Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.57/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$142.57

45 head · 336 lb average

Value per head Derived

$478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$11.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.02

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	363	148.22	538	22
Medium and Large 2	309	137.16	424	23

One grade step is worth $11.06/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 sale45 hd

142.57

—

FL average8 barns · 592 hd

134.55

+8.02

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	1,408	87.78	1,236	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,346	69.64	937	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,167	55.90	652	16

Every lot, as filed

20 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%	—	1,290	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	955	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	69.10/cwt	67.00–71.00	935	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	60.11/cwt	57.00–61.00	729	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	46.65/cwt	45.00–49.00	497	5
Bulls	—	—	1,408	87.78/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,236	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	272	191.91/cwt	190.00–195.00	522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	230	210.22/cwt	205.00–215.00	484	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	176.80/cwt	172.00–182.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	135.93/cwt	132.00–140.00	387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	134.81/cwt	130.00–140.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	133.46/cwt	127.00–140.00	499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	151.50/cwt	145.00–155.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	158.82/cwt	155.00–165.00	532	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	233	194.84/cwt	190.00–200.00	454	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	191.27/cwt	190.00–197.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	114.25/cwt	112.00–116.00	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	169.67/cwt	165.00–175.00	382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	226	143.82/cwt	140.00–147.00	325	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	164.77/cwt	160.00–170.00	450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	218.72/cwt	217.00–220.00	492	5

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 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 281Last week 259Year ago 330

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 145Year ago 37

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	74.00	74.00
8	—	1,353	67.00–71.00	69.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,213	57.00–61.00	60.11
5	—	1,065	45.00–49.00	46.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,408	85.00–90.00	87.78

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	272	190.00–195.00	191.91
6	—	230	205.00–215.00	210.22
6	—	375	172.00–182.00	176.80
5	—	337	190.00–197.00	191.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	335	155.00–165.00	158.82
6	—	233	190.00–200.00	194.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	285	132.00–140.00	135.93
2	—	323	130.00–140.00	134.81
10	—	374	127.00–140.00	133.46
7	—	226	140.00–147.00	143.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	145.00–155.00	151.50
7	—	574	112.00–116.00	114.25
6	—	225	165.00–175.00	169.67
6	—	273	160.00–170.00	164.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	225	217.00–220.00	218.72

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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