Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower under light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.02/cwt on 11 head.

Average price

$138.02

11 head · 379 lb average

Value per head Derived

$524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$0.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	396	138.15	547	9thin
Medium and Large 2	305	137.46	419	2thin

One grade step is worth $0.69/cwt here — about $128 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 sale11 hd

138.02

—

FL average10 barns · 295 hd

133.52

+4.50

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	1,704	88.65	1,511	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,154	64.21	741	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	878	53.56	470	2thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	—	1,704	88.65/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	130.09/cwt	125.00–135.00	351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	128.44/cwt	127.00–130.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	124.04/cwt	122.00–128.00	382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	132.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	433	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	68.51/cwt	67.50–69.00	754	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	53.56/cwt	51.00–56.00	470	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	62.78/cwt	61.00–66.00	736	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	144.59/cwt	142.00–147.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	151.04/cwt	150.00–152.00	473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	125.70/cwt	125.00–127.00	581	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 Mar 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 328Year ago 181

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 37Year ago 54

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower under light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,704	85.00–91.00	88.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	67.50–69.00	68.51
9	—	1,172	61.00–66.00	62.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	878	51.00–56.00	53.56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	125.00–135.00	130.09
3	—	308	122.00–128.00	124.04
2	—	358	120.00–122.00	121.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	127.00–130.00	128.44
2	—	313	130.00–135.00	132.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	142.00–147.00	144.59
2	—	413	135.00–140.00	137.48
2	—	313	150.00–152.00	151.04
3	—	462	125.00–127.00	125.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	305	135.00–140.00	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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