Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

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 $143.40/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$143.40

41 head · 359 lb average

Value per head Derived

$514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$17.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	376	151.31	569	11thin
Medium and Large 2	353	142.50	503	23
Medium and Large 3	351	133.92	470	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.39/cwt here — about $99 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 sale41 hd

143.40

—

FL average9 barns · 714 hd

145.32

−1.93

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	—	Low	1,658	83.19	1,379	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	64.34	758	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	932	58.26	543	8thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	—	1,677	77.58/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,301	3
Bulls	—	—	1,644	87.40/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,437	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	64.34/cwt	62.00–68.00	758	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	58.26/cwt	56.00–61.00	543	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	161.95/cwt	155.00–165.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	154.77/cwt	150.00–157.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	145.84/cwt	140.00–152.00	413	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	166.82/cwt	160.00–170.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	141.65/cwt	138.00–145.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	117.09/cwt	113.00–121.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	176.55/cwt	175.00–180.00	579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	181.11/cwt	177.00–185.00	485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	178.44/cwt	175.00–185.00	753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	141.71/cwt	140.00–145.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	156.50/cwt	150.00–160.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	194.91/cwt	190.00–200.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	168.58/cwt	165.00–172.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	144.56/cwt	142.00–147.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	146.02/cwt	145.00–147.00	523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	166.52/cwt	160.00–170.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	178.60/cwt	175.00–182.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	148.72/cwt	145.00–152.00	476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	133.39/cwt	130.00–137.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	134.13/cwt	130.00–137.00	484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	169.15/cwt	165.00–172.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	133.27/cwt	130.00–135.00	544	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 Apr 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 305Last week 224Year ago 177

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 53Year ago 33

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
3	—	1,677	77.00–79.00	77.58
4	—	1,644	84.00–90.00	87.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,178	62.00–68.00	64.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	932	56.00–61.00	58.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	155.00–165.00	161.95
3	—	367	150.00–157.00	154.77
3	—	462	140.00–145.00	141.71
2	—	415	142.00–147.00	144.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	283	140.00–152.00	145.84
2	—	563	113.00–121.00	117.09
6	—	358	145.00–147.00	146.02
6	—	320	145.00–152.00	148.72
3	—	408	130.00–135.00	133.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	130.00–137.00	133.39
5	—	361	130.00–137.00	134.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	160.00–170.00	166.82
3	—	328	175.00–180.00	176.55
6	—	268	177.00–185.00	181.11
3	—	462	150.00–160.00	156.50
3	—	368	160.00–170.00	166.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	138.00–145.00	141.65
2	—	515	130.00–135.00	132.52
5	—	319	165.00–172.00	169.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	175.00–185.00	178.44
2	—	275	190.00–200.00	194.91
2	—	460	165.00–172.00	168.58
2	—	360	175.00–182.00	178.60

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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