Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-10-03

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 3
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
584 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 677▲ 300 vs year ago 284 · +105.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 120▲ 2 vs year ago 153 · +1.3%
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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 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $270.99/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$270.99
71 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.48
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419286.141,19935
Medium and Large 2450256.251,15427
Medium and Large 3366256.259389thin
One grade step is worth $29.89/cwt here — about $261 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 sale71 hd
270.99
—
FL average8 barns · 553 hd
277.47
−6.48
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—Average1,502112.561,6915thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06689.6595615
CowsLean 85-90%Average99483.0882614

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 1260338.46/cwt330.00–350.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1320322.62/cwt315.00–330.001,0324
Steers—Medium and Large 1360305.07/cwt300.00–310.001,0984
Steers—Medium and Large 3366256.25/cwt245.00–265.009389
Steers—Medium and Large 2373278.81/cwt270.00–285.001,0405
Steers—Medium and Large 1413274.85/cwt270.00–280.001,1354
Steers—Medium and Large 2421259.43/cwt255.00–265.001,0927
Steers—Medium and Large 1458269.92/cwt265.00–275.001,2368
Steers—Medium and Large 2470249.89/cwt245.00–255.001,17412
Steers—Medium and Large 1519255.79/cwt250.00–260.001,3287
Steers—Medium and Large 1567254.18/cwt242.00–260.001,4413
Steers—Medium and Large 2570236.70/cwt235.00–240.001,3493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318277.68/cwt270.00–285.008834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323257.21/cwt250.00–265.008314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365270.75/cwt262.00–280.009884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369249.28/cwt245.00–255.009209
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373234.75/cwt230.00–237.008763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417230.28/cwt227.00–237.009603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423246.18/cwt240.00–252.001,04110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465226.13/cwt220.00–232.001,0524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467243.43/cwt237.00–252.001,1379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520229.90/cwt225.00–240.001,1953
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,502112.56/cwt108.00–117.001,6915
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99483.08/cwt81.00–85.0082614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06689.65/cwt87.00–94.0095615

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.