Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $152.46/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$152.46

49 head · 377 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$15.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.36

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	316	159.03	503	14thin
Medium and Large 1	424	155.53	660	19thin
Medium and Large 3	375	143.06	536	16thin

One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale49 hd

152.46

—

FL average7 barns · 418 hd

141.10

+11.36

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	1,173	57.54	675	8thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	57.54/cwt	55.00–60.00	675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	117.89/cwt	115.00–121.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	127.42/cwt	125.00–130.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	120.06/cwt	117.00–122.00	447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	129.93/cwt	127.00–133.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	112.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	109.31/cwt	108.00–110.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	128.44/cwt	127.00–130.00	408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	156.61/cwt	155.00–160.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	121.66/cwt	117.00–125.00	507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	142.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	139.30/cwt	135.00–142.00	449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	178.49/cwt	175.00–180.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	153.54/cwt	152.00–155.00	583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	165.64/cwt	163.00–168.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	145.10/cwt	140.00–150.00	519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	174.12/cwt	170.00–177.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	135.18/cwt	130.00–140.00	568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	109.95/cwt	108.00–113.00	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	155.12/cwt	150.00–160.00	478	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	160.87/cwt	157.00–165.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	128.55/cwt	127.00–130.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	155.24/cwt	152.00–157.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	160.13/cwt	155.00–165.00	453	8

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 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 138Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 144Year ago 162

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,173	55.00–60.00	57.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	115.00–121.00	117.89
2	—	373	125.00–130.00	127.42
5	—	417	117.00–125.00	121.66
5	—	322	135.00–142.00	139.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	117.00–122.00	120.06
2	—	413	110.00–115.00	112.58
2	—	318	127.00–130.00	128.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	127.00–133.00	129.93
3	—	508	108.00–110.00	109.31
3	—	275	155.00–160.00	156.61
2	—	363	140.00–145.00	142.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	175.00–180.00	178.49
5	—	321	170.00–177.00	174.12
4	—	724	108.00–113.00	109.95
4	—	373	157.00–165.00	160.87
3	—	412	152.00–157.00	155.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	152.00–155.00	153.54
2	—	323	163.00–168.00	165.64
8	—	283	155.00–165.00	160.13
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	140.00–150.00	145.10
4	—	420	130.00–140.00	135.18
4	—	308	150.00–160.00	155.12
2	—	470	127.00–130.00	128.55

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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