Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.00/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$126.00

39 head · 431 lb average

Value per head Derived

$543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$10.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.09

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	357	131.49	470	12thin
Medium and Large 1	482	123.97	598	23
Medium and Large 3	358	121.22	434	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.27/cwt here — about $36 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 sale39 hd

126.00

—

FL average10 barns · 1,104 hd

118.90

+7.09

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	85.59	1,198	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	61.36	776	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,273	52.78	672	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,400	85.59/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,198	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	63.82/cwt	63.00–65.00	738	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	52.78/cwt	51.00–55.00	672	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	58.91/cwt	57.00–60.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	146.12/cwt	142.00–150.00	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	151.64/cwt	150.00–155.00	557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	143.56/cwt	140.00–147.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	159.88/cwt	155.00–165.00	516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	126.72/cwt	125.00–130.00	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	130.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	132.41/cwt	130.00–137.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	137.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	158.55/cwt	155.00–165.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	124.58/cwt	122.00–127.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	117.68/cwt	116.00–120.00	625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	121.22/cwt	120.00–125.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	123.35/cwt	121.00–125.00	567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	140.23/cwt	137.00–142.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	109.27/cwt	107.00–110.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	138.21/cwt	135.00–145.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	133.25/cwt	128.00–136.00	542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	121.31/cwt	117.00–126.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	148.46/cwt	147.00–150.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	471	2

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 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 718Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 80Year ago 129

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	84.00–87.00	85.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,157	63.00–65.00	63.82
5	—	1,373	57.00–60.00	58.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	51.00–55.00	52.78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	142.00–150.00	146.12
3	—	367	150.00–155.00	151.64
2	—	458	140.00–147.00	143.56
4	—	523	122.00–127.00	124.58
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	323	155.00–165.00	159.88
4	—	465	125.00–135.00	130.11
2	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	125.00–130.00	126.72
3	—	508	130.00–137.00	132.41
3	—	413	155.00–165.00	158.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	116.00–120.00	117.68
5	—	460	121.00–125.00	123.35
4	—	624	107.00–110.00	109.27
3	—	407	128.00–136.00	133.25
2	—	368	137.00–140.00	138.47
2	—	313	147.00–150.00	148.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	358	120.00–125.00	121.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	137.00–142.00	140.23
3	—	275	135.00–145.00	138.21
2	—	473	115.00–120.00	117.43
2	—	423	117.00–126.00	121.31
2	—	355	130.00–135.00	132.54

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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