Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.20/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$148.20

43 head · 390 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$35.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	353	158.35	560	24
Medium and Large 2	432	137.64	594	16thin
Medium and Large 3	457	123.28	563	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.07/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 sale43 hd

148.20

—

FL average10 barns · 814 hd

147.15

+1.05

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	1,510	71.73	1,083	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	50.46	577	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	47.48	490	4thin

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	—	465	148.39/cwt	145.00–152.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	178.04/cwt	175.00–185.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.44/cwt	145.00–152.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	135.27/cwt	132.00–142.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	163.55/cwt	160.00–167.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.76/cwt	157.00–167.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	171.59/cwt	170.00–175.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	170.26/cwt	167.00–172.00	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	174.18/cwt	170.00–177.00	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	162.60/cwt	160.00–165.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	229.36/cwt	220.00–240.00	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	202.71/cwt	195.00–210.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	183.36/cwt	180.00–187.00	669	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	133.57/cwt	127.00–137.00	624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	212.19/cwt	210.00–217.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	201.85/cwt	200.00–205.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	191.03/cwt	190.00–192.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	190.77/cwt	185.00–195.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	152.28/cwt	150.00–157.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	151.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.59/cwt	132.00–137.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	164.04/cwt	160.00–170.00	438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	123.55/cwt	120.00–127.00	646	2
Bulls	—	—	1,510	71.73/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,083	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	50.46/cwt	50.00–51.00	577	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	47.48/cwt	45.00–49.00	490	4

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 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 382Last week 342Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 38Year ago 26

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	145.00–152.00	148.39
3	—	225	175.00–185.00	178.04
3	—	420	145.00–152.00	147.44
3	—	510	132.00–142.00	135.27
4	—	320	160.00–167.00	163.55
4	—	368	157.00–167.00	161.76
5	—	267	160.00–170.00	164.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	127.00–137.00	133.57
2	—	580	120.00–122.00	120.98
3	—	312	150.00–157.00	152.28
3	—	363	150.00–155.00	151.61
3	—	425	132.00–137.00	133.59
2	—	523	120.00–127.00	123.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	120.00–125.00	123.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	170.00–175.00	171.59
5	—	312	185.00–195.00	190.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	167.00–172.00	170.26
5	—	407	170.00–177.00	174.18
6	—	273	220.00–240.00	229.36
3	—	320	210.00–217.00	212.19
2	—	368	190.00–192.00	191.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	160.00–165.00	162.60
2	—	273	195.00–210.00	202.71
6	—	365	180.00–187.00	183.36
5	—	324	200.00–205.00	201.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	70.00–73.00	71.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,143	50.00–51.00	50.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	45.00–49.00	47.48

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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