Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary

Florida · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 12, 2022

11,281 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $176.28/cwt +5.86 vs last sale · ≈ $915/hd at 519 lb · 95 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.52/cwt +3.80 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 370 lb · 86 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.12/cwt +4.41 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 422 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,281	11,591	9,226
Feeder cattle	8,854	9,413	7,584
Slaughter cattle	1,987	1,785	1,327
Replacement cattle	440	393	315

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder classes mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows steady. Year to date receipts totaled 336,541 compared to 352,369 a year ago.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	222	7	220.00–275.00	$246.12	$546	-10.83
250–295	268	33	215.00–250.00	$228.48	$612	-0.91
300–345	317	47	197.50–230.00	$216.39	$686	-4.54
350–395	371	45	185.00–225.00	$209.28	$776	-0.13
400–445	416	66	180.00–210.00	$196.80	$819	+4.78
450–495	470	60	174.00–195.00	$185.09	$870	+3.51
500–545	519	95	162.00–185.00	$176.28	$915	+5.86
550–595	571	44	152.50–182.50	$172.14	$983	+3.37
600–645	625	20	159.00–172.00	$166.04	$1,038	+3.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	228	10	200.00–220.00	$207.67	$473	+7.67
250–295	276	22	195.00–235.00	$207.11	$572	-5.87
300–345	323	35	165.00–217.50	$194.41	$628	-3.16
350–395	369	31	175.00–207.50	$193.49	$714	+0.26
400–445	424	48	167.50–196.00	$180.90	$767	+6.32
450–495	470	39	160.00–184.00	$170.02	$799	-2.78
500–545	528	26	160.00–174.00	$166.26	$878	+5.89
550–595	563	19	140.00–166.00	$157.61	$887	-0.09
600–645	623	2	156.00–159.00	$157.45	$981	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	185.00	$185.00	$370	—
250	250	1	195.00	$195.00	$488	+2.00
300–345	326	20	180.00–208.00	$199.00	$649	+4.38
350–395	375	24	170.00–197.50	$184.02	$690	-2.65
400–445	419	17	165.00–186.00	$173.26	$726	+0.52
450–495	466	18	155.00–172.00	$162.75	$758	-0.72
500–545	518	7	142.00–158.00	$152.77	$791	-0.76
550	550	2	148.00–153.00	$150.50	$828	-6.00
600	600	2	142.00–150.00	$146.00	$876	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	225	29	175.00–230.00	$196.83	$443	+11.97
250–295	271	48	168.00–197.00	$182.21	$494	+7.13
300–345	323	45	162.00–190.00	$179.79	$581	+6.41
350–395	370	86	160.00–185.00	$173.52	$642	+3.80
400–445	422	83	147.50–177.00	$164.12	$693	+4.41
450–495	470	82	142.50–168.00	$160.38	$754	+4.26
500–545	528	35	142.50–160.00	$152.89	$807	+7.68
550–595	569	29	130.00–155.00	$142.61	$811	+4.22
600–645	625	13	116.00–145.00	$129.28	$808	+2.79
670–675	673	6	128.00–132.00	$129.33	$870	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	225	12	160.00–205.00	$184.19	$414	+6.66
250–295	270	47	145.00–185.00	$165.13	$446	+7.09
300–345	327	29	152.00–180.00	$164.64	$538	+1.81
350–395	370	70	142.00–170.00	$156.82	$580	+0.75
400–445	427	65	130.00–170.00	$149.36	$638	-0.72
450–495	475	40	135.00–156.00	$147.07	$699	+1.42
500–545	528	37	129.00–149.00	$139.98	$739	+4.72
550–595	570	25	117.50–142.00	$129.33	$737	+4.93
600	600	1	127.00	$127.00	$762	+15.70
680–685	682	3	110.00–120.00	$116.65	$796	+9.36

