Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.01/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$126.01

44 head · 388 lb average

Value per head Derived

$489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$24.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	368	140.26	516	10thin
Medium and Large 2	386	124.68	482	23
Medium and Large 3	409	115.83	474	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.43/cwt here — about $42 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 sale44 hd

126.01

—

FL average10 barns · 626 hd

126.24

−0.23

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	1,104	60.41	667	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	980	55.06	540	3thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	59.67/cwt	57.00–62.00	637	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	65.31/cwt	64.00–66.00	880	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	55.06/cwt	52.00–58.00	540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	147.42/cwt	145.00–150.00	550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	140.96/cwt	140.00–143.00	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	153.95/cwt	152.00–155.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	153.44/cwt	150.00–157.00	468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.28/cwt	145.00–152.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	143.57/cwt	140.00–147.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	118.37/cwt	115.00–120.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	142.39/cwt	137.00–147.00	377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	122.73/cwt	118.00–125.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.54/cwt	127.00–135.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	133.74/cwt	132.00–137.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	99.36/cwt	97.00–103.00	526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	109.40/cwt	107.00–112.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	146.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	138.42/cwt	135.00–142.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	113.62/cwt	112.00–117.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	128.44/cwt	125.00–132.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	107.57/cwt	105.00–110.00	509	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 May 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 191Year ago 319

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 64Year ago 65

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,068	57.00–62.00	59.67
3	—	1,347	64.00–66.00	65.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	52.00–58.00	55.06

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	145.00–150.00	147.42
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	140.00–143.00	140.96
2	—	305	150.00–157.00	153.44
2	—	405	130.00–132.00	130.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	152.00–155.00	153.95
3	—	420	145.00–152.00	147.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	140.00–147.00	143.57
3	—	425	127.00–135.00	129.54
3	—	317	145.00–150.00	146.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	115.00–120.00	118.37
7	—	265	137.00–147.00	142.39
3	—	363	132.00–137.00	133.74
5	—	529	97.00–103.00	99.36
2	—	318	135.00–142.00	138.42
3	—	473	112.00–117.00	113.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	385	118.00–125.00	122.73
2	—	423	107.00–112.00	109.40
2	—	305	125.00–132.00	128.44
4	—	473	105.00–110.00	107.57

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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