Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.79/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$147.79

51 head · 364 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$28.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.60

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	371	153.14	568	30
Medium and Large 2	341	144.99	494	16thin
Medium and Large 3	401	124.62	500	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.52/cwt here — about $68 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 sale51 hd

147.79

—

FL average10 barns · 1,038 hd

140.18

+7.60

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	1,960	80.00	1,568	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	54.79	672	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	48.91	523	9thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,960	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,568	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	54.79/cwt	53.00–57.00	672	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	48.91/cwt	48.00–51.00	523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	138.39/cwt	136.00–141.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.54/cwt	130.00–133.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	169.75/cwt	165.00–180.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	194.54/cwt	190.00–197.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	171.88/cwt	167.00–175.00	617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	153.39/cwt	150.00–157.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	211.74/cwt	205.00–215.00	650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	154.31/cwt	152.00–158.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	144.85/cwt	140.00–150.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	163.44/cwt	160.00–165.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	220.15/cwt	215.00–225.00	568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	183.27/cwt	180.00–190.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	161.96/cwt	160.00–165.00	662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	142.88/cwt	139.00–147.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	152.66/cwt	150.00–155.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	132.94/cwt	131.00–135.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	143.83/cwt	142.00–145.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	147.07/cwt	145.00–150.00	479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	204.52/cwt	200.00–207.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	132.71/cwt	131.00–136.00	673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	182.00/cwt	175.00–190.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	150.89/cwt	147.00–155.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	128.45/cwt	126.00–131.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	122.06/cwt	121.00–124.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	159.69/cwt	155.00–165.00	511	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 Jan 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 432Last week 549Year ago 396

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 137Year ago 64

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder classes steady to 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,960	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,227	53.00–57.00	54.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,069	48.00–51.00	48.91

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	136.00–141.00	138.39
2	—	570	130.00–133.00	131.54
3	—	263	165.00–180.00	169.75
6	—	413	139.00–147.00	142.88
3	—	507	131.00–136.00	132.71
4	—	225	175.00–190.00	182.00
4	—	360	147.00–155.00	150.89
6	—	320	155.00–165.00	159.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	150.00–155.00	152.66
2	—	418	131.00–135.00	132.94
5	—	359	142.00–145.00	143.83
7	—	326	145.00–150.00	147.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	126.00–131.00	128.45
3	—	413	121.00–124.00	122.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	190.00–197.00	194.54
5	—	359	167.00–175.00	171.88
5	—	415	152.00–158.00	154.31
3	—	268	200.00–207.00	204.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	150.00–157.00	153.39
3	—	307	205.00–215.00	211.74
6	—	258	215.00–225.00	220.15
3	—	357	180.00–190.00	183.27
5	—	409	160.00–165.00	161.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	140.00–150.00	144.85
3	—	378	160.00–165.00	163.44

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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