Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2024-02-20

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 304▼ 174 vs year ago 433 · −40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 62▼ 37 vs year ago 83 · −44.6%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $310.51/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$310.51
50 head · 384 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.03
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390318.821,24336
Medium and Large 2370289.141,06914thin
One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $173 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 sale50 hd
310.51
—
FL average7 barns · 342 hd
298.48
+12.03
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—Low1,442115.501,6663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213111.501,3528thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average991103.131,0226thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1263459.05/cwt440.00–480.001,2076
Steers—Medium and Large 1320409.53/cwt400.00–420.001,3106
Steers—Medium and Large 2325379.69/cwt370.00–390.001,2346
Steers—Medium and Large 1363395.34/cwt385.00–405.001,4354
Steers—Medium and Large 2365369.86/cwt365.00–375.001,3504
Steers—Medium and Large 1414347.39/cwt330.00–360.001,4385
Steers—Medium and Large 2465293.48/cwt290.00–300.001,3653
Steers—Medium and Large 1468320.27/cwt310.00–330.001,4994
Steers—Medium and Large 1513300.12/cwt295.00–305.001,5404
Steers—Medium and Large 2520277.72/cwt270.00–285.001,4444
Steers—Medium and Large 1563286.51/cwt280.00–300.001,6133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274355.47/cwt340.00–380.009745
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323301.33/cwt290.00–320.009735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328349.66/cwt335.00–365.001,1478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370330.41/cwt315.00–345.001,2236
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373290.20/cwt280.00–300.001,0824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414276.09/cwt270.00–280.001,1435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425304.82/cwt290.00–320.001,2958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469282.15/cwt270.00–290.001,3235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518267.75/cwt260.00–275.001,3874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,442115.50/cwt114.00–118.001,6663
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%991103.13/cwt101.00–105.001,0226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213111.50/cwt107.00–117.001,3528

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.