Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.99/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$147.99

40 head · 399 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.70

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	422	151.25	638	20
Medium and Large 2	374	148.28	554	13thin
Medium and Large 3	379	138.13	524	7thin

One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $114 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 sale40 hd

147.99

—

FL average10 barns · 837 hd

142.29

+5.70

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	1,730	82.22	1,422	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	54.76	727	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,238	49.95	618	3thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	313	137.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	120.07/cwt	117.00–123.00	552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	116.68/cwt	113.00–119.00	610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	124.46/cwt	122.00–127.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	131.35/cwt	130.00–134.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	128.55/cwt	127.00–130.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	128.99/cwt	127.00–130.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	163.40/cwt	160.00–165.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	111.96/cwt	110.00–114.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	160.29/cwt	157.00–167.00	569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	149.62/cwt	147.00–155.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	508	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	112.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	113.57/cwt	110.00–117.00	407	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	117.03/cwt	115.00–119.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	177.54/cwt	175.00–180.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	115.47/cwt	114.00–117.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	119.44/cwt	118.00–121.00	621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	142.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	126.63/cwt	125.00–130.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	159.85/cwt	155.00–165.00	412	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	143.45/cwt	140.00–147.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	174.50/cwt	172.00–180.00	567	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	150.88/cwt	147.00–155.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	114.06/cwt	112.00–117.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	107.59/cwt	105.00–110.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	123.24/cwt	120.00–125.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	134.60/cwt	132.00–137.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	105.92/cwt	103.00–109.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	122.66/cwt	120.00–125.00	393	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	82.22/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,422	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	54.76/cwt	51.00–57.00	727	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	49.95/cwt	49.00–51.00	618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.40/cwt	150.00–155.00	572	4

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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 320Last week 490Year ago 777

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 107Year ago 86

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00-6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	135.00–140.00	137.40
4	—	460	117.00–123.00	120.07
5	—	523	113.00–119.00	116.68
2	—	363	127.00–130.00	128.55
6	—	415	120.00–125.00	122.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	110.00–114.00	111.96
7	—	422	112.00–117.00	114.06
3	—	360	120.00–125.00	123.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	110.00–117.00	113.57
2	—	420	105.00–110.00	107.59
2	—	478	103.00–109.00	105.92
2	—	320	120.00–125.00	122.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	122.00–127.00	124.46
3	—	508	130.00–134.00	131.35
3	—	355	157.00–167.00	160.29
3	—	407	147.00–155.00	149.62
2	—	285	175.00–180.00	177.54
4	—	483	140.00–147.00	143.45
3	—	325	172.00–180.00	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	160.00–165.00	163.40
2	—	520	118.00–121.00	119.44
2	—	258	155.00–165.00	159.85
2	—	423	132.00–137.00	134.60
4	—	375	150.00–155.00	152.40
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	140.00–145.00	142.62
3	—	420	125.00–130.00	126.63
2	—	325	147.00–155.00	150.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	127.00–130.00	128.99
4	—	518	115.00–119.00	117.03
2	—	563	114.00–117.00	115.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	110.00–114.00	112.02
2	—	458	120.00–125.00	122.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,730	79.00–84.00	82.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,327	51.00–57.00	54.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,238	49.00–51.00	49.95

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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