Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.40/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$145.40

54 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$21.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.10

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	412	151.44	624	27
Medium and Large 1	496	143.19	710	19thin
Medium and Large 3	446	130.22	581	8thin

One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $43 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 sale54 hd

145.40

—

FL average10 barns · 1,041 hd

137.29

+8.10

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	1,518	86.31	1,310	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	66.04	845	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	57.67	622	6thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,518	86.31/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,310	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	57.67/cwt	55.00–59.00	622	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	68.72/cwt	67.00–70.00	930	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	62.68/cwt	60.00–65.00	745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	127.68/cwt	126.00–131.00	802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	148.60/cwt	147.00–152.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	119.03/cwt	115.00–121.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	128.31/cwt	127.00–131.00	719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	178.39/cwt	175.00–180.00	508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	132.62/cwt	130.00–138.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	146.63/cwt	145.00–150.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	143.41/cwt	140.00–147.00	538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	170.17/cwt	165.00–175.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	153.38/cwt	150.00–157.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	171.72/cwt	167.00–177.00	546	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.55/cwt	132.00–137.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	673	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	158.54/cwt	155.00–162.00	658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	138.26/cwt	135.00–140.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	108.96/cwt	107.00–111.00	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	121.62/cwt	119.00–124.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	144.38/cwt	142.00–147.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	120.11/cwt	117.00–125.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	151.72/cwt	150.00–155.00	478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	118.96/cwt	116.00–121.00	542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	127.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	132.40/cwt	130.00–137.00	483	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 Aug 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 296Last week 403Year ago 307

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 101Year ago 103

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	84.00–89.00	86.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,078	55.00–59.00	57.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	67.00–70.00	68.72
4	—	1,188	60.00–65.00	62.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	628	126.00–131.00	127.68
3	—	560	127.00–131.00	128.31
3	—	465	145.00–150.00	146.63
2	—	368	165.00–175.00	170.17
4	—	515	132.00–137.00	134.55
4	—	415	155.00–162.00	158.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	147.00–152.00	148.60
3	—	285	175.00–180.00	178.39
2	—	568	122.00–126.00	123.99
2	—	363	150.00–157.00	153.38
8	—	318	167.00–177.00	171.72
6	—	528	125.00–130.00	127.46
3	—	465	135.00–140.00	138.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	115.00–121.00	119.03
3	—	422	130.00–138.00	132.62
2	—	375	140.00–147.00	143.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	107.00–111.00	108.96
2	—	420	119.00–124.00	121.62
2	—	320	142.00–147.00	144.38
5	—	456	116.00–121.00	118.96
3	—	365	130.00–137.00	132.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	117.00–125.00	120.11
3	—	315	150.00–155.00	151.72
2	—	463	125.00–130.00	127.57

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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