Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-21

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 $160.26/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$160.26

32 head · 373 lb average

Value per head Derived

$598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$5.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	395	162.10	641	14thin
Medium and Large 2	354	159.83	565	13thin
Medium and Large 3	360	156.25	563	5thin

One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about $78 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 sale32 hd

160.26

—

FL average10 barns · 424 hd

160.51

−0.24

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	1,298	80.58	1,046	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	54.37	643	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	50.68	517	4thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	470	147.90/cwt	145.00–151.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	147.60/cwt	145.00–150.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	124.46/cwt	122.00–127.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	149.75/cwt	147.00–155.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	137.03/cwt	136.00–139.00	558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	134.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	637	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	142.56/cwt	140.00–145.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	137.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	123.61/cwt	120.00–127.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	133.25/cwt	130.00–135.00	424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	183.60/cwt	182.00–185.00	492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	166.54/cwt	165.00–168.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	156.53/cwt	155.00–158.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	151.08/cwt	147.00–155.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	174.57/cwt	170.00–177.00	536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	143.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	163.61/cwt	160.00–167.00	524	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	173.46/cwt	170.00–175.00	468	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	162.30/cwt	161.00–163.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	148.65/cwt	145.00–151.00	608	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	156.25/cwt	155.00–158.00	563	5
Bulls	—	—	1,298	80.58/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,046	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	54.37/cwt	52.00–57.00	643	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	50.68/cwt	49.00–52.00	517	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 May 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 202Year ago 447

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 44Year ago 50

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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	145.00–151.00	147.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	145.00–150.00	147.60
2	—	508	122.00–127.00	124.46
3	—	315	147.00–155.00	149.75
3	—	407	136.00–139.00	137.03
3	—	475	130.00–136.00	134.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	140.00–145.00	142.56
2	—	365	135.00–140.00	137.60
2	—	465	120.00–127.00	123.61
3	—	417	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	130.00–135.00	133.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	182.00–185.00	183.60
2	—	365	165.00–168.00	166.54
2	—	413	155.00–158.00	156.53
2	—	475	147.00–155.00	151.08
3	—	307	170.00–177.00	174.57
3	—	523	140.00–145.00	143.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	160.00–167.00	163.61
3	—	270	170.00–175.00	173.46
3	—	368	161.00–163.00	162.30
5	—	409	145.00–151.00	148.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	155.00–158.00	156.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	78.00–83.00	80.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,182	52.00–57.00	54.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,020	49.00–52.00	50.68

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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