Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.94/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$163.94

26 head · 390 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$178

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

$6.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.11

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	330	168.20	555	9thin
Medium and Large 3	343	162.13	557	5thin
Medium and Large 1	454	161.49	733	12thin

One grade step is worth $6.72/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale26 hd

163.94

—

FL average9 barns · 474 hd

158.83

+5.11

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	1,253	82.08	1,028	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,103	66.43	733	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	58.60	564	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	143.23/cwt	140.00–145.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	183.57/cwt	180.00–187.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	166.14/cwt	162.00–170.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	152.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	143.21/cwt	140.00–150.00	372	3
Bulls	—	—	1,253	82.08/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,028	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	66.43/cwt	65.00–68.00	733	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	58.60/cwt	57.00–60.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	155.12/cwt	150.00–160.00	478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	152.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	143.58/cwt	140.00–147.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	258	173.23/cwt	170.00–175.00	447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	139.85/cwt	136.00–144.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	175.81/cwt	172.00–180.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	168.47/cwt	165.00–170.00	551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	141.77/cwt	140.00–145.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	163.59/cwt	160.00–167.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	166.12/cwt	162.00–170.00	686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	155.12/cwt	150.00–160.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	133.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	147.56/cwt	145.00–150.00	757	2

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 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 255Year ago 152

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 41Year ago 96

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	140.00–145.00	143.23
3	—	260	140.00–150.00	143.21
3	—	362	140.00–145.00	141.77
2	—	418	130.00–137.00	133.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	150.00–160.00	155.12
2	—	368	150.00–155.00	152.62
2	—	415	140.00–147.00	143.58
2	—	468	136.00–144.00	139.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	180.00–187.00	183.57
2	—	565	140.00–144.00	141.96
2	—	463	160.00–167.00	163.59
4	—	413	162.00–170.00	166.12
2	—	513	145.00–150.00	147.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	162.00–170.00	166.14
3	—	258	170.00–175.00	173.23
2	—	320	172.00–180.00	175.81
2	—	415	150.00–160.00	155.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	150.00–155.00	152.62
3	—	327	165.00–170.00	168.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	81.00–83.00	82.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,103	65.00–68.00	66.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	57.00–60.00	58.60

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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