Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 14, 2021

3,648 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 3 heifers $135.33/cwt +3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $503/hd at 372 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.91/cwt -1.78 vs last sale · ≈ $668/hd at 522 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.89/cwt +1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 527 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,648	4,262	4,399
Feeder cattle	3,069	3,462	3,667
Slaughter cattle	440	624	609
Replacement cattle	139	176	123

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Lakeland (773), Madison (582), Okeechobee (1374), and Sumter County (919). Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes mostly steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	271	6	195.00–224.00	$207.09	$561	-6.84
300–345	318	10	185.00–215.00	$200.57	$638	-1.05
350–395	375	21	180.00–192.00	$187.23	$702	+3.05
400–445	433	26	167.00–185.00	$177.14	$767	+2.18
450–495	468	28	158.00–174.00	$168.45	$788	+6.34
500–545	527	38	146.00–164.00	$157.89	$832	+1.80
550–595	561	15	147.00–155.00	$152.25	$854	+10.30
600–645	615	15	138.00–145.00	$141.88	$873	—
700–715	705	3	132.00–134.00	$133.32	$940	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	269	5	175.00–207.00	$191.91	$516	-0.60
300–345	324	15	165.00–206.00	$183.39	$594	-5.35
350–395	369	25	165.00–182.00	$174.13	$643	+0.81
400–445	423	14	155.00–175.00	$167.68	$709	+4.50
450–495	475	17	146.00–162.00	$156.20	$742	+2.91
500–545	520	6	136.00–149.00	$142.35	$740	-4.52
550–595	581	19	137.50–143.00	$139.77	$812	+6.60
600	600	1	132.00	$132.00	$792	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	180.00	$180.00	$450	-10.00
300–320	313	4	172.00–192.00	$178.29	$558	-1.71
350–395	377	6	168.00–172.00	$169.57	$639	+2.34
400–445	425	20	140.00–166.00	$157.25	$668	+1.97
450	450	9	152.00	$152.00	$684	+10.37
500–520	507	3	135.00–140.00	$136.71	$693	-2.13
550–595	562	6	128.00–135.00	$131.93	$741	—
600–645	622	3	120.00–124.00	$121.95	$759	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–185	175	2	205.00–210.00	$207.36	$363	—
200	200	2	215.00	$215.00	$430	+20.51
250–295	269	19	145.00–175.00	$153.60	$413	-3.28
300–345	330	19	145.00–160.00	$149.97	$495	+0.15
350–395	378	22	144.00–155.00	$147.67	$558	+2.30
400–445	430	26	138.00–149.00	$143.99	$619	-0.61
450–495	473	27	132.00–145.00	$138.43	$655	+0.85
500–545	522	40	121.00–135.00	$127.91	$668	-1.78
550–595	565	24	119.00–128.00	$124.68	$704	-1.70
600–645	622	20	112.00–132.00	$124.69	$776	+4.64
670–675	672	9	120.00–125.00	$122.22	$821	+10.71
700–720	705	8	124.00–128.00	$126.98	$895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	185.00	$185.00	$370	+11.58
250–295	276	26	126.00–155.00	$134.67	$372	-7.39
300–345	333	18	130.00–149.00	$136.61	$455	-2.35
350–395	379	32	130.00–155.00	$138.39	$524	+4.57
400–445	426	35	128.00–146.00	$134.48	$573	-0.76
450–495	471	24	122.00–136.00	$129.52	$610	+2.96
500–545	527	14	111.00–127.50	$118.19	$623	-3.60
550–595	575	10	112.00–124.00	$119.59	$688	+7.24
600–645	624	4	104.00–110.00	$107.45	$670	+4.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	165.00	$165.00	$272	—
200–245	218	4	170.00–180.00	$175.89	$383	+15.89
265–275	268	4	160.00–164.00	$162.97	$437	-0.68
300–345	324	24	130.00–152.00	$137.18	$444	+13.93
350–395	372	44	124.00–148.00	$135.33	$503	+3.67
400–445	426	17	118.00–138.00	$125.03	$533	-3.15
450–495	470	15	117.00–128.00	$121.53	$571	+3.51
500–545	523	2	109.00–110.00	$109.48	$573	-0.52
550–595	573	4	100.00–106.00	$103.43	$593	+2.17
600–645	623	2	94.00–100.00	$96.89	$604	-3.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165–185	175	2	225.00–230.00	$227.36	$398	—
200–245	224	17	215.00–235.00	$222.15	$498	+0.14
250–295	274	19	185.00–222.00	$208.49	$571	-5.16
300–345	324	11	175.00–217.00	$192.98	$625	+5.60
350–395	371	17	182.00–194.00	$186.09	$690	+3.06
400–445	426	22	165.00–188.00	$175.60	$748	+1.54
450–480	470	11	160.00–170.00	$163.37	$768	+7.59
515–535	525	2	144.00–148.00	$145.96	$766	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	200.00	$200.00	$370	—
200–245	237	6	160.00–210.00	$184.30	$437	-17.44
250–295	271	18	165.00–207.00	$182.60	$495	-14.17
300–345	328	14	165.00–205.00	$189.02	$620	+2.77
350–395	376	16	160.00–182.00	$173.41	$652	-2.42
400–445	431	13	150.00–173.00	$163.23	$704	-4.73
470–480	475	2	140.00–148.00	$144.04	$684	-4.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	195.00–200.00	$197.56	$435	+2.07
250–295	273	2	180.00–185.00	$182.29	$498	-3.29
300–345	319	7	174.00–194.00	$186.56	$595	+5.84
350–395	374	5	168.00–172.00	$169.98	$636	+3.56
400–445	423	5	140.00–162.00	$149.11	$631	-3.87
450–495	473	4	130.00–146.00	$139.42	$659	+2.54
510–530	525	4	120.00–128.00	$121.94	$640	-7.89

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1460	1139	80-85%	17	45.00–57.00	$52.42	$597	—
910–1430	1161	80-85%	45	51.00–68.00	$61.91	$719	—
1020–1435	1236	80-85%	36	60.00–75.00	$66.93	$827	+8.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1910	1435	75-80%	9	65.00–68.00	$66.29	$951	—
1145–1875	1641	75-80%	10	61.00–70.00	$65.33	$1,072	+5.33

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1080	993	85-90%	5	37.00–41.00	$39.42	$391	-11.87
865–1255	1067	85-90%	10	42.00–56.00	$48.58	$518	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1790	1520	10	75.00–84.00	$78.65	$1,195	—
1445–2005	1706	16	83.00–97.00	$89.02	$1,519	—
1740–1840	1777	3	93.00–97.00	$95.37	$1,695	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–1015	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	64.00–72.00	$67.39	$593

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1125	1010	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–875.00	$861.08	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.