Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-02-28

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 28
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 433▼ 87 vs year ago 390 · −22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 83▲ 27 vs year ago 97 · +27.8%
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.92/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$176.92
49 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.06
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414189.3978516thin
Medium and Large 2438173.3575923
Medium and Large 3419165.2069210thin
One grade step is worth $24.19/cwt here — about $93 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 sale49 hd
176.92
—
FL average7 barns · 481 hd
185.99
−9.06
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—Average1,594108.091,7238thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06890.9297110
CowsLean 85-90%Average97881.5179714

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268270.70/cwt255.00–285.007254
Steers—Medium and Large 1323249.42/cwt235.00–265.008064
Steers—Medium and Large 1362227.20/cwt220.00–242.008223
Steers—Medium and Large 2365209.73/cwt200.00–215.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 1418227.81/cwt220.00–235.009524
Steers—Medium and Large 2425200.12/cwt190.00–205.008513
Steers—Medium and Large 1460212.34/cwt205.00–220.009774
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313210.20/cwt205.00–215.006584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323194.81/cwt190.00–200.006294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363192.24/cwt185.00–200.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367166.82/cwt160.00–170.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373175.10/cwt170.00–180.006536
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423167.57/cwt165.00–170.007094
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430177.78/cwt173.00–180.007643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462171.64/cwt170.00–175.007933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463182.54/cwt180.00–185.008454
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465160.41/cwt157.00–167.007463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518172.58/cwt170.00–175.008944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522161.65/cwt160.00–165.008443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573155.99/cwt155.00–157.008944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,522106.48/cwt102.00–109.001,6216
Bulls——1,810112.91/cwt112.00–114.002,0442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97881.51/cwt76.00–86.0079714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00488.91/cwt87.00–92.008937
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21795.62/cwt95.00–96.001,1643

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.