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

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Dec 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 491▼ 235 vs year ago 659 · −35.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 101▼ 29 vs year ago 220 · −13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $277.86/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$277.86
56 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.58
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426286.991,22233
Medium and Large 2423266.231,12619thin
Medium and Large 3373257.759614thin
One grade step is worth $29.24/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 sale56 hd
277.86
—
FL average8 barns · 460 hd
279.43
−1.58
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—Low1,743108.871,89811
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17395.021,11416
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05188.3192817

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268339.02/cwt325.00–355.009094
Steers—Medium and Large 2308295.27/cwt290.00–305.009093
Steers—Medium and Large 1315329.52/cwt315.00–345.001,0384
Steers—Medium and Large 1365309.86/cwt305.00–315.001,1314
Steers—Medium and Large 3373257.75/cwt250.00–265.009614
Steers—Medium and Large 2381278.31/cwt270.00–290.001,0607
Steers—Medium and Large 1419278.40/cwt270.00–290.001,1667
Steers—Medium and Large 2465252.45/cwt250.00–255.001,1744
Steers—Medium and Large 1475267.26/cwt260.00–275.001,2694
Steers—Medium and Large 2517242.90/cwt240.00–247.001,2565
Steers—Medium and Large 1528259.93/cwt255.00–265.001,3726
Steers—Medium and Large 1565244.91/cwt240.00–250.001,3844
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273278.41/cwt275.00–280.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318272.68/cwt265.00–280.008676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369254.12/cwt250.00–260.009387
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370243.59/cwt240.00–247.009014
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370231.11/cwt227.00–235.008554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415232.47/cwt230.00–235.009654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418241.99/cwt240.00–245.001,0125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466234.04/cwt232.00–237.001,0915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470222.11/cwt217.00–227.001,0446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525218.43/cwt215.00–222.001,1474
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,631104.03/cwt101.00–105.001,6974
Bulls——1,807111.63/cwt110.00–116.002,0177
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05188.31/cwt84.00–92.0092817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17094.17/cwt91.00–98.001,10214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190100.97/cwt100.00–102.001,2022

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.