Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-02-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 14
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 339▼ 222 vs year ago 481 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 74▲ 80 vs year ago 85 · +94.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. 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 $180.73/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$180.73
30 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.21
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402185.1574420
Medium and Large 2375171.8964510thin
One grade step is worth $13.25/cwt here — about $99 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 sale30 hd
180.73
—
FL average7 barns · 470 hd
176.52
+4.21
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—Average1,449101.071,4654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15393.511,07816
CowsLean 85-90%Average97381.1379018

Every lot

20 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340255.22/cwt240.00–270.008686
Steers—Medium and Large 3352191.64/cwt185.00–195.006753
Steers—Medium and Large 2368215.47/cwt207.00–220.007933
Steers—Medium and Large 1370239.59/cwt230.00–250.008864
Steers—Medium and Large 1430220.23/cwt210.00–230.009476
Steers—Medium and Large 2432193.85/cwt190.00–202.008373
Steers—Medium and Large 1467216.57/cwt210.00–220.001,0113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318175.12/cwt170.00–180.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320200.16/cwt190.00–210.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358190.23/cwt185.00–200.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367174.77/cwt170.00–177.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425179.63/cwt175.00–187.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460164.72/cwt160.00–167.007583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465174.09/cwt170.00–182.008103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507170.29/cwt167.00–177.008633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,449101.07/cwt99.00–103.001,4654
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96082.56/cwt80.00–87.0079314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02076.12/cwt70.00–78.007764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13591.17/cwt87.00–94.001,03511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19198.65/cwt97.00–101.001,1755

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.