Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.50/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$143.50

35 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.81

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	446	145.64	649	15thin
Medium and Large 3	410	144.70	594	9thin
Medium and Large 1	500	139.60	699	11thin

One grade step is worth $6.04/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale35 hd

143.50

—

FL average10 barns · 836 hd

137.69

+5.81

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	58.86	712	14

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	130.47/cwt	129.00–132.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	135.29/cwt	132.00–137.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	138.52/cwt	137.00–140.00	429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	167.38/cwt	165.00–170.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	155.69/cwt	155.00–157.00	564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	136.66/cwt	134.00–138.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	123.69/cwt	122.00–127.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	123.69/cwt	121.00–125.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	181.60/cwt	180.00–185.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	113.39/cwt	112.00–116.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	126.01/cwt	125.00–128.00	760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	119.35/cwt	118.00–122.00	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	126.48/cwt	124.00–129.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	128.32/cwt	125.00–130.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	128.34/cwt	125.00–132.00	417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.51/cwt	125.00–128.00	727	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	533	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	58.86/cwt	56.00–62.00	712	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	139.41/cwt	137.00–142.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	116.34/cwt	114.00–118.00	601	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	140.47/cwt	138.00–143.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	173.69/cwt	170.00–177.00	552	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 Aug 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 295Last week 382Year ago 601

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 90Year ago 160

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	129.00–132.00	130.47
2	—	368	165.00–170.00	167.38
3	—	603	125.00–128.00	126.01
4	—	455	138.00–143.00	140.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	132.00–137.00	135.29
3	—	362	155.00–157.00	155.69
3	—	323	180.00–185.00	181.60
4	—	520	127.00–130.00	128.46
2	—	575	125.00–128.00	126.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	134.00–138.00	136.66
2	—	515	124.00–129.00	126.48
2	—	365	145.00–147.00	146.01
2	—	318	170.00–177.00	173.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	137.00–140.00	138.52
3	—	562	112.00–116.00	113.39
3	—	478	118.00–122.00	119.35
5	—	517	114.00–118.00	116.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	122.00–127.00	123.69
3	—	402	125.00–130.00	128.32
2	—	363	137.00–142.00	139.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	121.00–125.00	123.69
2	—	325	125.00–132.00	128.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,209	56.00–62.00	58.86

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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