Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-04-25

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 25
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 269▲ 66 vs year ago 235 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 80▼ 14 vs year ago 163 · −8.6%
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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 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.95/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$203.95
42 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1315232.0673114thin
Medium and Large 2394197.0377715thin
Medium and Large 3411181.6574613thin
One grade step is worth $50.40/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale42 hd
203.95
—
FL average8 barns · 554 hd
205.71
−1.76
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—Average1,719106.431,8306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26093.721,18115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06285.0490318

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1256268.44/cwt245.00–285.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 1323267.22/cwt240.00–280.008633
Steers—Medium and Large 2323230.39/cwt220.00–240.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 2370226.76/cwt220.00–230.008393
Steers—Medium and Large 1375245.76/cwt240.00–255.009225
Steers—Medium and Large 1408234.12/cwt230.00–240.009555
Steers—Medium and Large 1454224.05/cwt220.00–230.001,0175
Steers—Medium and Large 2473209.59/cwt207.00–215.009913
Steers—Medium and Large 2520199.88/cwt194.00–203.001,0393
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263249.29/cwt235.00–265.006564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317206.84/cwt200.00–210.006563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319228.19/cwt220.00–240.007287
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370184.31/cwt180.00–187.006825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374201.10/cwt195.00–205.007525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375218.11/cwt210.00–222.008183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412193.24/cwt190.00–195.007963
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415182.53/cwt180.00–185.007574
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458177.46/cwt175.00–180.008134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465187.42/cwt185.00–190.008724
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,555103.45/cwt102.00–105.001,6092
Bulls——1,801107.92/cwt106.00–110.001,9444
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06285.04/cwt81.00–90.0090318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26093.72/cwt90.00–98.001,18115

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.