Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 4, 2022

3,728 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $135.04/cwt +0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 472 lb · 45 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $138.63/cwt +1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $512/hd at 369 lb · 44 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $167.26/cwt -10.86 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 471 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,728	3,190	3,033
Feeder cattle	2,700	2,514	2,337
Slaughter cattle	897	510	556
Replacement cattle	131	166	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Lakeland (437), Madison (785), Okeechobee (1605), and Sumter County (901). No trends available due to Hurricane Ian limiting cattle or forcing closures the previous week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	2	180.00–182.00	$180.92	$494	—
300–345	321	13	180.00–200.00	$188.88	$606	+4.11
350–395	374	24	170.00–197.00	$183.20	$685	-9.86
400–445	425	25	170.00–196.00	$178.65	$759	-4.72
450–495	471	41	162.00–188.00	$167.26	$788	-10.86
500–545	529	35	155.00–170.00	$160.43	$849	-6.88
550–595	569	22	150.00–165.00	$157.87	$898	+2.73
600–645	624	19	140.00–152.50	$146.87	$916	-7.23
655–695	675	7	140.00–147.50	$142.14	$959	+0.13
700–745	734	13	135.00–140.00	$135.76	$996	—
750–790	763	3	127.50–132.50	$130.78	$998	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	268	6	170.00–200.00	$187.39	$502	—
300–345	323	8	160.00–187.00	$174.64	$564	—
350–395	371	18	155.00–185.00	$170.40	$632	-14.01
400–445	425	24	150.00–185.00	$164.17	$698	-3.08
450–495	470	19	145.00–178.00	$157.68	$741	-11.26
500–545	522	17	145.00–158.00	$149.77	$782	-5.47
550–590	575	16	140.00–152.00	$145.86	$839	+2.09
600	600	1	132.00	$132.00	$792	-5.61
660–680	673	3	127.50–132.50	$130.87	$881	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	315	3	162.00–166.00	$164.54	$518	-27.09
350–395	375	10	160.00–170.00	$164.09	$615	—
400–445	420	15	152.00–174.00	$162.39	$682	+5.16
450–470	464	7	150.00–168.00	$163.24	$757	+1.04
500–545	519	9	130.00–148.00	$137.53	$714	-3.47
550–585	559	5	128.00–140.00	$135.92	$760	+2.35

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	270	11	165.00–175.00	$169.36	$457	+8.48
300–345	319	10	160.00–174.00	$166.19	$530	+12.41
350–395	373	22	142.00–167.00	$151.23	$564	+4.03
400–445	426	40	136.00–146.00	$140.76	$600	-8.12
460–480	476	11	150.00–172.50	$153.95	$733	+12.61
450–495	478	26	138.00–148.00	$142.16	$680	+0.82
500–545	526	32	132.00–145.00	$139.65	$735	+2.17
520–540	533	6	150.00–165.00	$154.88	$826	+17.40
550–595	572	24	122.00–144.00	$136.43	$780	+7.48
610–645	622	3	165.00–170.00	$166.73	$1,037	—
600–645	625	3	130.00–136.00	$132.59	$829	—
655–660	658	4	125.00–130.00	$127.51	$839	-10.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	274	13	145.00–178.00	$157.57	$432	+12.55
300–345	323	13	150.00–164.00	$155.40	$502	+13.89
350–395	369	44	132.00–150.00	$138.63	$512	+1.02
400–445	423	31	126.00–146.00	$133.10	$563	-6.73
450–495	472	45	128.00–140.00	$135.04	$637	+0.78
500–545	524	21	124.00–135.00	$128.47	$673	+0.36
565–580	567	19	116.00–127.00	$121.21	$687	+0.01
600	600	1	124.00	$124.00	$744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	260	13	140.00–166.00	$146.71	$381	+9.82
300–345	323	14	135.00–154.00	$143.29	$463	+6.70
350–395	366	11	124.00–144.00	$135.55	$496	-8.30
400–435	425	12	120.00–138.00	$133.62	$568	-0.94
455–485	472	29	120.00–132.00	$128.63	$607	-1.02
500–540	530	17	116.00–127.00	$120.20	$637	+1.52
565–585	572	3	106.00–110.00	$108.64	$621	-5.36
640–645	643	3	90.00–98.00	$95.35	$613	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	273	7	180.00–195.00	$189.66	$518	+13.10
300–345	326	8	170.00–188.00	$177.85	$580	-10.54
350–395	365	3	182.00–184.00	$183.28	$669	-5.50
400–445	422	3	160.00–168.00	$163.86	$691	-3.05
450–495	476	5	156.00–178.00	$165.14	$786	+11.50
500–545	526	9	145.00–168.00	$153.14	$806	-8.26
560–570	563	3	154.00–156.00	$154.67	$871	—
610–620	615	2	125.00–127.50	$126.24	$776	+0.83
720–740	724	5	120.00	$120.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	271	7	167.00–175.00	$171.59	$465	+14.04
300–345	323	2	170.00–178.00	$173.72	$561	-0.24
350–380	363	6	155.00–176.00	$163.49	$593	-6.46
415–440	426	7	145.00–188.00	$159.49	$679	-4.08
460–470	466	5	160.00–168.00	$163.16	$760	+10.06
510–535	522	5	135.00–154.00	$143.75	$750	-3.50
560–595	577	5	130.00–142.00	$135.42	$781	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	267	3	195.00–205.00	$198.25	$529	+21.20
300–345	323	2	164.00–168.00	$165.86	$536	-23.53
350–395	371	5	158.00–188.00	$176.64	$655	+3.87
415–430	424	5	170.00–178.00	$174.87	$741	+14.97
465–475	471	5	152.00–158.00	$154.37	$727	-1.00
510–525	520	6	140.00–144.00	$142.69	$742	+0.04
565–580	571	5	128.00–130.00	$128.81	$736	-2.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1465	1141	80-85%	90	60.00–73.00	$70.73	$807	—
995–1470	1235	80-85%	30	79.00–87.00	$80.56	$995	+5.86
905–1480	1255	80-85%	119	70.00–79.00	$75.81	$951	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1300	1058	85-90%	53	54.00–69.00	$59.61	$631	—
725–1300	1089	85-90%	89	58.00–75.00	$67.24	$732	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1320	1285	75-80%	2	72.00	$72.00	$925	—
1100–1485	1339	75-80%	19	73.00–82.00	$77.13	$1,033	—
1120–1750	1360	75-80%	13	78.00–88.00	$81.14	$1,104	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1690	1517	7	88.00–100.00	$95.68	$1,451	—
1525	1525	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,571	—
1705–1830	1768	2	103.00–107.00	$104.93	$1,855	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1085	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	116.00–126.00	$121.40	$1,220
1025–1285	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	79.00–85.00	$81.66	$943
1210–1225	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	76.00–86.00	$81.03	$987

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1005	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–750.00	$697.93	—

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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.