Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-10-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 215 vs last sale 565▼ 368 vs year ago 718 · −51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 100▼ 103 vs year ago 191 · −53.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $260.42/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$260.42
65 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432273.491,18227
Medium and Large 2422254.551,07429
Medium and Large 3369240.148879thin
One grade step is worth $33.35/cwt here — about $295 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
260.42
—
FL average8 barns · 500 hd
264.33
−3.91
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—Average1,600109.481,7523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21283.621,0139thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11777.0986116

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2310295.81/cwt290.00–300.009175
Steers—Medium and Large 3318265.52/cwt255.00–285.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1323319.61/cwt310.00–330.001,0324
Steers—Medium and Large 3362229.82/cwt220.00–235.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1369286.10/cwt280.00–295.001,0565
Steers—Medium and Large 2377261.36/cwt250.00–270.009857
Steers—Medium and Large 1408276.03/cwt270.00–280.001,1265
Steers—Medium and Large 2416251.56/cwt245.00–260.001,0467
Steers—Medium and Large 3428225.08/cwt220.00–235.009633
Steers—Medium and Large 1458258.39/cwt252.00–265.001,1836
Steers—Medium and Large 2470230.11/cwt220.00–240.001,0824
Steers—Medium and Large 2515232.38/cwt230.00–237.001,1973
Steers—Medium and Large 1518251.20/cwt245.00–257.001,3014
Steers—Medium and Large 1558246.63/cwt240.00–250.001,3763
Steers—Medium and Large 2570231.61/cwt225.00–235.001,3203
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3306230.29/cwt225.00–237.007057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2317245.47/cwt240.00–252.007789
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363237.76/cwt230.00–245.008634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363221.74/cwt220.00–225.008053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365254.86/cwt250.00–260.009306
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413220.15/cwt215.00–225.009094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430233.86/cwt230.00–240.001,0065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456231.08/cwt227.00–237.001,0545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519218.97/cwt217.00–222.001,1365
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,600109.48/cwt108.00–112.001,7523
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11777.09/cwt75.00–80.0086116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21283.62/cwt79.00–85.001,0139

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.