Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2023-12-05

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Dec 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
491 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 449▼ 407 vs year ago 898 · −45.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 134▼ 21 vs year ago 122 · −17.2%
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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 $273.39/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$273.39
65 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.09
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1398285.541,13636
Medium and Large 3375259.879754thin
Medium and Large 2432258.051,11425
One grade step is worth $27.49/cwt here — about $23 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
273.39
—
FL average7 barns · 508 hd
267.30
+6.09
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—Average1,605106.021,7026thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21193.791,13611
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06184.869007thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1252327.86/cwt310.00–340.008265
Steers—Medium and Large 1320314.06/cwt300.00–330.001,0056
Steers—Medium and Large 2336288.93/cwt285.00–295.009715
Steers—Medium and Large 1361291.68/cwt285.00–300.001,0537
Steers—Medium and Large 2371274.10/cwt270.00–280.001,0175
Steers—Medium and Large 3375259.87/cwt255.00–265.009754
Steers—Medium and Large 1419281.60/cwt270.00–290.001,1807
Steers—Medium and Large 2430258.86/cwt255.00–265.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 1465260.11/cwt255.00–265.001,2104
Steers—Medium and Large 2465247.47/cwt245.00–250.001,1514
Steers—Medium and Large 2522232.39/cwt230.00–237.001,2133
Steers—Medium and Large 1532246.20/cwt242.00–255.001,3103
Steers—Medium and Large 1558240.95/cwt237.00–245.001,3454
Steers—Medium and Large 2560218.27/cwt215.00–225.001,2223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328239.15/cwt235.00–245.007845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330272.64/cwt265.00–285.009005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365263.84/cwt260.00–270.009635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375242.65/cwt237.00–248.009108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423242.58/cwt235.00–252.001,0267
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430226.93/cwt225.00–230.009765
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435217.53/cwt215.00–220.009464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460222.93/cwt220.00–225.001,0255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469237.27/cwt232.00–245.001,1135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515217.45/cwt215.00–220.001,1204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,605106.02/cwt102.00–110.001,7026
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06184.86/cwt82.00–87.009007
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21193.79/cwt90.00–97.001,13611

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.