Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.77/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$143.77

32 head · 389 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$29.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.52

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	360	153.75	554	12thin
Medium and Large 2	397	141.21	560	16thin
Medium and Large 3	444	124.11	550	4thin

One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about $4 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 sale32 hd

143.77

—

FL average10 barns · 777 hd

143.25

+0.52

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	1,551	81.97	1,271	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,118	61.00	682	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	925	54.68	506	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	222	243.09/cwt	235.00–250.00	540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	217	175.29/cwt	170.00–180.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	152.47/cwt	150.00–155.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	137.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	161.58/cwt	160.00–165.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	143.31/cwt	140.00–145.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	124.04/cwt	122.00–126.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	189.79/cwt	185.00–192.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	217.38/cwt	215.00–220.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	193.46/cwt	192.00–195.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	123.59/cwt	120.00–127.00	577	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	237.65/cwt	230.00–245.00	606	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	205.18/cwt	195.00–215.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	185.27/cwt	182.00–187.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	154.41/cwt	152.00–157.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	144.81/cwt	140.00–147.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	133.43/cwt	130.00–135.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	124.62/cwt	122.00–127.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	154.87/cwt	150.00–157.00	423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	155.65/cwt	155.00–157.00	492	3
Bulls	—	—	1,551	81.97/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,271	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	61.00/cwt	59.00–63.00	682	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	54.68/cwt	53.00–57.00	506	3

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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 181Last week 304Year ago 315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 49Year ago 100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	222	235.00–250.00	243.09
2	—	320	215.00–220.00	217.38
2	—	360	192.00–195.00	193.46
6	—	255	230.00–245.00	237.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	321	185.00–192.00	189.79
2	—	467	152.00–157.00	154.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	195.00–215.00	205.18
3	—	361	182.00–187.00	185.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	217	170.00–180.00	175.29
2	—	375	150.00–155.00	152.47
2	—	462	135.00–140.00	137.43
3	—	321	160.00–165.00	161.58
3	—	418	140.00–145.00	143.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	122.00–126.00	124.04
3	—	373	140.00–147.00	144.81
3	—	423	130.00–135.00	133.43
2	—	570	120.00–125.00	122.48
3	—	273	150.00–157.00	154.87
3	—	316	155.00–157.00	155.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	120.00–127.00	123.59
2	—	420	122.00–127.00	124.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,551	78.00–84.00	81.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,118	59.00–63.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	53.00–57.00	54.68

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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