Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bull, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.05/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$145.05

45 head · 400 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$12.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.88

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	410	151.32	620	17thin
Medium and Large 2	404	142.15	574	20
Medium and Large 3	372	138.99	517	8thin

One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $103 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 sale45 hd

145.05

—

FL average10 barns · 861 hd

147.94

−2.88

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	1,625	80.14	1,302	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,091	53.03	579	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	47.85	483	19

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	268	224.67/cwt	220.00–230.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	207.62/cwt	205.00–210.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	150.37/cwt	147.00–152.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	191.64/cwt	190.00–195.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	175.09/cwt	170.00–180.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	155.97/cwt	155.00–157.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	143.37/cwt	140.00–147.00	671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	132.41/cwt	130.00–137.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	175.05/cwt	170.00–180.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	182.59/cwt	180.00–185.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	145.89/cwt	142.00–150.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	152.42/cwt	150.00–155.00	790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	171.05/cwt	167.00–175.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	140.07/cwt	135.00–145.00	726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	137.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	186.33/cwt	185.00–187.00	758	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	197.64/cwt	195.00–200.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	139.04/cwt	137.00–140.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	407	133.36/cwt	130.00–135.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	164.80/cwt	160.00–170.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	143.67/cwt	140.00–147.00	603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	161.03/cwt	160.00–162.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	174.82/cwt	170.00–180.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	147.36/cwt	145.00–150.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	155.33/cwt	150.00–160.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	132.46/cwt	127.00–135.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	122.38/cwt	120.00–127.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	148.46/cwt	147.00–150.00	534	4
Bulls	—	—	1,625	80.14/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,302	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	57.38/cwt	56.00–60.00	657	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	51.72/cwt	50.00–53.00	556	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	47.85/cwt	44.00–50.00	483	19

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 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 264Last week 181Year ago 428

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 54Year ago 94

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bull, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	220.00–230.00	224.67
2	—	325	205.00–210.00	207.62
3	—	372	190.00–195.00	191.64
2	—	455	170.00–180.00	175.05
3	—	407	185.00–187.00	186.33
2	—	515	160.00–162.00	161.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	147.00–152.00	150.37
2	—	365	167.00–175.00	171.05
2	—	518	135.00–145.00	140.07
2	—	563	135.00–140.00	137.44
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	180.00–185.00	182.59
2	—	565	142.00–150.00	145.89
4	—	518	150.00–155.00	152.42
2	—	318	195.00–200.00	197.64
4	—	415	170.00–180.00	174.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	170.00–180.00	175.09
2	—	360	155.00–157.00	155.97
2	—	423	150.00–155.00	152.57
2	—	468	140.00–147.00	143.37
2	—	565	130.00–132.00	130.99
3	—	508	130.00–137.00	132.41
4	—	318	160.00–170.00	164.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	137.00–140.00	139.04
3	—	407	130.00–135.00	133.36
2	—	318	145.00–150.00	147.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	140.00–147.00	143.67
2	—	268	150.00–160.00	155.33
2	—	315	155.00–157.00	156.02
3	—	473	127.00–135.00	132.46
3	—	510	120.00–127.00	122.38
4	—	360	147.00–150.00	148.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	77.00–83.00	80.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	56.00–60.00	57.38
10	—	1,075	50.00–53.00	51.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,009	44.00–50.00	47.85

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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