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	228	15	150.00–180.00	$165.96	$378	+2.06
250–295	275	10	138.00–170.00	$154.77	$426	-10.09
300–345	319	28	142.00–165.00	$154.52	$493	+0.15
350–395	369	24	140.00–158.00	$148.16	$547	-2.51
400–445	421	34	138.00–150.00	$144.53	$608	+0.74
450–495	470	17	130.00–145.00	$136.84	$643	+0.68
500–545	526	17	120.00–135.00	$128.59	$676	+2.21
550–595	574	4	108.00–126.00	$115.92	$665	-1.08
600–625	616	4	100.00–114.00	$105.18	$648	+9.54
690–695	693	2	96.00–104.00	$100.01	$693	+5.03

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	215	11	227.00–280.00	$257.57	$554	+4.68
250–295	272	17	218.00–245.00	$226.52	$616	+3.48
300–345	322	12	212.00–225.00	$220.73	$711	+1.53
350–395	373	24	187.50–212.50	$195.48	$729	-1.75
400–445	425	7	175.00–196.00	$188.57	$801	-0.76
450–495	475	26	170.00–186.00	$178.72	$849	+2.39
500–545	522	24	156.00–178.00	$167.37	$874	+3.69
550–595	574	14	154.00–168.00	$159.10	$913	+2.02
600–645	631	4	150.00–159.00	$153.16	$966	-3.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	225	6	200.00–215.00	$206.77	$465	-18.13
250–295	275	21	160.00–227.50	$202.77	$558	-0.52
300–345	326	22	170.00–220.00	$200.15	$652	-7.95
350–395	371	15	188.00–206.00	$194.85	$723	+6.65
400–445	432	17	165.00–186.00	$178.80	$772	+0.45
450–495	471	17	152.50–179.00	$168.72	$795	+2.84
500–545	519	11	148.00–168.00	$161.10	$836	+8.81
550–595	573	11	140.00–156.00	$146.68	$840	+0.20
600–645	623	2	144.00–148.00	$145.93	$909	+3.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–225	209	4	185.00–235.00	$213.29	$446	+21.04
250–295	274	6	185.00–220.00	$197.92	$542	-5.75
300–345	323	18	192.00–210.00	$199.68	$645	-1.52
350–395	375	14	178.00–196.00	$187.03	$701	+2.12
400–445	424	10	170.00–178.00	$173.68	$736	-0.10
450–485	474	11	150.00–168.00	$159.32	$755	+0.30
500–545	524	6	136.00–156.00	$147.69	$774	+1.09
550	550	1	134.00	$134.00	$737	-7.30
600	600	1	132.00	$132.00	$792	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1480	1132	80-85%	53	49.00–66.00	$62.23	$704	—
945–1485	1218	80-85%	103	59.00–78.00	$68.51	$834	+2.99
925–1600	1255	80-85%	70	69.00–82.00	$75.77	$951	+5.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–815	779	85-90%	4	60.00–63.00	$61.04	$476	—
710–1140	931	85-90%	32	40.00–60.00	$49.89	$464	-0.80
715–1285	1047	85-90%	110	50.00–66.00	$60.35	$632	+0.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1475	1284	75-80%	8	69.00–73.00	$71.00	$912	+0.84
1170–1465	1318	75-80%	2	63.00–66.00	$64.67	$852	—
1255–1595	1395	75-80%	6	74.00–78.00	$75.43	$1,052	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1830	1451	37	77.00–97.00	$89.90	$1,304	—
1510–2035	1671	16	97.00–109.00	$103.75	$1,734	—
1350–2205	1673	37	89.00–102.00	$96.80	$1,619	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1010	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	66.00–72.00	$68.70	$631
910–950	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	110.00–124.00	$116.91	$1,090
890–975	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	96.00–102.00	$99.14	$925
945–1020	973	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	75.00–80.00	$78.03	$759
985–1010	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	84.00–86.00	$84.99	$848

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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
880–970	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	825.00–950.00	$890.54	—
1105–1165	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,350.00	$1,219.04	—

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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.