Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-26

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 $161.75/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$161.75

44 head · 399 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$27.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.46

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	367	179.65	659	13thin
Medium and Large 2	429	155.64	667	19thin
Medium and Large 3	388	152.03	590	12thin

One grade step is worth $27.62/cwt here — about $68 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 sale44 hd

161.75

—

FL average9 barns · 620 hd

152.29

+9.46

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	56.05	702	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	55.15	548	5thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	330	151.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	138.72/cwt	137.00–142.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	133.69/cwt	131.00–135.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	146.14/cwt	142.00–150.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	128.57/cwt	125.00–132.00	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	162.27/cwt	157.00–167.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	176.62/cwt	175.00–180.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	147.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	177.40/cwt	175.00–180.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	160.14/cwt	155.00–165.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	164.56/cwt	162.00–167.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	152.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	123.06/cwt	121.00–125.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	136.06/cwt	132.00–138.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	193.31/cwt	190.00–197.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	194.07/cwt	190.00–197.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	141.63/cwt	140.00–145.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	150.24/cwt	145.00–155.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	130.90/cwt	127.00–135.00	537	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	56.05/cwt	53.00–60.00	702	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	55.15/cwt	52.00–56.00	548	5

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 Oct 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 399Last week 751Year ago 490

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 132Year ago 107

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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
3	—	330	150.00–155.00	151.57
3	—	422	137.00–142.00	138.72
3	—	457	131.00–135.00	133.69
4	—	363	142.00–150.00	146.14
6	—	515	125.00–130.00	127.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	120.00–125.00	122.41
2	—	363	125.00–132.00	128.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	121.00–125.00	123.06
2	—	263	145.00–155.00	150.24
2	—	378	135.00–140.00	137.42
2	—	410	127.00–135.00	130.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	157.00–167.00	162.27
3	—	325	175.00–180.00	176.62
4	—	470	145.00–150.00	147.58
2	—	260	175.00–180.00	177.40
3	—	577	132.00–138.00	136.06
3	—	520	140.00–145.00	141.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	155.00–165.00	160.14
4	—	425	162.00–167.00	164.56
2	—	270	190.00–197.00	193.31
5	—	320	190.00–197.00	194.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	315	160.00–170.00	164.92
2	—	355	150.00–155.00	152.46
4	—	515	130.00–135.00	132.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,253	53.00–60.00	56.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	994	52.00–56.00	55.15

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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