Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-11-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Nov 14
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
588 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 509▼ 325 vs year ago 913 · −35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 120▼ 36 vs year ago 113 · −31.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $283.58/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$283.58
59 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.04
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1383293.451,12540
Medium and Large 2406262.811,06719thin
One grade step is worth $30.64/cwt here — about $58 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 sale59 hd
283.58
—
FL average8 barns · 506 hd
278.54
+5.04
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—Average1,404100.571,4116thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23090.271,1108thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06683.3488816

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2313282.46/cwt270.00–300.008845
Steers—Medium and Large 1315313.36/cwt300.00–330.0098718
Steers—Medium and Large 2365277.71/cwt270.00–285.001,0144
Steers—Medium and Large 1373298.26/cwt290.00–310.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 2417263.44/cwt260.00–270.001,0993
Steers—Medium and Large 1426284.59/cwt280.00–290.001,2129
Steers—Medium and Large 1468265.08/cwt260.00–270.001,2414
Steers—Medium and Large 2475250.11/cwt245.00–255.001,1884
Steers—Medium and Large 2513226.47/cwt222.00–235.001,1623
Steers—Medium and Large 1523246.14/cwt240.00–252.001,2874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275284.45/cwt270.00–300.007824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275255.36/cwt245.00–265.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315267.74/cwt260.00–275.008434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323245.54/cwt235.00–255.007936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365255.14/cwt250.00–260.009314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368237.65/cwt230.00–245.008754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418238.39/cwt235.00–245.009966
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428227.57/cwt225.00–230.009744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465227.55/cwt225.00–230.001,0586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470216.70/cwt215.00–220.001,0183
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30293.77/cwt92.00–97.001,2213
Bulls——1,505107.37/cwt105.00–111.001,6163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99378.07/cwt77.00–79.007754
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09085.09/cwt81.00–89.0092712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23090.27/cwt87.00–93.001,1108

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.