Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.93/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$178.93

38 head · 369 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$44.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.47

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	357	193.50	691	16thin
Medium and Large 2	357	179.29	640	14thin
Medium and Large 3	414	149.15	617	8thin

One grade step is worth $44.35/cwt here — about $74 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 sale38 hd

178.93

—

FL average10 barns · 353 hd

176.46

+2.47

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	1,522	79.65	1,212	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,318	61.10	805	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	52.94	635	5thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,548	75.98/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,176	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	138.03/cwt	137.00–139.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	152.36/cwt	150.00–155.00	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	163.56/cwt	160.00–167.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	146.95/cwt	145.00–149.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	129.60/cwt	128.00–133.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	137.66/cwt	135.00–140.00	441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	167.46/cwt	165.00–170.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	127.58/cwt	125.00–130.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	470	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	63.54/cwt	62.00–64.00	797	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,199	52.94/cwt	51.00–56.00	635	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	60.01/cwt	57.00–61.00	808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	169.55/cwt	167.00–172.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	188.60/cwt	185.00–192.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	171.71/cwt	170.00–175.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	162.45/cwt	160.00–165.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	162.54/cwt	160.00–165.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	198.61/cwt	195.00–202.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	160.64/cwt	160.00–162.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	138.96/cwt	137.00–141.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	219.63/cwt	215.00–225.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	215.24/cwt	210.00–220.00	678	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	152.54/cwt	150.00–155.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	202.66/cwt	200.00–205.00	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	147.60/cwt	145.00–150.00	617	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 Feb 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 477Last week 289Year ago 399

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 64Year ago 76

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	75.00–77.00	75.98
1	—	1,470	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	62.00–64.00	63.54
9	—	1,346	57.00–61.00	60.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,199	51.00–56.00	52.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	137.00–139.00	138.03
2	—	305	160.00–167.00	163.56
4	—	415	145.00–149.00	146.95
2	—	280	165.00–170.00	167.46
2	—	518	125.00–130.00	127.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	150.00–155.00	152.36
4	—	320	150.00–155.00	152.38
3	—	470	128.00–133.00	129.60
2	—	368	140.00–145.00	142.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	135.00–140.00	137.66
2	—	355	130.00–135.00	132.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	167.00–172.00	169.55
6	—	360	185.00–192.00	188.60
2	—	463	160.00–165.00	162.54
2	—	270	215.00–225.00	219.63
4	—	315	210.00–220.00	215.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	170.00–175.00	171.71
2	—	315	195.00–202.00	198.61
3	—	422	160.00–162.00	160.64
2	—	458	150.00–155.00	152.54
4	—	268	200.00–205.00	202.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	160.00–165.00	162.45
2	—	460	137.00–141.00	138.96
4	—	418	145.00–150.00	147.60

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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