Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-05-16

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 16
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
166 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 237▼ 49 vs year ago 215 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 88▼ 65 vs year ago 163 · −39.9%
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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 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 $235.48/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$235.48
36 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$238
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$47.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.96
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398248.8899017thin
Medium and Large 2385227.6087616thin
Medium and Large 3373201.617523thin
One grade step is worth $47.27/cwt here — about $238 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 sale36 hd
235.48
—
FL average8 barns · 368 hd
237.45
−1.96
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—Low1,470108.361,5936thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39194.451,31420
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17585.059999thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1277284.76/cwt275.00–305.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1317283.47/cwt270.00–290.008993
Steers—Medium and Large 2325242.37/cwt230.00–250.007885
Steers—Medium and Large 1358243.11/cwt237.00–255.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 2368225.10/cwt220.00–230.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 3373201.61/cwt200.00–205.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 2423219.79/cwt215.00–225.009304
Steers—Medium and Large 2457216.72/cwt210.00–220.009903
Steers—Medium and Large 1463232.30/cwt225.00–240.001,0764
Steers—Medium and Large 1513216.93/cwt212.00–222.001,1134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275245.36/cwt235.00–255.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315212.75/cwt205.00–217.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330232.73/cwt225.00–240.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380184.93/cwt180.00–190.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427211.56/cwt205.00–215.009033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478203.45/cwt200.00–207.009724
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,453103.12/cwt101.00–105.001,4982
Bulls——1,479110.98/cwt107.00–113.001,6414
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17585.05/cwt81.00–89.009999
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39194.45/cwt91.00–99.001,31420

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.