Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.81/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$156.81

53 head · 413 lb average

Value per head Derived

$648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$24.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	406	165.01	671	17thin
Medium and Large 2	402	159.90	643	23
Medium and Large 3	442	140.64	622	13thin

One grade step is worth $24.37/cwt here — about $49 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 sale53 hd

156.81

—

FL average9 barns · 447 hd

157.17

−0.36

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	1,845	87.15	1,608	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,341	60.84	816	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	54.87	561	3thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	278	182.57/cwt	180.00–185.00	508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	178.41/cwt	175.00–182.00	550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	171.30/cwt	170.00–172.00	617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	136.12/cwt	132.00–140.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	144.05/cwt	142.00–146.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	509	126.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	642	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	54.87/cwt	53.00–57.00	561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	185.63/cwt	185.00–187.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	147.76/cwt	143.00–151.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	134.04/cwt	132.00–138.00	623	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	60.84/cwt	60.00–64.00	816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	191.72/cwt	187.00–197.00	508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	153.02/cwt	151.00–155.00	696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	163.42/cwt	160.00–165.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	134.54/cwt	130.00–139.00	760	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	170.25/cwt	167.00–172.00	550	3
Bulls	—	—	1,845	87.15/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	157.65/cwt	150.00–165.00	402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	142.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	113.08/cwt	108.00–118.00	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	133.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	120.69/cwt	118.00–125.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	131.93/cwt	128.00–134.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	145.98/cwt	145.00–147.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	152.58/cwt	150.00–155.00	473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	134.44/cwt	132.00–137.00	421	2

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 Mar 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 328Last week 281Year ago 304

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 25Year ago 49

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	278	180.00–185.00	182.57
6	—	308	175.00–182.00	178.41
2	—	515	132.00–140.00	136.12
4	—	473	142.00–146.00	144.05
3	—	370	160.00–165.00	163.42
4	—	565	130.00–139.00	134.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	170.00–172.00	171.30
3	—	320	185.00–187.00	185.63
5	—	504	143.00–151.00	147.76
2	—	265	187.00–197.00	191.72
4	—	455	151.00–155.00	153.02
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	140.00–145.00	142.54
5	—	509	120.00–130.00	126.07
3	—	465	132.00–138.00	134.04
3	—	323	167.00–172.00	170.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	255	150.00–165.00	157.65
3	—	407	130.00–135.00	133.28
5	—	526	118.00–125.00	120.69
2	—	358	145.00–147.00	145.98
4	—	310	150.00–155.00	152.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	140.00–145.00	142.48
6	—	370	135.00–140.00	137.36
2	—	428	120.00–125.00	122.43
2	—	315	140.00–145.00	142.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	108.00–118.00	113.08
3	—	367	128.00–134.00	131.93
2	—	313	132.00–137.00	134.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,022	53.00–57.00	54.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,341	60.00–64.00	60.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,845	85.00–90.00	87.15

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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