Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. 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 $149.99/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$149.99

38 head · 371 lb average

Value per head Derived

$557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$23.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.22

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	352	159.29	560	19thin
Medium and Large 2	403	143.40	578	12thin
Medium and Large 3	370	136.04	503	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.24/cwt here — about $58 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 sale38 hd

149.99

—

FL average10 barns · 796 hd

147.76

+2.22

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	1,353	75.82	1,026	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	52.43	570	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	49.32	481	5thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	177.57/cwt	175.00–180.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	170.28/cwt	167.00–172.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	167.40/cwt	165.00–170.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	144.53/cwt	142.00–147.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	139.41/cwt	135.00–144.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	178.24/cwt	175.00–180.00	405	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	158.97/cwt	157.00–160.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	146.35/cwt	145.00–147.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	168.27/cwt	165.00–172.00	451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	148.67/cwt	145.00–152.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	139.59/cwt	137.00–142.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	134.84/cwt	130.00–140.00	627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	122.44/cwt	120.00–125.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	157.44/cwt	155.00–160.00	501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	143.39/cwt	140.00–147.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	127.88/cwt	124.00–132.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	136.59/cwt	135.00–140.00	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	208.72/cwt	207.00–212.00	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	222.82/cwt	217.00–227.00	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	208.66/cwt	205.00–212.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	169.58/cwt	167.00–172.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	164.41/cwt	162.00–167.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	198.40/cwt	195.00–200.00	631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	187.96/cwt	185.00–192.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	187.52/cwt	185.00–190.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	175.94/cwt	172.00–180.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	159.42/cwt	157.00–162.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	156.04/cwt	155.00–157.00	730	2
Bulls	—	—	1,353	75.82/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,026	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	52.43/cwt	51.00–54.00	570	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	49.32/cwt	45.00–51.00	481	5

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 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 292Last week 382Year ago 428

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 38Year ago 107

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	175.00–180.00	177.57
3	—	457	167.00–172.00	170.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	165.00–170.00	167.40
2	—	455	142.00–147.00	144.53
2	—	520	135.00–144.00	139.41
3	—	227	175.00–180.00	178.24
3	—	360	157.00–160.00	158.97
3	—	425	145.00–147.00	146.35
4	—	268	165.00–172.00	168.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	145.00–152.00	148.67
2	—	425	137.00–142.00	139.59
2	—	465	130.00–140.00	134.84
2	—	523	120.00–125.00	122.44
4	—	318	155.00–160.00	157.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	140.00–147.00	143.39
2	—	428	124.00–132.00	127.88
3	—	367	135.00–140.00	136.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	207.00–212.00	208.72
5	—	268	217.00–227.00	222.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	205.00–212.00	208.66
2	—	413	167.00–172.00	169.58
2	—	468	162.00–167.00	164.41
3	—	318	195.00–200.00	198.40
5	—	369	185.00–192.00	187.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	185.00–190.00	187.52
2	—	355	172.00–180.00	175.94
2	—	413	157.00–162.00	159.42
2	—	468	155.00–157.00	156.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,353	75.00–77.00	75.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,087	51.00–54.00	52.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	975	45.00–51.00	49.32

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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