Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.45/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$139.45

27 head · 390 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$18.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	384	150.71	579	6thin
Medium and Large 2	385	141.37	545	9thin
Medium and Large 3	397	132.37	526	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.35/cwt here — about $53 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 sale27 hd

139.45

—

FL average10 barns · 351 hd

139.39

+0.05

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,345	57.28	771	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	49.12	503	10

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	122.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	100.65/cwt	100.00–102.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	102.41/cwt	100.00–105.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	122.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	113.44/cwt	110.00–117.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	134.38/cwt	132.00–137.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	133.31/cwt	130.00–137.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	124.13/cwt	120.00–128.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	116.76/cwt	115.00–120.00	432	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	49.12/cwt	47.00–52.00	503	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	55.34/cwt	53.00–59.00	777	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	60.68/cwt	60.00–62.00	754	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.94/cwt	135.00–139.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	162.58/cwt	160.00–165.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	131.94/cwt	130.00–134.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	142.60/cwt	140.00–145.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	113.94/cwt	110.00–118.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	152.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	151.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	130.06/cwt	125.00–135.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	142.56/cwt	140.00–145.00	453	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 Apr 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 177Last week 191Year ago 382

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 169Year ago 38

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	120.00–127.00	122.22
2	—	468	120.00–125.00	122.59
2	—	368	132.00–137.00	134.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	100.00–102.00	100.65
2	—	458	110.00–117.00	113.44
2	—	323	130.00–137.00	133.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	100.00–105.00	102.41
2	—	420	105.00–110.00	107.53
2	—	310	120.00–128.00	124.13
3	—	370	115.00–120.00	116.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	135.00–139.00	136.94
2	—	315	160.00–165.00	162.58
2	—	368	150.00–155.00	152.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	137.00–140.00	138.48
2	—	465	130.00–134.00	131.94
3	—	273	150.00–155.00	151.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	120.00–125.00	122.47
2	—	365	140.00–145.00	142.60
2	—	513	110.00–118.00	113.94
2	—	410	125.00–135.00	130.06
4	—	318	140.00–145.00	142.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,025	47.00–52.00	49.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,404	53.00–59.00	55.34
8	—	1,243	60.00–62.00	60.68

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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