Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-29

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 $143.02/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$143.02

62 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	430	145.12	624	11thin
Medium and Large 3	383	144.28	553	10thin
Medium and Large 1	496	142.15	705	41

One grade step is worth $2.97/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale62 hd

143.02

—

FL average10 barns · 905 hd

141.60

+1.42

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	1,513	78.72	1,191	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,157	59.52	689	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	52.63	586	10

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	137.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.95/cwt	151.00–155.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	138.56/cwt	135.00–142.00	655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	124.90/cwt	122.00–128.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	139.44/cwt	137.00–142.00	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	117.97/cwt	116.00–120.00	546	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	52.63/cwt	50.00–55.00	586	10
Bulls	—	—	1,490	83.85/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,249	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	63.59/cwt	62.00–65.00	779	2
Bulls	—	—	1,525	76.15/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,161	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	126.41/cwt	123.00–128.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	125.05/cwt	123.00–127.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	121.75/cwt	120.00–123.00	508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	171.16/cwt	167.00–175.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	129.48/cwt	115.00–137.00	672	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	58.36/cwt	57.00–61.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	149.95/cwt	145.00–155.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	138.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	129.55/cwt	127.00–132.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	112.17/cwt	111.00–114.00	580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	162.41/cwt	160.00–165.00	598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	129.44/cwt	125.00–134.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	122.23/cwt	120.00–126.00	818	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	158.01/cwt	155.00–162.00	654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	112.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	181.06/cwt	177.00–185.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	154.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	145.81/cwt	142.00–150.00	537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	145.90/cwt	142.00–150.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	115.84/cwt	115.00–117.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	125.35/cwt	124.00–132.00	755	6

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 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 739Last week 362Year ago 557

Slaughter CattleReceipts 208Last week 69Year ago 69

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	135.00–140.00	137.41
2	—	463	123.00–127.00	125.05
2	—	500	120.00	120.00
2	—	408	127.00–132.00	129.55
7	—	559	115.00–117.00	115.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	122.00–128.00	124.90
2	—	423	110.00–115.00	112.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	137.00–142.00	139.44
2	—	463	116.00–120.00	117.97
5	—	417	120.00–123.00	121.75
3	—	262	135.00–140.00	138.25
2	—	363	130.00–132.00	130.98
5	—	517	111.00–114.00	112.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	151.00–155.00	152.95
2	—	473	135.00–142.00	138.56
3	—	523	123.00–128.00	126.41
2	—	313	167.00–175.00	171.16
2	—	420	142.00–150.00	145.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	115.00–137.00	129.48
4	—	455	145.00–155.00	149.95
4	—	368	160.00–165.00	162.41
4	—	558	125.00–134.00	129.44
4	—	669	120.00–126.00	122.23
9	—	414	155.00–162.00	158.01
2	—	315	177.00–185.00	181.06
6	—	602	124.00–132.00	125.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	150.00–160.00	154.84
4	—	368	142.00–150.00	145.81
4	—	433	135.00–140.00	137.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,113	50.00–55.00	52.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	62.00–65.00	63.59
7	—	1,138	57.00–61.00	58.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	83.00–85.00	83.85
6	—	1,525	74.00–79.00	76.15

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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