Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-08-15

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 15
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
605 head
▲ 253 vs last sale 352▼ 185 vs year ago 790 · −23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 83▼ 51 vs year ago 150 · −34.0%
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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 steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $272.06/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$272.06
85 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.02
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458273.651,25267
Medium and Large 2399266.121,06318thin
One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $189 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 sale85 hd
272.06
—
FL average8 barns · 661 hd
258.04
+14.02
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—Average1,302119.291,5533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188108.091,28415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13393.361,0586thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265327.45/cwt315.00–335.008685
Steers—Medium and Large 2265304.81/cwt300.00–310.008084
Steers—Medium and Large 1316321.31/cwt315.00–330.001,0157
Steers—Medium and Large 2330294.92/cwt290.00–300.009734
Steers—Medium and Large 1373298.89/cwt290.00–310.001,11511
Steers—Medium and Large 1418280.62/cwt272.00–290.001,1736
Steers—Medium and Large 2418252.63/cwt245.00–260.001,0564
Steers—Medium and Large 1476259.66/cwt250.00–272.001,23611
Steers—Medium and Large 2523230.12/cwt225.00–235.001,2046
Steers—Medium and Large 1528250.27/cwt241.00–260.001,32112
Steers—Medium and Large 1569242.70/cwt235.00–252.001,3819
Steers—Medium and Large 1617241.32/cwt240.00–244.001,4893
Steers—Medium and Large 1655236.32/cwt235.00–237.001,5483
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273282.84/cwt270.00–295.007724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315279.84/cwt270.00–290.008816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318252.80/cwt240.00–265.008046
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360230.00/cwt225.00–237.008285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364256.25/cwt245.00–265.0093311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422244.66/cwt240.00–252.001,0325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425227.59/cwt225.00–230.009674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469236.34/cwt232.00–242.001,1087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518224.93/cwt220.00–230.001,1656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570220.27/cwt217.00–227.001,2563
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,302119.29/cwt118.00–122.001,5533
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13393.36/cwt90.00–98.001,0586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164104.80/cwt102.00–108.001,22010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237114.66/cwt109.00–116.001,4185

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.