Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $147.09/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$147.09

62 head · 415 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$15.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.33

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	416	153.40	638	29
Medium and Large 2	422	142.92	604	24
Medium and Large 3	391	137.91	539	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $100 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

147.09

—

FL average10 barns · 683 hd

137.76

+9.33

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	1,594	79.51	1,267	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	52.74	671	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,248	45.78	571	8thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	45.78/cwt	44.00–50.00	571	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	51.04/cwt	50.00–53.00	679	5
Bulls	—	—	1,638	81.79/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,340	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	74.94/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,128	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	56.98/cwt	56.00–58.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	141.58/cwt	140.00–145.00	456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	161.55/cwt	160.00–165.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	126.54/cwt	125.00–128.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	146.42/cwt	142.00–152.00	663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	169.42/cwt	167.00–172.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	123.75/cwt	121.00–128.00	568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	269	179.09/cwt	175.00–185.00	482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	127.56/cwt	125.00–130.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	155.80/cwt	150.00–160.00	637	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	109.82/cwt	105.00–115.00	461	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	120.39/cwt	118.00–125.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	134.42/cwt	132.00–137.00	423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	155.08/cwt	150.00–160.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	133.62/cwt	131.00–135.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	287	163.26/cwt	160.00–170.00	469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	124.46/cwt	122.00–127.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	142.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	153.92/cwt	152.00–157.00	562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	132.28/cwt	130.00–137.00	549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	142.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	525	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	136.03/cwt	135.00–137.00	490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	118.72/cwt	117.00–122.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	130.91/cwt	127.00–135.00	556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	129.57/cwt	127.00–132.00	732	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 Dec 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 732Last week 827Year ago 359

Slaughter CattleReceipts 161Last week 124Year ago 96

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,248	44.00–50.00	45.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,330	50.00–53.00	51.04
2	—	1,125	56.00–58.00	56.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	81.00–83.00	81.79
2	—	1,505	74.00–76.00	74.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	140.00–145.00	141.58
5	—	459	121.00–128.00	123.75
4	—	360	135.00–137.00	136.03
4	—	425	127.00–135.00	130.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	125.00–130.00	127.56
2	—	420	105.00–115.00	109.82
2	—	355	118.00–120.00	118.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	118.00–125.00	120.39
2	—	315	132.00–137.00	134.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	160.00–165.00	161.55
9	—	453	142.00–152.00	146.42
5	—	269	175.00–185.00	179.09
7	—	409	150.00–160.00	155.80
3	—	508	131.00–135.00	133.62
2	—	565	127.00–132.00	129.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	125.00–128.00	126.54
2	—	315	167.00–172.00	169.42
6	—	478	130.00–135.00	132.54
3	—	287	160.00–170.00	163.26
3	—	408	140.00–147.00	142.43
5	—	365	152.00–157.00	153.92
3	—	568	117.00–122.00	118.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	150.00–160.00	155.08
2	—	458	122.00–127.00	124.46
3	—	415	130.00–137.00	132.28
2	—	368	140.00–145.00	142.62

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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