Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.87/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$143.87

39 head · 418 lb average

Value per head Derived

$601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$28.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

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	155.99	619	14thin
Medium and Large 2	392	147.08	577	12thin
Medium and Large 3	464	127.88	594	13thin

One grade step is worth $28.11/cwt here — about $25 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 sale39 hd

143.87

—

FL average10 barns · 606 hd

144.71

−0.83

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	1,098	62.36	685	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	55.54	558	2thin

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 2	—	320	137.54/cwt	135.00–140.00	440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	149.73/cwt	145.00–155.00	412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	105.99/cwt	105.00–107.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	138.97/cwt	137.00–141.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.71/cwt	120.00–124.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	113.09/cwt	110.00–116.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	159.64/cwt	157.00–162.00	423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	103.42/cwt	100.00–107.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	117.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	438	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	55.54/cwt	53.00–58.00	558	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	62.36/cwt	60.00–66.00	685	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	153.26/cwt	150.00–160.00	667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	163.59/cwt	160.00–167.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	162.40/cwt	157.00–165.00	450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	144.48/cwt	142.00–147.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	559	112.02/cwt	110.00–115.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	146.62/cwt	145.00–150.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	144.89/cwt	142.00–148.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	136.94/cwt	135.00–141.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	137.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	160.52/cwt	157.00–164.00	575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	124.97/cwt	123.00–127.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	153.58/cwt	150.00–157.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	115.53/cwt	114.00–117.00	601	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 May 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 203Last week 176Year ago 202

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 75Year ago 44

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	135.00–140.00	137.54
4	—	275	145.00–155.00	149.73
3	—	413	120.00–124.00	122.71
2	—	523	100.00–107.00	103.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	105.00–107.00	105.99
2	—	413	110.00–116.00	113.09
2	—	373	115.00–120.00	117.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	137.00–141.00	138.97
2	—	265	157.00–162.00	159.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	150.00–160.00	153.26
3	—	463	145.00–150.00	146.62
8	—	358	157.00–164.00	160.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	160.00–167.00	163.59
3	—	277	157.00–165.00	162.40
2	—	420	142.00–148.00	144.89
3	—	468	135.00–141.00	136.94
2	—	508	123.00–127.00	124.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	142.00–147.00	144.48
5	—	559	110.00–115.00	112.02
2	—	415	135.00–140.00	137.56
2	—	318	150.00–157.00	153.58
2	—	520	114.00–117.00	115.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	53.00–58.00	55.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,098	60.00–66.00	62.36

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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