Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.64/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$134.64

49 head · 408 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$15.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	378	140.79	532	21
Medium and Large 3	394	133.20	525	17thin
Medium and Large 1	485	125.14	607	11thin

One grade step is worth $15.65/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale49 hd

134.64

—

FL average9 barns · 737 hd

132.68

+1.96

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	1,608	76.63	1,232	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,082	51.04	552	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	48.47	477	9thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	51.04/cwt	50.00–53.00	552	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	48.47/cwt	47.00–52.00	477	9
Bulls	—	—	1,608	76.63/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	128.47/cwt	127.00–130.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	107.48/cwt	106.00–109.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	113.52/cwt	112.00–115.00	471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	138.41/cwt	135.00–142.00	567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	159.27/cwt	150.00–165.00	417	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	123.46/cwt	122.00–125.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	101.01/cwt	100.00–102.00	480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	111.36/cwt	110.00–114.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	108.28/cwt	105.00–110.00	457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	125.27/cwt	122.00–127.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	136.84/cwt	134.00–140.00	506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	116.95/cwt	115.00–120.00	599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	152.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	115.45/cwt	110.00–118.00	424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	102.53/cwt	101.00–104.00	543	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	125.47/cwt	122.00–132.00	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	144.92/cwt	142.00–148.00	536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	111.53/cwt	110.00–113.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	303	158.49/cwt	157.00–160.00	480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	150.07/cwt	145.00–155.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	129.54/cwt	128.00–131.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	614	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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 490Last week 534Year ago 809

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 275Year ago 121

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	50.00–53.00	51.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	984	47.00–52.00	48.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,608	74.00–80.00	76.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	127.00–130.00	128.47
2	—	478	106.00–109.00	107.48
4	—	415	112.00–115.00	113.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	122.00–125.00	123.46
2	—	475	100.00–102.00	101.01
3	—	422	105.00–110.00	108.28
2	—	308	128.00–131.00	129.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	110.00–118.00	115.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	135.00–142.00	138.41
5	—	262	150.00–165.00	159.27
3	—	510	110.00–114.00	111.36
3	—	458	122.00–127.00	125.27
4	—	370	142.00–148.00	144.92
2	—	303	157.00–160.00	158.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	134.00–140.00	136.84
2	—	530	101.00–104.00	102.53
3	—	408	122.00–132.00	125.47
2	—	463	115.00–120.00	117.54
6	—	335	145.00–155.00	150.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	115.00–120.00	116.95
2	—	363	150.00–155.00	152.41
2	—	560	110.00–113.00	111.53
2	—	465	130.00–134.00	131.96

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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