Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

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 $143.43/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$143.43

92 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$2.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.00

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	432	145.15	626	25
Medium and Large 1	505	142.83	721	46
Medium and Large 3	390	142.69	557	21

One grade step is worth $2.45/cwt here — about $70 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 sale92 hd

143.43

—

FL average10 barns · 1,023 hd

139.43

+4.00

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	1,530	86.68	1,326	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	63.21	723	13

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	525	132.04/cwt	130.00–134.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	157.77/cwt	153.00–162.00	648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	140.46/cwt	137.00–144.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	123.33/cwt	121.00–124.00	803	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	147.72/cwt	145.00–152.00	609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	151.35/cwt	150.00–153.00	687	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	157.08/cwt	155.00–160.00	565	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	145.07/cwt	140.00–150.00	515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	127.15/cwt	126.00–128.00	726	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.30/cwt	121.00–125.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	162.56/cwt	160.00–165.00	525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	166.90/cwt	165.00–170.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	126.56/cwt	122.00–129.00	648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	116.75/cwt	115.00–118.00	600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	124.60/cwt	123.00–128.00	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	171.77/cwt	170.00–175.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	138.46/cwt	137.00–140.00	586	2
Bulls	—	—	1,530	86.68/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,326	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	65.69/cwt	65.00–66.00	777	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	62.46/cwt	58.00–64.00	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	120.47/cwt	118.00–123.00	512	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	138.64/cwt	135.00–142.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	122.85/cwt	118.00–127.00	448	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	117.93/cwt	115.00–120.00	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	107.36/cwt	105.00–109.00	497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	121.95/cwt	120.00–124.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	113.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	127.59/cwt	125.00–129.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	128.88/cwt	127.00–133.00	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	138.23/cwt	135.00–140.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	115.13/cwt	112.00–118.00	541	10

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 718Last week 481Year ago 549

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 42Year ago 104

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	—	525	130.00–134.00	132.04
11	—	411	153.00–162.00	157.77
9	—	651	121.00–124.00	123.33
9	—	454	150.00–153.00	151.35
7	—	571	126.00–128.00	127.15
5	—	368	165.00–170.00	166.90
3	—	623	123.00–128.00	124.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	137.00–144.00	140.46
5	—	412	145.00–152.00	147.72
5	—	360	155.00–160.00	157.08
3	—	573	121.00–125.00	122.30
3	—	512	122.00–129.00	126.56
3	—	315	170.00–175.00	171.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	355	140.00–150.00	145.07
6	—	323	160.00–165.00	162.56
5	—	514	115.00–118.00	116.75
2	—	423	137.00–140.00	138.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	118.00–123.00	120.47
6	—	323	135.00–142.00	138.64
10	—	470	112.00–118.00	115.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	365	118.00–127.00	122.85
5	—	463	105.00–109.00	107.36
3	—	412	110.00–115.00	113.28
3	—	325	127.00–133.00	128.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	115.00–120.00	117.93
4	—	463	120.00–124.00	121.95
3	—	412	125.00–129.00	127.59
3	—	362	135.00–140.00	138.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	86.00–88.00	86.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,183	65.00–66.00	65.69
10	—	1,133	58.00–64.00	62.46

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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