Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.81/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$164.81

56 head · 369 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$15.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.51

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	168.77	714	17thin
Medium and Large 2	329	167.74	552	26
Medium and Large 3	380	153.77	585	13thin

One grade step is worth $15.01/cwt here — about $130 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 sale56 hd

164.81

—

FL average10 barns · 528 hd

164.30

+0.51

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	1,635	77.03	1,259	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,132	54.18	613	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	50.76	484	6thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	154.58/cwt	152.00–157.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	148.53/cwt	147.00–150.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	136.35/cwt	132.00–141.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	127.43/cwt	125.00–130.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	161.88/cwt	160.00–170.00	431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	126.13/cwt	122.00–130.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	152.54/cwt	150.00–157.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	141.35/cwt	140.00–142.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	131.72/cwt	130.00–135.00	562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	145.93/cwt	142.00–150.00	445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	128.55/cwt	125.00–132.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	120.96/cwt	120.00–122.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	113.53/cwt	112.00–115.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	202.34/cwt	200.00–205.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	194.54/cwt	192.00–197.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	166.14/cwt	162.00–170.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	151.81/cwt	147.00–157.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	169.74/cwt	167.00–175.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	160.29/cwt	157.00–162.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	149.79/cwt	147.00–155.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	187.62/cwt	185.00–190.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	150.11/cwt	145.00–155.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	138.55/cwt	135.00–142.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	161.73/cwt	160.00–165.00	585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	156.72/cwt	150.00–160.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	175.24/cwt	157.00–185.00	456	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	153.57/cwt	150.00–157.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	145.99/cwt	145.00–147.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	138.61/cwt	135.00–142.00	651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	304	169.08/cwt	165.00–175.00	514	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	77.03/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,259	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	57.63/cwt	56.00–61.00	713	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	53.15/cwt	51.00–55.00	585	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	50.76/cwt	49.00–52.00	484	6

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 May 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 319Last week 252Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 119Year ago 81

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	152.00–157.00	154.58
2	—	358	147.00–150.00	148.53
2	—	465	132.00–141.00	136.35
2	—	525	125.00–130.00	127.43
5	—	266	160.00–170.00	161.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	122.00–130.00	126.13
3	—	262	150.00–157.00	152.54
3	—	360	140.00–142.00	141.35
3	—	427	130.00–135.00	131.72
4	—	305	142.00–150.00	145.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	135.00–140.00	137.46
2	—	355	125.00–132.00	128.55
2	—	420	120.00–122.00	120.96
2	—	465	112.00–115.00	113.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	200.00–205.00	202.34
2	—	305	192.00–197.00	194.54
2	—	420	162.00–170.00	166.14
2	—	520	147.00–157.00	151.81
3	—	360	167.00–175.00	169.74
3	—	467	157.00–162.00	160.29
3	—	563	147.00–155.00	149.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	185.00–190.00	187.62
2	—	460	145.00–155.00	150.11
2	—	508	135.00–142.00	138.55
3	—	362	160.00–165.00	161.73
3	—	417	150.00–160.00	156.72
14	—	260	157.00–185.00	175.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	150.00–157.00	153.57
2	—	408	145.00–147.00	145.99
4	—	470	135.00–142.00	138.61
5	—	304	165.00–175.00	169.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	75.00–79.00	77.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,237	56.00–61.00	57.63
10	—	1,100	51.00–55.00	53.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	953	49.00–52.00	50.76

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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