Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.10/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$143.10

43 head · 422 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$8.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	146.00	647	24
Medium and Large 2	399	139.68	557	17thin
Medium and Large 3	370	137.36	508	2thin

One grade step is worth $8.63/cwt here — about $139 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 sale43 hd

143.10

—

FL average10 barns · 853 hd

146.03

−2.94

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,051	50.15	527	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	45.03	462	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	168.27/cwt	165.00–172.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	163.36/cwt	160.00–167.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	153.13/cwt	150.00–160.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	142.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	159.08/cwt	155.00–163.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	133.52/cwt	132.00–135.00	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	204.97/cwt	195.00–212.00	545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	219.84/cwt	215.00–225.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	172.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	196.59/cwt	195.00–200.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	230.28/cwt	220.00–240.00	629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	186.08/cwt	182.00–190.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	169.54/cwt	167.00–172.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	198.29/cwt	197.00–202.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	137.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	183.33/cwt	180.00–187.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	207	226.45/cwt	220.00–240.00	469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	158.56/cwt	157.00–160.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	152.96/cwt	150.00–156.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	192.60/cwt	190.00–195.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	153.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	133.04/cwt	132.00–135.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	121.32/cwt	120.00–124.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	130.59/cwt	127.00–134.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	133.55/cwt	132.00–135.00	552	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,051	50.15/cwt	50.00–51.00	527	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	45.03/cwt	44.00–46.00	462	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 Apr 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 342Last week 264Year ago 300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 108Year ago 23

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	165.00–172.00	168.27
2	—	318	160.00–167.00	163.36
3	—	427	150.00–160.00	153.13
3	—	460	140.00–147.00	142.43
4	—	373	155.00–163.00	159.08
4	—	558	132.00–135.00	133.52
6	—	513	127.00–134.00	130.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	135.00–140.00	137.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	150.00–160.00	153.01
3	—	460	132.00–135.00	133.04
3	—	522	120.00–124.00	121.32
6	—	363	145.00–150.00	147.55
2	—	413	132.00–135.00	133.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	266	195.00–212.00	204.97
2	—	358	182.00–190.00	186.08
2	—	418	167.00–172.00	169.54
4	—	329	197.00–202.00	198.29
2	—	468	157.00–160.00	158.56
2	—	533	150.00–156.00	152.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	215.00–225.00	219.84
3	—	367	195.00–200.00	196.59
4	—	273	220.00–240.00	230.28
2	—	420	180.00–187.00	183.33
3	—	207	220.00–240.00	226.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	170.00–175.00	172.55
2	—	313	190.00–195.00	192.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,051	50.00–51.00	50.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	44.00–46.00	45.03

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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