Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-10-17

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 632▼ 217 vs year ago 782 · −27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 158▼ 60 vs year ago 160 · −37.5%
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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 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 $270.68/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$270.68
70 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465273.771,27335
Medium and Large 2407267.921,09231
Medium and Large 3365264.939674thin
One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about $306 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 sale70 hd
270.68
—
FL average8 barns · 548 hd
268.36
+2.32
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—Low1,656109.601,8155thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22890.391,1107thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09084.8392512

Every lot

26 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 1268330.47/cwt320.00–340.008864
Steers—Medium and Large 2320293.72/cwt285.00–300.009405
Steers—Medium and Large 1360305.14/cwt295.00–315.001,0994
Steers—Medium and Large 2361281.92/cwt275.00–290.001,0189
Steers—Medium and Large 3365264.93/cwt260.00–270.009674
Steers—Medium and Large 2406263.44/cwt255.00–270.001,0707
Steers—Medium and Large 1418282.63/cwt275.00–290.001,1816
Steers—Medium and Large 1478267.38/cwt260.00–275.001,2784
Steers—Medium and Large 2478251.87/cwt247.00–257.001,2046
Steers—Medium and Large 2518236.09/cwt230.00–242.001,2234
Steers—Medium and Large 1523256.70/cwt248.00–265.001,3438
Steers—Medium and Large 1573246.74/cwt240.00–252.001,4149
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1287280.96/cwt275.00–285.008065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316276.17/cwt270.00–285.008735
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367245.09/cwt240.00–252.008999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368261.97/cwt255.00–270.009649
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375233.41/cwt230.00–237.008754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416234.04/cwt230.00–237.009745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418250.03/cwt245.00–255.001,0458
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456227.26/cwt220.00–232.001,0365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464244.26/cwt235.00–252.001,1339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528222.95/cwt220.00–225.001,1775
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,593105.47/cwt105.00–106.001,6802
Bulls——1,698112.35/cwt111.00–113.001,9083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09084.83/cwt82.00–89.0092512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22890.39/cwt88.00–93.001,1107

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.