Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2018-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-04-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.16/cwt on 86 head.

Average price

$161.16

86 head · 335 lb average

Value per head Derived

$540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$24.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	354	166.39	590	42
Medium and Large 2	305	161.49	493	32
Medium and Large 3	345	141.95	490	12thin

One grade step is worth $24.45/cwt here — about $100 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 sale86 hd

161.16

—

FL average9 barns · 708 hd

157.36

+3.79

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	1,612	78.61	1,267	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	52.67	645	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	47.35	497	23

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	48.48/cwt	45.00–78.00	521	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	41.99/cwt	41.00–44.00	392	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	52.67/cwt	50.00–55.00	645	17
Bulls	—	—	1,455	76.52/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,113	4
Bulls	—	—	1,927	82.78/cwt	82.00–83.50	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	200.78/cwt	195.00–205.00	552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	164.61/cwt	160.00–167.00	691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	138.02/cwt	135.00–140.00	726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	175.03/cwt	171.00–179.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	200.43/cwt	195.00–205.00	617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	216	231.27/cwt	225.00–240.00	500	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	183.52/cwt	182.00–185.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	146.30/cwt	142.00–150.00	607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	169.05/cwt	165.00–175.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	180.07/cwt	175.00–185.00	603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	153.56/cwt	150.00–157.00	640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	190.64/cwt	187.00–194.00	597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	173.75/cwt	170.00–178.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	231	185.26/cwt	180.00–197.00	428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	215.12/cwt	207.00–227.00	570	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	163.17/cwt	160.00–169.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	271	185.57/cwt	180.00–190.00	503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	187.45/cwt	177.00–192.00	487	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	140.37/cwt	137.00–145.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	129.45/cwt	127.00–132.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	165.68/cwt	160.00–170.00	598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	201	206.78/cwt	200.00–212.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	139.93/cwt	135.00–145.00	511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	145.98/cwt	145.00–147.00	445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	157.39/cwt	152.00–162.00	488	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	166.30/cwt	160.00–175.00	444	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.19/cwt	147.00–157.00	571	8

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 Apr 17, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 428Last week 299Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 26Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,075	45.00–78.00	48.48
4	—	933	41.00–44.00	41.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,224	50.00–55.00	52.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,455	75.00–78.00	76.52
2	—	1,927	82.00–83.50	82.78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	275	195.00–205.00	200.78
3	—	420	160.00–167.00	164.61
5	—	526	135.00–140.00	138.02
5	—	364	171.00–179.00	175.03
8	—	313	187.00–194.00	190.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	308	195.00–205.00	200.43
9	—	216	225.00–240.00	231.27
2	—	355	182.00–185.00	183.52
3	—	458	165.00–175.00	169.05
16	—	265	207.00–227.00	215.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	335	175.00–185.00	180.07
2	—	417	150.00–157.00	153.56
3	—	360	160.00–169.00	163.17
3	—	271	180.00–190.00	185.57
2	—	460	145.00–150.00	147.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	142.00–150.00	146.30
8	—	316	170.00–178.00	173.75
6	—	260	177.00–192.00	187.45
5	—	463	137.00–145.00	140.37
4	—	525	127.00–132.00	129.45
12	—	361	160.00–170.00	165.68
4	—	201	200.00–212.00	206.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	231	180.00–197.00	185.26
11	—	310	152.00–162.00	157.39
10	—	267	160.00–175.00	166.30
8	—	375	147.00–157.00	152.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	365	135.00–145.00	139.93
4	—	305	145.00–147.00	145.98

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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