Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.26/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$151.26

22 head · 378 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$15.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.17

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	397	157.37	624	7thin
Medium and Large 2	345	155.98	538	7thin
Medium and Large 3	390	141.80	552	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.57/cwt here — about $72 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 sale22 hd

151.26

—

FL average9 barns · 265 hd

151.09

+0.17

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	1,321	80.07	1,058	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,157	51.39	595	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	45.25	496	21

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,321	80.07/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,058	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	153.71/cwt	150.00–162.00	423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	140.08/cwt	138.00–142.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	123.46/cwt	120.00–127.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	134.77/cwt	130.00–140.00	361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	148.83/cwt	147.00–152.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	108.68/cwt	108.00–110.00	494	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	45.25/cwt	43.00–48.00	496	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	51.39/cwt	50.00–55.00	595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	149.78/cwt	147.00–155.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	153.23/cwt	150.00–155.00	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	135.12/cwt	130.00–140.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	148.56/cwt	147.00–150.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	143.54/cwt	142.00–145.00	589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	143.67/cwt	140.00–147.00	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	177.56/cwt	175.00–180.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	172.55/cwt	170.00–175.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	163.34/cwt	160.00–167.00	523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	125.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	575	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 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 113Year ago 342

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 82Year ago 38

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,321	78.00–81.00	80.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,097	43.00–48.00	45.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,157	50.00–55.00	51.39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	150.00–162.00	153.71
2	—	455	120.00–127.00	123.46
2	—	415	130.00–135.00	132.44
3	—	315	147.00–152.00	148.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	138.00–142.00	140.08
2	—	268	130.00–140.00	134.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	108.00–110.00	108.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	147.00–155.00	149.78
2	—	468	147.00–150.00	148.56
2	—	308	175.00–180.00	177.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	150.00–155.00	153.23
2	—	410	142.00–145.00	143.54
2	—	255	170.00–175.00	172.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	130.00–140.00	135.12
2	—	368	140.00–147.00	143.67
2	—	320	160.00–167.00	163.34
2	—	460	120.00–130.00	125.05

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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