Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.16/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$137.16

23 head · 403 lb average

Value per head Derived

$553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$22.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	414	142.14	588	11thin
Medium and Large 2	368	139.26	512	8thin
Medium and Large 3	444	119.30	530	4thin

One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $59 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 sale23 hd

137.16

—

FL average10 barns · 642 hd

138.86

−1.69

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	1,810	78.73	1,425	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,306	54.73	715	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,185	52.17	618	2thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	520	146.92/cwt	145.00–149.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	153.44/cwt	150.00–157.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	147.94/cwt	146.00–150.00	533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	134.39/cwt	132.00–137.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	127.96/cwt	125.00–131.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	145.36/cwt	142.00–147.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	152.66/cwt	150.00–155.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	142.40/cwt	140.00–145.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	119.53/cwt	118.00–121.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	122.03/cwt	121.00–123.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	116.56/cwt	115.00–118.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	172.43/cwt	170.00–175.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	150.54/cwt	148.00–153.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	146.52/cwt	144.00–149.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	183.73/cwt	180.00–187.00	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	161.30/cwt	160.00–162.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	155.99/cwt	155.00–157.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	143.24/cwt	140.00–145.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	136.29/cwt	135.00–139.00	631	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	78.73/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,425	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	54.73/cwt	52.00–56.00	715	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	52.17/cwt	50.00–54.00	618	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 May 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 202Last week 319Year ago 262

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 65Year ago 54

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	145.00–149.00	146.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	150.00–157.00	153.44
2	—	360	146.00–150.00	147.94
2	—	470	132.00–137.00	134.39
2	—	518	125.00–131.00	127.96
3	—	412	142.00–147.00	145.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	150.00–155.00	152.66
2	—	318	140.00–145.00	142.44
2	—	365	140.00–145.00	142.40
2	—	520	118.00–121.00	119.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	121.00–123.00	122.03
2	—	470	115.00–118.00	116.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	170.00–175.00	172.43
2	—	458	148.00–153.00	150.54
2	—	555	144.00–149.00	146.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	180.00–187.00	183.73
2	—	458	140.00–145.00	142.54
3	—	360	160.00–162.00	161.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	155.00–157.00	155.99
3	—	417	140.00–145.00	143.24
3	—	463	135.00–139.00	136.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	77.00–81.00	78.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,306	52.00–56.00	54.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	50.00–54.00	52.17

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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