Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.43/cwt on 38 head.

Average price

$141.43

38 head · 417 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$10.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	434	145.24	630	22
Medium and Large 3	346	137.83	477	7thin
Medium and Large 2	432	134.92	583	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $47 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 sale38 hd

141.43

—

FL average9 barns · 963 hd

141.12

+0.31

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	—	Low	1,577	87.47	1,380	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,122	67.35	756	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	61.23	642	14

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	152.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	143.77/cwt	137.00–147.00	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	145.26/cwt	142.00–147.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	133.38/cwt	130.00–137.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	131.70/cwt	128.00–137.00	678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	138.47/cwt	137.00–140.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	180.84/cwt	177.00–185.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	202.68/cwt	195.00–210.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	142.92/cwt	141.00–145.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	159.73/cwt	157.00–165.00	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	193.58/cwt	190.00–200.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	186.52/cwt	180.00–190.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	138.35/cwt	135.00–142.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	150.64/cwt	150.00–152.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	118.46/cwt	117.00–120.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	150.88/cwt	147.00–155.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	173.27/cwt	170.00–175.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	147.40/cwt	145.00–150.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	165.85/cwt	160.00–170.00	519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	155.86/cwt	150.00–160.00	655	5
Bulls	—	—	1,468	81.96/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,203	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	91.15/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,504	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	66.11/cwt	63.00–69.00	705	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	71.21/cwt	70.00–73.00	924	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	61.23/cwt	59.00–65.00	642	14

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 Aug 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 356Last week 526Year ago 296

Slaughter CattleReceipts 291Last week 226Year ago 79

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	150.00–155.00	152.45
8	—	478	137.00–140.00	138.48
5	—	515	128.00–137.00	131.70
2	—	418	145.00–150.00	147.40
5	—	313	160.00–170.00	165.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	137.00–147.00	143.77
4	—	373	130.00–137.00	133.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	142.00–147.00	145.26
2	—	418	135.00–142.00	138.35
2	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.46
2	—	518	117.00–120.00	118.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	137.00–140.00	138.47
2	—	323	170.00–175.00	172.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	177.00–185.00	180.84
2	—	318	195.00–210.00	202.68
3	—	455	157.00–165.00	159.73
2	—	520	147.00–155.00	150.88
3	—	418	170.00–175.00	173.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	141.00–145.00	142.92
3	—	265	190.00–200.00	193.58
3	—	307	180.00–190.00	186.52
3	—	477	150.00–152.00	150.64
5	—	420	150.00–160.00	155.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	81.00–83.00	81.96
3	—	1,650	88.00–94.00	91.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,066	63.00–69.00	66.11
9	—	1,297	70.00–73.00	71.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,049	59.00–65.00	61.23

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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