Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-08-22

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
▼ 182 vs last sale 605▲ 7 vs year ago 416 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 99▲ 78 vs year ago 48 · +162.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. 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 $285.37/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$285.37
65 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,122
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.24
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1391293.171,14546
Medium and Large 2400266.491,06519thin
One grade step is worth $26.67/cwt here — about $80 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 sale65 hd
285.37
—
FL average8 barns · 565 hd
265.13
+20.24
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—Average1,403119.561,6776thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23498.611,21625
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07190.409686thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1263324.76/cwt320.00–330.008548
Steers—Medium and Large 1318322.68/cwt315.00–330.001,02614
Steers—Medium and Large 2327296.56/cwt285.00–305.009705
Steers—Medium and Large 2359278.73/cwt270.00–285.001,0017
Steers—Medium and Large 1370297.68/cwt290.00–310.001,1015
Steers—Medium and Large 1415274.88/cwt270.00–280.001,1414
Steers—Medium and Large 2455238.41/cwt235.00–245.001,0853
Steers—Medium and Large 1468263.67/cwt257.00–270.001,2346
Steers—Medium and Large 1515245.19/cwt240.00–255.001,2633
Steers—Medium and Large 2520228.56/cwt222.00–235.001,1894
Steers—Medium and Large 1562244.79/cwt235.00–250.001,3763
Steers—Medium and Large 1620243.41/cwt235.00–250.001,5093
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268277.85/cwt270.00–285.007456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315272.30/cwt260.00–285.0085810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365249.86/cwt240.00–260.0091210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408243.56/cwt240.00–247.009946
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433227.37/cwt220.00–235.009854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465240.11/cwt235.00–245.001,1174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523214.56/cwt212.00–217.001,1224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529223.03/cwt220.00–225.001,1805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566217.84/cwt215.00–222.001,2335
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,403119.56/cwt115.00–123.001,6776
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07190.40/cwt88.00–94.009686
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17696.54/cwt93.00–99.001,13516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,336102.28/cwt101.00–107.001,3669

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.