Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-01

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.75/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$155.75

41 head · 388 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$29.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.08

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	346	169.70	587	18thin
Medium and Large 2	421	148.01	623	14thin
Medium and Large 3	423	139.89	592	9thin

One grade step is worth $29.80/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale41 hd

155.75

—

FL average9 barns · 589 hd

157.83

−2.08

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	1,622	102.43	1,661	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,111	77.94	866	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	65.88	714	4thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	158.41/cwt	155.00–162.00	895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	160.95/cwt	157.00–165.00	652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	166.76/cwt	165.00–170.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	141.72/cwt	140.00–145.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	134.54/cwt	132.00–140.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	153.59/cwt	150.00–157.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	156.72/cwt	155.00–160.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	147.98/cwt	147.00–150.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	172.53/cwt	170.00–175.00	802	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	181.58/cwt	180.00–185.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	219.72/cwt	215.00–225.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	172.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	226.41/cwt	220.00–230.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	203.59/cwt	200.00–207.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	166.72/cwt	165.00–170.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	174.83/cwt	170.00–180.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	152.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	154.57/cwt	152.00–160.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	143.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	150.35/cwt	147.00–152.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	134.56/cwt	130.00–137.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	179.93/cwt	175.00–187.00	506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	146.69/cwt	145.00–150.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	169.72/cwt	167.00–175.00	540	3
Bulls	—	—	1,658	98.70/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,636	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	106.15/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,682	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	73.33/cwt	71.00–76.00	806	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	84.86/cwt	82.00–88.00	958	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	65.88/cwt	63.00–69.00	714	4

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 Mar 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 654Year ago 374

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 184Year ago 146

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
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	155.00–162.00	158.41
4	—	465	170.00–175.00	172.53
3	—	428	180.00–185.00	181.58
3	—	518	165.00–170.00	166.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	147.00–150.00	147.98
4	—	363	170.00–180.00	174.83
2	—	473	150.00–155.00	152.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	215.00–225.00	219.72
2	—	565	170.00–175.00	172.57
3	—	260	220.00–230.00	226.41
2	—	410	200.00–207.00	203.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	157.00–165.00	160.95
3	—	365	165.00–170.00	166.76
3	—	467	152.00–160.00	154.57
7	—	281	175.00–187.00	179.93
3	—	318	167.00–175.00	169.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	140.00–145.00	141.72
3	—	478	132.00–140.00	134.54
3	—	370	140.00–145.00	143.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	150.00–157.00	153.59
3	—	315	155.00–160.00	156.72
3	—	428	147.00–152.00	150.35
3	—	512	130.00–137.00	134.56
3	—	458	145.00–150.00	146.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	97.00–101.00	98.70
2	—	1,585	104.00–108.00	106.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,099	71.00–76.00	73.33
4	—	1,129	82.00–88.00	84.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,084	63.00–69.00	65.88

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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