Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.38/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$135.38

68 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$9.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.43

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	137.74	736	38
Medium and Large 2	415	136.14	566	16thin
Medium and Large 3	380	128.13	487	14thin

One grade step is worth $9.61/cwt here — about $249 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 sale68 hd

135.38

—

FL average9 barns · 888 hd

135.82

−0.43

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	83.45	1,316	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	64.25	782	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	53.93	548	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	378	150.37/cwt	148.00–155.00	568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	127.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	153.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	120.89/cwt	117.00–125.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	141.55/cwt	135.00–145.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	132.10/cwt	130.00–136.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	167.05/cwt	165.00–170.00	595	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	209.63/cwt	200.00–215.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	186.75/cwt	180.00–190.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	161.56/cwt	155.00–165.00	658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	185.36/cwt	180.00–190.00	595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	133.32/cwt	132.00–134.00	940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	133.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	165.08/cwt	160.00–170.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	128.40/cwt	125.00–132.00	806	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	121.69/cwt	117.00–124.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	507	136.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	151.07/cwt	147.00–155.00	861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	208.21/cwt	205.00–215.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	172.18/cwt	167.00–175.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	142.41/cwt	140.00–145.00	524	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	131.53/cwt	128.00–135.00	671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	267	185.31/cwt	175.00–190.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	122.44/cwt	120.00–125.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	126.98/cwt	124.00–128.00	895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	128.98/cwt	127.00–130.00	593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	166.48/cwt	160.00–175.00	440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.70/cwt	145.00–149.00	628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	423	6
Bulls	—	—	1,555	76.50/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,190	2
Bulls	—	—	1,586	86.23/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,368	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	60.00/cwt	58.00–64.00	754	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	67.56/cwt	65.00–71.00	802	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	53.93/cwt	53.00–56.00	548	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 Dec 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 634Last week 558Year ago 732

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 131Year ago 161

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	148.00–155.00	150.37
3	—	458	135.00–145.00	141.55
12	—	628	125.00–132.00	128.40
4	—	510	128.00–135.00	131.53
8	—	705	124.00–128.00	126.98
5	—	264	160.00–175.00	166.48
3	—	425	145.00–149.00	147.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	125.00–130.00	127.55
4	—	473	117.00–125.00	120.89
2	—	420	120.00–125.00	122.44
6	—	313	130.00–140.00	135.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	150.00–155.00	153.41
3	—	415	130.00–136.00	132.10
3	—	577	117.00–124.00	121.69
4	—	368	140.00–145.00	142.41
3	—	460	127.00–130.00	128.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	356	165.00–170.00	167.05
3	—	407	155.00–165.00	161.56
9	—	321	180.00–190.00	185.36
3	—	267	175.00–190.00	185.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	200.00–215.00	209.63
3	—	380	180.00–190.00	186.75
3	—	705	132.00–134.00	133.32
4	—	458	160.00–170.00	165.08
4	—	570	147.00–155.00	151.07
3	—	280	205.00–215.00	208.21
3	—	417	167.00–175.00	172.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	130.00–135.00	133.28
3	—	507	135.00–140.00	136.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	75.00–78.00	76.50
5	—	1,586	83.00–89.00	86.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,257	58.00–64.00	60.00
9	—	1,187	65.00–71.00	67.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	53.00–56.00	53.93

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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