Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.58/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$127.58

40 head · 392 lb average

Value per head Derived

$500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$16.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.73

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	137.57	528	13thin
Medium and Large 2	416	124.18	517	14thin
Medium and Large 3	374	121.25	453	13thin

One grade step is worth $16.32/cwt here — about $75 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 sale40 hd

127.58

—

FL average10 barns · 551 hd

126.85

+0.73

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	1,092	60.48	660	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	54.24	558	13

Every lot, as filed

29 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	Medium and Large 3	—	513	113.97/cwt	112.00–116.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	125.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	138.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	131.24/cwt	129.00–136.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	123.10/cwt	119.00–127.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	113.97/cwt	112.00–116.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	121.95/cwt	120.00–125.00	462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	146.12/cwt	142.00–148.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	133.33/cwt	130.00–137.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	140.95/cwt	140.00–142.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	127.91/cwt	125.00–132.00	407	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	121.45/cwt	120.00–123.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	142.68/cwt	140.00–147.00	521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	103.01/cwt	102.00–104.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	108.99/cwt	107.00–110.00	498	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	54.24/cwt	51.00–57.00	558	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	60.48/cwt	58.00–63.00	660	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	157.62/cwt	155.00–160.00	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	126.98/cwt	125.00–128.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	135.90/cwt	132.00–140.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	153.78/cwt	150.00–159.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	138.45/cwt	137.00–140.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	142.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	512	116.39/cwt	115.00–119.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	169.02/cwt	167.00–170.00	527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	143.46/cwt	142.00–145.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	160.11/cwt	157.00–165.00	511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	153.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	499	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 Apr 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 152Year ago 252

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 96Year ago 119

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	112.00–116.00	113.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	120.00–128.00	125.25
3	—	473	135.00–140.00	138.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	129.00–136.00	131.24
3	—	325	142.00–148.00	146.12
2	—	470	120.00–123.00	121.45
5	—	365	140.00–147.00	142.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	119.00–127.00	123.10
4	—	478	112.00–116.00	113.97
2	—	368	130.00–137.00	133.33
4	—	325	140.00–142.00	140.95
2	—	518	102.00–104.00	103.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	120.00–125.00	121.95
5	—	318	125.00–132.00	127.91
3	—	457	107.00–110.00	108.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	145.00–150.00	147.55
6	—	368	155.00–160.00	157.62
5	—	414	150.00–159.00	153.78
3	—	312	167.00–170.00	169.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	125.00–128.00	126.98
2	—	470	137.00–140.00	138.45
2	—	423	142.00–145.00	143.46
5	—	319	157.00–165.00	160.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	132.00–140.00	135.90
2	—	370	140.00–145.00	142.64
3	—	512	115.00–119.00	116.39
3	—	325	150.00–155.00	153.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,028	51.00–57.00	54.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,092	58.00–63.00	60.48

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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