Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $151.00/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$151.00

34 head · 394 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$12.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.31

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	369	157.08	579	17thin
Medium and Large 1	497	145.72	724	6thin
Medium and Large 3	377	144.47	544	11thin

One grade step is worth $12.61/cwt here — about $35 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 sale34 hd

151.00

—

FL average8 barns · 399 hd

148.69

+2.31

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	1,741	91.04	1,585	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,130	68.06	769	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	58.55	617	6thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,756	89.48/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,571	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	70.78/cwt	70.00–71.00	865	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	67.01/cwt	63.00–69.00	734	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	58.55/cwt	56.00–62.00	617	6
Bulls	—	—	1,688	96.50/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	127.44/cwt	125.00–130.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	136.05/cwt	132.00–140.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	142.55/cwt	140.00–145.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	147.93/cwt	145.00–150.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	172.39/cwt	167.00–175.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	143.43/cwt	140.00–147.00	513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	153.27/cwt	150.00–155.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	157.72/cwt	155.00–162.00	519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	174.55/cwt	170.00–177.00	457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	143.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	121.93/cwt	120.00–124.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	158.56/cwt	155.00–162.00	663	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	112.40/cwt	110.00–115.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	133.39/cwt	130.00–137.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	121.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.28/cwt	115.00–130.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	138.63/cwt	137.00–142.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	114.92/cwt	112.00–118.00	532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	123.45/cwt	120.00–127.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	131.55/cwt	130.00–135.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	253	141.95/cwt	137.00–147.00	359	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 Feb 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 259Last week 306Year ago 477

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 131Year ago 142

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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	—	1,756	87.00–92.00	89.48
2	—	1,688	94.00–99.00	96.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,222	70.00–71.00	70.78
13	—	1,095	63.00–69.00	67.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,053	56.00–62.00	58.55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	125.00–130.00	127.44
2	—	520	115.00–130.00	122.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	120.00–124.00	121.93
3	—	317	137.00–142.00	138.63
2	—	463	112.00–118.00	114.92
3	—	377	130.00–135.00	131.55
4	—	253	137.00–147.00	141.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	110.00–115.00	112.40
3	—	372	120.00–125.00	121.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	132.00–140.00	136.05
2	—	515	140.00–145.00	142.55
2	—	418	155.00–162.00	158.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	410	145.00–150.00	147.93
3	—	307	167.00–175.00	172.39
3	—	377	150.00–155.00	153.27
3	—	262	170.00–177.00	174.55
3	—	460	140.00–145.00	143.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	140.00–147.00	143.43
5	—	329	155.00–162.00	157.72
2	—	413	130.00–137.00	133.39
2	—	478	120.00–127.00	123.45

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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