Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.31/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$136.31

30 head · 385 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$14.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.04

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	403	141.78	572	14thin
Medium and Large 2	367	136.22	500	8thin
Medium and Large 3	373	126.84	473	8thin

One grade step is worth $14.94/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 sale30 hd

136.31

—

FL average10 barns · 615 hd

132.27

+4.04

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	1,530	82.24	1,258	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	62.74	800	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	951	57.58	548	10

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
Bulls	—	—	1,530	82.24/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,258	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	62.74/cwt	61.00–65.00	800	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	57.58/cwt	55.00–60.00	548	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	159.77/cwt	155.00–165.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	151.13/cwt	147.00–155.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	148.45/cwt	145.00–152.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	138.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	133.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	129.38/cwt	127.00–132.00	408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	166.56/cwt	160.00–170.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	136.54/cwt	130.00–140.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	141.05/cwt	140.00–143.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	121.47/cwt	120.00–123.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	138.60/cwt	135.00–142.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	142.59/cwt	140.00–145.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	168.55/cwt	165.00–172.00	607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	150.90/cwt	147.00–155.00	619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	144.52/cwt	142.00–147.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	123.07/cwt	121.00–125.00	517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	157.40/cwt	155.00–160.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	132.43/cwt	130.00–137.00	540	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 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 294Last week 247Year ago 191

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 40Year ago 64

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	80.00–84.50	82.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	61.00–65.00	62.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	951	55.00–60.00	57.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	273	155.00–165.00	159.77
2	—	320	147.00–155.00	151.13
2	—	355	145.00–152.00	148.45
3	—	460	130.00–135.00	133.37
3	—	415	140.00–143.00	141.05
2	—	563	120.00–123.00	121.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	135.00–140.00	138.43
2	—	360	135.00–142.00	138.60
3	—	408	130.00–137.00	132.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	125.00–130.00	127.45
2	—	315	127.00–132.00	129.38
2	—	420	121.00–125.00	123.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	160.00–170.00	166.56
6	—	360	165.00–172.00	168.55
2	—	520	142.00–147.00	144.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	130.00–140.00	136.54
2	—	468	140.00–145.00	142.59
2	—	410	147.00–155.00	150.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	155.00–160.00	157.40

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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