Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.17/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$168.17

49 head · 344 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$34.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.60

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	315	182.77	575	26
Medium and Large 2	374	154.63	578	12thin
Medium and Large 3	378	148.42	562	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.35/cwt here — about $14 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 sale49 hd

168.17

—

FL average9 barns · 430 hd

147.57

+20.60

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	1,505	81.35	1,224	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	65.46	829	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	56.35	569	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,505	81.35/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,224	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	65.46/cwt	62.00–68.00	829	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	56.35/cwt	54.00–59.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	132.03/cwt	130.00–134.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	156.49/cwt	150.00–160.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	212	185.86/cwt	175.00–200.00	394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	186.25/cwt	180.00–195.00	497	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	151.63/cwt	150.00–155.00	697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	208	232.23/cwt	225.00–240.00	483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	181.92/cwt	177.00–187.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	145.33/cwt	140.00–150.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	142.46/cwt	140.00–145.00	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	143.59/cwt	140.00–147.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	138.08/cwt	135.00–141.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	123.63/cwt	120.00–127.00	579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	137.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	166.37/cwt	160.00–170.00	436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	153.24/cwt	150.00–155.00	559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	167.34/cwt	165.00–170.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	116.54/cwt	115.00–118.00	478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	128.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	110.20/cwt	108.00–115.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	105.44/cwt	103.00–108.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	165.23/cwt	157.00–172.00	440	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	162.27/cwt	160.00–167.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	159.13/cwt	157.00–163.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	143.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	122.97/cwt	120.00–126.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	157.05/cwt	155.00–160.00	517	7

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 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 329Last week 280Year ago 203

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 282Year ago 20

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
2	—	1,505	80.00–83.00	81.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,267	62.00–68.00	65.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	54.00–59.00	56.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	130.00–134.00	132.03
3	—	308	150.00–160.00	156.49
7	—	212	175.00–200.00	185.86
7	—	266	157.00–172.00	165.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	140.00–150.00	145.33
2	—	315	140.00–145.00	142.46
2	—	360	135.00–141.00	138.08
2	—	468	120.00–127.00	123.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	115.00–118.00	116.54
3	—	368	125.00–130.00	128.30
3	—	477	108.00–115.00	110.20
4	—	518	103.00–108.00	105.44
4	—	320	130.00–135.00	132.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	267	180.00–195.00	186.25
3	—	460	150.00–155.00	151.63
4	—	208	225.00–240.00	232.23
4	—	305	177.00–187.00	181.92
3	—	370	160.00–167.00	162.27
3	—	413	157.00–163.00	159.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	140.00–147.00	143.59
2	—	510	135.00–140.00	137.45
3	—	262	160.00–170.00	166.37
3	—	365	150.00–155.00	153.24
2	—	320	165.00–170.00	167.34
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	140.00–147.00	143.64
2	—	560	120.00–126.00	122.97
7	—	329	155.00–160.00	157.05

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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