Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls,and heifers steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.16/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$130.16

68 head · 454 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$0.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	455	130.36	593	23
Medium and Large 1	496	130.21	646	23
Medium and Large 3	410	129.91	532	22

One grade step is worth $0.45/cwt here — about $61 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 sale68 hd

130.16

—

FL average9 barns · 943 hd

128.47

+1.70

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	1,500	80.47	1,207	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	54.07	643	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,190	49.11	584	9thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 2	—	520	115.47/cwt	114.00–117.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	117.89/cwt	115.00–120.00	435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	117.44/cwt	115.00–120.00	661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	134.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	107.01/cwt	103.00–109.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	98.54/cwt	97.00–100.00	506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	121.38/cwt	120.00–124.00	617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	137.55/cwt	135.00–140.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	107.44/cwt	105.00–110.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	141.70/cwt	140.00–145.00	436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	143.63/cwt	140.00–147.00	373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	136.41/cwt	133.00–140.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	126.63/cwt	124.00–132.00	579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	118.03/cwt	115.00–121.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	152.95/cwt	152.00–155.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	126.73/cwt	122.00–129.00	463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	153.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	572	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	49.11/cwt	47.00–51.00	584	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	54.07/cwt	52.00–56.00	643	13
Bulls	—	—	1,500	80.47/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	303	159.48/cwt	157.00–162.00	483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	128.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	119.91/cwt	117.00–123.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	134.74/cwt	130.00–137.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	104.03/cwt	103.00–105.00	492	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	145.36/cwt	142.00–150.00	595	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	112.42/cwt	110.00–114.00	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	133.46/cwt	132.00–135.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	104.96/cwt	103.00–107.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	105.21/cwt	104.00–107.00	439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	112.77/cwt	112.00–114.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	145.05/cwt	142.00–147.00	542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	150.12/cwt	145.00–155.00	477	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 Sep 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 549Last week 620Year ago 589

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 110Year ago 96

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls,and heifers steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	114.00–117.00	115.47
4	—	408	135.00–140.00	137.55
3	—	457	124.00–132.00	126.63
2	—	303	157.00–162.00	159.48
5	—	581	110.00–114.00	112.42
5	—	374	142.00–147.00	145.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	115.00–120.00	117.44
3	—	508	120.00–124.00	121.38
2	—	463	133.00–140.00	136.41
2	—	373	150.00–157.00	153.38
7	—	409	142.00–150.00	145.36
5	—	621	112.00–114.00	112.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	367	130.00–140.00	134.03
4	—	528	105.00–110.00	107.44
4	—	470	115.00–121.00	118.03
3	—	427	125.00–130.00	128.40
6	—	318	145.00–155.00	150.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	103.00–105.00	103.99
3	—	603	103.00–109.00	107.01
3	—	308	140.00–145.00	141.70
3	—	263	152.00–155.00	152.95
2	—	413	117.00–123.00	119.91
2	—	365	132.00–135.00	133.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	369	115.00–120.00	117.89
2	—	513	97.00–100.00	98.54
6	—	473	103.00–105.00	104.03
5	—	417	104.00–107.00	105.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	260	140.00–147.00	143.63
3	—	365	122.00–129.00	126.73
3	—	310	130.00–137.00	134.74
2	—	510	103.00–107.00	104.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,190	47.00–51.00	49.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,189	52.00–56.00	54.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	79.00–82.00	80.47

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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