Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2018-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-03-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $226.12/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$226.12

72 head · 311 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$87.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.29

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	283	245.90	695	36
Medium and Large 2	303	217.86	660	29
Medium and Large 3	487	158.67	772	7thin

One grade step is worth $87.24/cwt here — about −$77 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 sale72 hd

226.12

—

FL average10 barns · 730 hd

200.83

+25.29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,620	86.88	1,407	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,164	64.66	753	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	57.36	606	9thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,620	86.88/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,407	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	67.37/cwt	67.00–68.00	788	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	64.04/cwt	61.00–66.00	745	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	57.36/cwt	54.00–60.00	606	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	356	205.05/cwt	200.00–210.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	187.87/cwt	185.00–195.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	180.45/cwt	177.00–185.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	174.27/cwt	170.00–180.00	633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	165.99/cwt	160.00–170.00	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	215.03/cwt	210.00–220.00	766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	278.58/cwt	270.00–290.00	627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	251.54/cwt	240.00–260.00	659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	227.87/cwt	222.00–232.00	727	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	177.31/cwt	175.00–180.00	479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	162.48/cwt	160.00–165.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	170.26/cwt	165.00–175.00	536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	131.29/cwt	127.00–137.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	228	185.71/cwt	180.00–200.00	423	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	177.67/cwt	172.00–182.00	764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	214.97/cwt	210.00–220.00	688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	200.02/cwt	195.00–205.00	720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	208	256.08/cwt	250.00–265.00	533	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	226.30/cwt	220.00–235.00	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	152.48/cwt	150.00–155.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	158.98/cwt	155.00–162.00	506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	139.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	164.94/cwt	160.00–170.00	459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	163.97/cwt	160.00–167.00	767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	168.43/cwt	167.00–170.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	140.95/cwt	137.00–145.00	813	2

How this sale compares

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Mar 13, 2018

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 365Last week 339Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 85Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,620	84.00–89.00	86.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	67.00–68.00	67.37
13	—	1,163	61.00–66.00	64.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,057	54.00–60.00	57.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	356	200.00–210.00	205.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	268	185.00–195.00	187.87
4	—	307	177.00–185.00	180.45
8	—	363	170.00–180.00	174.27
5	—	409	160.00–170.00	165.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	175.00–180.00	177.31
4	—	357	160.00–165.00	162.48
10	—	315	165.00–175.00	170.26
3	—	506	127.00–137.00	131.29
4	—	228	180.00–200.00	185.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	150.00–155.00	152.48
6	—	318	155.00–162.00	158.98
6	—	414	135.00–145.00	139.00
3	—	278	160.00–170.00	164.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	356	210.00–220.00	215.03
8	—	225	270.00–290.00	278.58
13	—	262	240.00–260.00	251.54
10	—	319	222.00–232.00	227.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	172.00–182.00	177.67
8	—	320	210.00–220.00	214.97
3	—	360	195.00–205.00	200.02
4	—	208	250.00–265.00	256.08
10	—	260	220.00–235.00	226.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	160.00–167.00	163.97
2	—	425	167.00–170.00	168.43
2	—	577	137.00–145.00	140.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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