Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.06/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$139.06

45 head · 405 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$10.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	449	142.03	638	18thin
Medium and Large 2	375	141.16	530	16thin
Medium and Large 3	378	131.13	495	11thin

One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $143 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 sale45 hd

139.06

—

FL average10 barns · 779 hd

147.14

−8.09

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	1,810	93.00	1,683	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,004	62.48	627	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	51.07	551	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	51.07/cwt	50.00–52.00	551	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,004	62.48/cwt	58.00–64.00	627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	152.56/cwt	150.00–155.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	178.26/cwt	175.00–180.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	163.59/cwt	162.00–167.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	162.54/cwt	160.00–165.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	194.90/cwt	190.00–200.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	187.44/cwt	185.00–190.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	224.35/cwt	215.00–235.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	216.45/cwt	210.00–220.00	671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	152.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	145.15/cwt	142.00–152.00	621	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	154.90/cwt	150.00–160.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	120.56/cwt	118.00–123.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	131.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	124.95/cwt	122.00–128.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	129.98/cwt	128.00–131.00	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	140.82/cwt	137.00–147.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	135.18/cwt	130.00–138.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	139.73/cwt	135.00–145.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	126.46/cwt	124.00–129.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	147.48/cwt	146.00–149.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	148.53/cwt	147.00–152.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	154.33/cwt	145.00–160.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	132.64/cwt	130.00–137.00	492	5

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 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 330Last week 477Year ago 229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 142Year ago 123

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	50.00–52.00	51.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,004	58.00–64.00	62.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	93.00	93.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	150.00–155.00	152.56
2	—	458	160.00–165.00	162.54
4	—	358	190.00–200.00	194.90
2	—	268	215.00–235.00	224.35
3	—	310	210.00–220.00	216.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	175.00–180.00	178.26
3	—	455	150.00–157.00	152.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	162.00–167.00	163.59
2	—	323	185.00–190.00	187.44
3	—	428	142.00–152.00	145.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	150.00–160.00	154.90
3	—	520	128.00–131.00	129.98
5	—	471	137.00–147.00	140.82
2	—	560	124.00–129.00	126.46
4	—	405	146.00–149.00	147.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	118.00–123.00	120.56
3	—	458	125.00–135.00	131.55
3	—	417	130.00–138.00	135.18
3	—	327	147.00–152.00	148.53
5	—	275	145.00–160.00	154.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	122.00–128.00	124.95
2	—	323	135.00–145.00	139.73
5	—	371	130.00–137.00	132.64

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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