Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.83/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$147.83

44 head · 362 lb average

Value per head Derived

$536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

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

$27.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.62

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	342	159.05	544	21
Medium and Large 2	388	139.32	541	18thin
Medium and Large 3	354	131.29	465	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.76/cwt here — about $80 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 sale44 hd

147.83

—

FL average10 barns · 714 hd

143.20

+4.62

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	—	High	1,437	82.74	1,189	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	61.07	660	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	55.53	575	4thin

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	—	—	1,690	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,504	1
Bulls	—	—	1,386	81.49/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,129	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	55.53/cwt	55.00–57.00	575	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	61.07/cwt	58.00–64.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	173.23/cwt	170.00–175.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	172.69/cwt	170.00–177.00	648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	203.30/cwt	200.00–210.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	192.56/cwt	190.00–195.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	188.40/cwt	185.00–192.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	220.29/cwt	210.00–230.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	160.30/cwt	157.00–162.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	173.14/cwt	167.00–177.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	154.42/cwt	152.00–157.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	158.21/cwt	155.00–165.00	443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	122.04/cwt	121.00–123.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	140.02/cwt	138.00–141.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	165.12/cwt	160.00–170.00	509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.42/cwt	125.00–132.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	520	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	138.54/cwt	137.00–140.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	157.31/cwt	154.00–162.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	130.61/cwt	127.00–134.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	117.04/cwt	115.00–118.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	137.46/cwt	135.00–142.00	430	3

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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 517Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 57Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	89.00	89.00
5	—	1,386	80.00–85.00	81.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,036	55.00–57.00	55.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,080	58.00–64.00	61.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	170.00–175.00	173.23
3	—	328	200.00–210.00	203.30
2	—	365	185.00–192.00	188.40
4	—	263	210.00–230.00	220.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	170.00–177.00	172.69
4	—	308	190.00–195.00	192.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	157.00–162.00	160.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	259	167.00–177.00	173.14
3	—	435	138.00–141.00	140.02
6	—	308	160.00–170.00	165.12
2	—	463	137.00–140.00	138.54
5	—	363	154.00–162.00	157.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	152.00–157.00	154.42
3	—	280	155.00–165.00	158.21
2	—	465	125.00–132.00	128.42
6	—	365	140.00–145.00	142.53
2	—	413	127.00–134.00	130.61
3	—	523	115.00–118.00	117.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	121.00–123.00	122.04
3	—	313	135.00–142.00	137.46

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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