Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.02/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$177.02

39 head · 354 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$34.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	353	189.33	669	18thin
Medium and Large 2	326	177.35	577	11thin
Medium and Large 3	386	154.50	596	10thin

One grade step is worth $34.83/cwt here — about $72 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 sale39 hd

177.02

—

FL average8 barns · 568 hd

171.60

+5.42

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	1,215	84.14	1,022	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	65.53	763	10

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,215	84.14/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,022	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	65.53/cwt	63.00–69.00	763	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	163.57/cwt	160.00–167.00	417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	137.26/cwt	132.00–140.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	165.08/cwt	160.00–170.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	152.36/cwt	148.00–157.00	629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	195.81/cwt	190.00–200.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	178.94/cwt	175.00–185.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	189.14/cwt	184.00–194.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	153.58/cwt	150.00–157.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	149.13/cwt	140.00–157.00	403	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	160.90/cwt	157.00–165.00	668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	176.90/cwt	170.00–180.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	131.03/cwt	128.00–134.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	146.74/cwt	145.00–150.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	183.06/cwt	175.00–190.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	140.78/cwt	137.00–145.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	118.94/cwt	117.00–121.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	158.38/cwt	155.00–162.00	575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	199.67/cwt	195.00–205.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	134.50/cwt	130.00–137.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	172.52/cwt	170.00–175.00	531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	142.46/cwt	140.00–145.00	595	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 Apr 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 305Year ago 147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 113Year ago 16

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	82.00–86.00	84.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,165	63.00–69.00	65.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	160.00–167.00	163.57
3	—	507	132.00–140.00	137.26
4	—	305	160.00–170.00	165.08
4	—	413	148.00–157.00	152.36
6	—	363	155.00–162.00	158.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	150.00–157.00	153.58
4	—	270	140.00–157.00	149.13
2	—	455	128.00–134.00	131.03
3	—	358	145.00–150.00	146.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	137.00–145.00	140.78
2	—	465	117.00–121.00	118.94
3	—	363	130.00–137.00	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	310	190.00–200.00	195.81
5	—	416	175.00–185.00	178.94
6	—	365	184.00–194.00	189.14
2	—	268	195.00–205.00	199.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	157.00–165.00	160.90
3	—	377	170.00–180.00	176.90
6	—	270	175.00–190.00	183.06
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	140.00–145.00	142.54
4	—	308	170.00–175.00	172.52
4	—	418	140.00–145.00	142.46

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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