Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-01-31

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jan 31
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
443 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 398▲ 106 vs year ago 337 · +31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 214▼ 81 vs year ago 159 · −50.9%
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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 steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.22/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$173.22
53 head · 375 lb average
Value per head Derived
$649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.92
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1389178.5769432
Medium and Large 2329171.7956513thin
Medium and Large 3393154.156058thin
One grade step is worth $24.42/cwt here — about $89 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 sale53 hd
173.22
—
FL average8 barns · 747 hd
172.30
+0.92
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—Average1,603100.391,6095thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27087.241,1089thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11977.498674thin

Every lot

25 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 1284262.51/cwt240.00–280.007467
Steers—Medium and Large 1303233.52/cwt225.00–250.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 2312205.37/cwt200.00–215.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 2360204.17/cwt200.00–210.007355
Steers—Medium and Large 1363228.80/cwt220.00–235.008315
Steers—Medium and Large 1409214.20/cwt210.00–220.008767
Steers—Medium and Large 1463207.30/cwt200.00–215.009604
Steers—Medium and Large 2475191.81/cwt185.00–195.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 2515175.69/cwt175.00–177.009053
Steers—Medium and Large 1577188.29/cwt185.00–190.001,0863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265197.92/cwt190.00–205.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267179.27/cwt175.00–185.004795
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318170.78/cwt167.00–175.005434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322186.09/cwt180.00–195.005997
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370158.36/cwt155.00–162.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374177.42/cwt172.00–182.006649
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415149.94/cwt145.00–155.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418163.44/cwt160.00–167.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420177.14/cwt170.00–185.007444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465171.13/cwt167.00–175.007964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555157.48/cwt155.00–160.008744
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,603100.39/cwt100.00–102.001,6095
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11977.49/cwt76.00–80.008674
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16882.63/cwt81.00–86.009654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35190.93/cwt89.00–94.001,2285

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.