Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.30/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$129.30

39 head · 402 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$16.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.97

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	412	137.23	565	11thin
Medium and Large 2	399	130.19	519	16thin
Medium and Large 3	397	120.83	480	12thin

One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $86 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

129.30

—

FL average10 barns · 770 hd

125.32

+3.97

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	1,548	84.21	1,304	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,258	62.59	787	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	58.10	629	23

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,548	84.21/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,304	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	62.59/cwt	60.00–65.00	787	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	58.10/cwt	54.00–60.00	629	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	149.44/cwt	147.00–152.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	158.57/cwt	157.00–160.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	159.94/cwt	157.00–162.00	685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	133.38/cwt	130.00–135.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	142.54/cwt	140.00–145.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	127.06/cwt	122.00–132.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	112.87/cwt	107.00–117.00	519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	131.72/cwt	130.00–135.00	435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	143.49/cwt	140.00–150.00	397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	121.71/cwt	120.00–125.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	140.91/cwt	137.00–143.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	166.70/cwt	165.00–170.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	123.96/cwt	120.00–128.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	178.69/cwt	175.00–182.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	152.58/cwt	150.00–155.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	116.02/cwt	115.00–118.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	154.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	141.71/cwt	140.00–145.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	147.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	142.27/cwt	140.00–147.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	139.44/cwt	137.00–142.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	136.10/cwt	132.00–140.00	698	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 May 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 294Year ago 176

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 114Year ago 75

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,548	83.00–85.00	84.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,258	60.00–65.00	62.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,082	54.00–60.00	58.10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	147.00–152.00	149.44
2	—	413	135.00–140.00	137.58
2	—	470	130.00–135.00	132.42
3	—	373	137.00–143.00	140.91
2	—	505	120.00–128.00	123.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	130.00–135.00	133.38
2	—	330	140.00–145.00	142.54
2	—	410	122.00–132.00	127.06
3	—	277	140.00–150.00	143.49
3	—	477	120.00–125.00	121.71
3	—	505	115.00–118.00	116.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	120.00–125.00	122.62
5	—	460	107.00–117.00	112.87
3	—	330	130.00–135.00	131.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	157.00–160.00	158.57
3	—	308	165.00–170.00	166.70
3	—	462	140.00–145.00	141.71
4	—	413	145.00–150.00	147.55
2	—	513	132.00–140.00	136.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	157.00–162.00	159.94
2	—	270	175.00–182.00	178.69
2	—	458	150.00–160.00	154.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	150.00–155.00	152.58
3	—	370	140.00–147.00	142.27
2	—	415	137.00–142.00	139.44

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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