190.007928
Steers—Medium and Large 1467171.64/cwt170.00–175.008023
Steers—Medium and Large 2477162.63/cwt160.00–168.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 2510160.04/cwt156.00–164.008162
Steers—Medium and Large 2568149.56/cwt147.00–152.008502
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258165.15/cwt160.00–170.004262
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323156.80/cwt150.00–160.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327164.53/cwt162.00–170.005383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373143.93/cwt142.00–146.005374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408155.18/cwt154.00–156.006335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465151.30/cwt150.00–154.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473139.62/cwt135.00–144.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567129.03/cwt127.00–130.007323
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,635101.66/cwt100.00–103.001,6622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00973.77/cwt71.00–76.007449
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13178.89/cwt74.00–80.0089210

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.