Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

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 $143.16/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$143.16

64 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$25.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.68

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	414	153.25	635	16thin
Medium and Large 1	487	147.77	720	29
Medium and Large 3	497	127.62	635	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.63/cwt here — about $0 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 sale64 hd

143.16

—

FL average10 barns · 1,214 hd

139.47

+3.68

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	—	Average	1,668	88.39	1,474	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	63.79	818	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	56.50	612	7thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	189.80/cwt	185.00–195.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	170.10/cwt	165.00–175.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	142.73/cwt	140.00–144.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	120.37/cwt	118.00–122.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	148.30/cwt	145.00–150.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	151.72/cwt	150.00–155.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	133.76/cwt	127.00–137.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	124.98/cwt	123.00–127.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.29/cwt	155.00–160.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	141.56/cwt	135.00–145.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	136.67/cwt	135.00–139.00	702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	147.38/cwt	145.00–150.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	126.69/cwt	126.00–129.00	775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	176.10/cwt	172.00–180.00	551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	162.72/cwt	160.00–167.00	679	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	129.77/cwt	125.00–132.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	117.03/cwt	115.00–119.00	665	6
Bulls	—	—	1,668	88.39/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,474	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	56.50/cwt	53.00–59.00	612	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	63.79/cwt	61.00–67.00	818	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	122.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	137.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	129.17/cwt	128.00–130.00	530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	120.96/cwt	118.00–123.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	126.57/cwt	124.00–129.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	110.95/cwt	105.00–114.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	114.96/cwt	114.00–117.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	123.97/cwt	120.00–126.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	141.40/cwt	140.00–144.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	144.02/cwt	142.00–145.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	113.04/cwt	111.00–115.00	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	154.80/cwt	150.00–160.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	135.06/cwt	132.00–138.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	453	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 Aug 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 436Year ago 499

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 83Year ago 26

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	185.00–195.00	189.80
4	—	358	165.00–175.00	170.10
3	—	465	145.00–150.00	148.30
2	—	658	123.00–127.00	124.98
7	—	514	135.00–139.00	136.67
6	—	612	126.00–129.00	126.69
5	—	417	160.00–167.00	162.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	140.00–144.00	142.73
3	—	422	150.00–155.00	151.72
3	—	375	155.00–160.00	158.29
4	—	313	172.00–180.00	176.10
3	—	523	125.00–132.00	129.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	118.00–122.00	120.37
3	—	463	127.00–137.00	133.76
3	—	412	135.00–145.00	141.56
2	—	368	145.00–150.00	147.38
6	—	568	115.00–119.00	117.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	509	120.00–125.00	122.73
5	—	410	128.00–130.00	129.17
4	—	463	124.00–129.00	126.57
3	—	623	114.00–117.00	114.96
3	—	358	140.00–144.00	141.40
2	—	313	150.00–160.00	154.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	135.00–140.00	137.60
4	—	460	111.00–115.00	113.04
4	—	363	120.00–130.00	124.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	118.00–123.00	120.96
3	—	565	105.00–114.00	110.95
3	—	418	120.00–126.00	123.97
3	—	317	142.00–145.00	144.02
2	—	358	132.00–138.00	135.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	85.00–91.00	88.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,084	53.00–59.00	56.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,282	61.00–67.00	63.79

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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