Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $129.52/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$129.52

39 head · 378 lb average

Value per head Derived

$489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$27.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.13

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	334	144.65	482	11thin
Medium and Large 2	389	128.05	499	17thin
Medium and Large 3	403	116.67	470	11thin

One grade step is worth $27.99/cwt here — about $12 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

129.52

—

FL average10 barns · 849 hd

126.40

+3.13

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	—	High	1,585	99.00	1,569	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	65.82	786	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,112	58.59	652	15

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	—	—	1,620	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,669	1
Bulls	—	—	1,550	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,473	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	58.59/cwt	55.00–61.00	652	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	64.36/cwt	62.00–68.00	744	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	69.96/cwt	69.00–71.00	913	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	173.40/cwt	170.00–180.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	123.89/cwt	121.00–127.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	181.95/cwt	175.00–185.00	497	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	129.44/cwt	127.00–132.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	129.96/cwt	125.00–135.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	154.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	158.60/cwt	155.00–162.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	149.41/cwt	147.00–152.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	151.56/cwt	145.00–155.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	144.84/cwt	140.00–147.00	391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	129.56/cwt	127.00–135.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	116.52/cwt	115.00–118.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	122.90/cwt	120.00–126.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	149.44/cwt	147.00–152.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	106.37/cwt	105.00–109.00	545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	142.29/cwt	140.00–147.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	123.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	127.54/cwt	126.00–129.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	133.03/cwt	132.00–135.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	107.02/cwt	105.00–108.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	155.74/cwt	152.00–160.00	417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	140.30/cwt	137.00–142.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	109.26/cwt	108.00–112.00	468	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 May 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 138Last week 203Year ago 289

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 20Year ago 107

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	103.00	103.00
1	—	1,550	95.00	95.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,112	55.00–61.00	58.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,156	62.00–68.00	64.36
12	—	1,305	69.00–71.00	69.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	170.00–180.00	173.40
3	—	273	175.00–185.00	181.95
2	—	570	125.00–135.00	129.96
2	—	360	155.00–162.00	158.60
3	—	417	145.00–155.00	151.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	121.00–127.00	123.89
2	—	425	127.00–132.00	129.44
2	—	320	150.00–160.00	154.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	132.00–140.00	135.94
2	—	363	147.00–152.00	149.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	140.00–147.00	144.84
2	—	468	115.00–118.00	116.52
3	—	512	105.00–109.00	106.37
3	—	425	120.00–125.00	123.41
3	—	375	132.00–135.00	133.03
3	—	313	137.00–142.00	140.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	127.00–135.00	129.56
2	—	363	120.00–126.00	122.90
3	—	485	105.00–108.00	107.02
3	—	428	108.00–112.00	109.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	308	147.00–152.00	149.44
3	—	357	140.00–147.00	142.29
2	—	415	126.00–129.00	127.54
2	—	268	152.00–160.00	155.74

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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