Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-19

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 $129.43/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$129.43

35 head · 393 lb average

Value per head Derived

$509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$13.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.06

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	385	137.82	531	13thin
Medium and Large 3	336	125.42	421	4thin
Medium and Large 2	411	124.26	511	18thin

One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $20 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 sale35 hd

129.43

—

FL average9 barns · 797 hd

126.37

+3.06

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	1,789	78.51	1,404	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	55.29	691	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	48.97	538	6thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,823	77.72/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,417	7
Bulls	—	—	1,550	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,302	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	55.29/cwt	53.00–58.00	691	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	48.97/cwt	47.00–52.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	157.14/cwt	150.00–165.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	148.43/cwt	145.00–150.00	490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	165.33/cwt	160.00–170.00	443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	157.44/cwt	155.00–160.00	501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	152.72/cwt	151.00–154.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	140.18/cwt	135.00–145.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	123.43/cwt	120.00–127.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	118.06/cwt	115.00–120.00	567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	119.75/cwt	116.00–125.00	510	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	181.41/cwt	175.00–195.00	472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	132.36/cwt	131.00–135.00	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	145.93/cwt	142.00–150.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	132.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	125.02/cwt	124.00–126.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	128.10/cwt	125.00–131.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	127.40/cwt	125.00–130.00	399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	151.74/cwt	150.00–155.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	143.28/cwt	140.00–145.00	605	3

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 Jan 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 466Last week 387Year ago 432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 124Last week 68Year ago 122

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
7	—	1,823	75.00–81.00	77.72
1	—	1,550	84.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	53.00–58.00	55.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	47.00–52.00	48.97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	150.00–165.00	157.14
2	—	358	140.00–142.00	140.98
2	—	503	115.00–120.00	117.49
3	—	330	145.00–150.00	148.43
2	—	408	130.00–135.00	132.55
2	—	478	124.00–126.00	125.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	135.00–145.00	140.18
4	—	368	130.00–134.00	131.96
5	—	480	115.00–120.00	118.06
7	—	426	116.00–125.00	119.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	120.00–127.00	123.43
2	—	313	125.00–130.00	127.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	160.00–170.00	165.33
2	—	465	135.00–140.00	137.58
3	—	358	150.00–155.00	151.74
3	—	422	140.00–145.00	143.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	155.00–160.00	157.44
2	—	413	130.00–135.00	132.42
4	—	470	125.00–131.00	128.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	151.00–154.00	152.72
3	—	260	175.00–195.00	181.41
3	—	505	131.00–135.00	132.36
2	—	313	170.00–175.00	172.40
2	—	458	142.00–150.00	145.93

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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