Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 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 $139.63/cwt on 84 head.

Average price

$139.63

84 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$18.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.71

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	413	148.91	615	16thin
Medium and Large 1	532	140.27	747	49
Medium and Large 3	452	130.15	588	19thin

One grade step is worth $18.76/cwt here — about $26 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 sale84 hd

139.63

—

FL average6 barns · 519 hd

137.91

+1.71

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	1,400	85.48	1,197	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,328	62.11	825	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,174	55.16	648	5thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	55.16/cwt	54.00–57.00	648	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	62.11/cwt	60.00–64.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	470	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	114.37/cwt	111.00–116.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	115.56/cwt	112.00–118.00	556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	126.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	138.89/cwt	137.00–142.00	442	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	107.58/cwt	104.00–111.00	557	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	116.76/cwt	114.00–119.00	604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	121.21/cwt	120.00–122.00	579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	108.30/cwt	105.00–110.00	498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	157.61/cwt	155.00–161.00	645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	157.41/cwt	155.00–160.00	579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	137.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	147.57/cwt	143.00–152.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	150.28/cwt	147.00–152.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	123.87/cwt	120.00–130.00	576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	168.97/cwt	167.00–172.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	170.81/cwt	167.00–175.00	538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	118.05/cwt	117.00–120.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	129.99/cwt	129.00–133.00	829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	126.65/cwt	123.00–129.00	843	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	148.97/cwt	147.00–150.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	131.31/cwt	130.00–133.00	730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	113.96/cwt	110.00–118.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	136.30/cwt	134.00–138.00	699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	137.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	643	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	577	112.23/cwt	110.00–117.00	648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	112.77/cwt	110.00–118.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.46/cwt	120.00–123.00	635	6
Bulls	—	—	1,400	85.48/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,197	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 Sep 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 481Last week 363Year ago 620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 128Year ago 110

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,174	54.00–57.00	55.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	60.00–64.00	62.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	84.00–88.00	85.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	137.00–140.00	138.48
3	—	563	111.00–116.00	114.37
3	—	405	125.00–130.00	126.71
7	—	517	114.00–119.00	116.76
5	—	478	120.00–122.00	121.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	355	130.00–135.00	132.46
5	—	481	112.00–118.00	115.56
5	—	318	137.00–142.00	138.89
4	—	518	104.00–111.00	107.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	120.00–125.00	122.53
3	—	460	105.00–110.00	108.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	409	155.00–161.00	157.61
6	—	458	143.00–152.00	147.57
5	—	356	167.00–172.00	168.97
4	—	638	129.00–133.00	129.99
13	—	666	123.00–129.00	126.65
7	—	556	130.00–133.00	131.31
7	—	513	134.00–138.00	136.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	155.00–160.00	157.41
3	—	407	147.00–152.00	150.28
2	—	315	167.00–175.00	170.81
7	—	469	135.00–140.00	137.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.41
5	—	465	120.00–130.00	123.87
3	—	513	117.00–120.00	118.05
3	—	355	147.00–150.00	148.97
2	—	555	110.00–118.00	113.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	110.00–117.00	112.23
3	—	520	110.00–118.00	112.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	120.00–123.00	121.46

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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