Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-29

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 $151.25/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$151.25

40 head · 393 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$22.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.56

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	384	160.58	616	16thin
Medium and Large 2	399	147.45	588	18thin
Medium and Large 3	403	137.73	554	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.86/cwt here — about $62 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 sale40 hd

151.25

—

FL average9 barns · 582 hd

154.80

−3.56

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	1,920	107.78	2,069	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	85.38	1,023	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	78.57	754	11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	175.18/cwt	170.00–180.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	171.57/cwt	170.00–175.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	151.64/cwt	150.00–155.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	146.63/cwt	145.00–150.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	138.65/cwt	137.00–142.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	136.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	162.39/cwt	160.00–167.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	171.72/cwt	170.00–175.00	890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	151.10/cwt	147.00–155.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	170.24/cwt	165.00–175.00	626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	167.47/cwt	165.00–170.00	695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	183.33/cwt	180.00–187.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	194.77/cwt	190.00–200.00	541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	198.64/cwt	195.00–202.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	220.23/cwt	215.00–225.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	212.40/cwt	210.00–215.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	189.76/cwt	185.00–192.00	820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	176.61/cwt	175.00–180.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	158.30/cwt	155.00–160.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	182.46/cwt	180.00–185.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	163.39/cwt	160.00–165.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	138.31/cwt	135.00–140.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	162.90/cwt	160.00–165.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	162.43/cwt	160.00–165.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	123.89/cwt	120.00–130.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	158.27/cwt	155.00–160.00	646	3
Bulls	—	—	1,920	107.78/cwt	103.00–112.00	2,069	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	84.05/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,004	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	89.35/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,080	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	78.57/cwt	74.00–80.00	754	11

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 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 247Year ago 224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 193Last week 280Year ago 53

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
2	—	280	170.00–180.00	175.18
3	—	330	170.00–175.00	171.57
3	—	518	135.00–140.00	138.31
5	—	362	160.00–165.00	162.90
3	—	408	155.00–160.00	158.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	150.00–155.00	151.64
3	—	420	145.00–150.00	146.63
3	—	310	160.00–165.00	163.39
4	—	273	160.00–165.00	162.43
5	—	565	120.00–130.00	123.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	137.00–142.00	138.65
3	—	427	130.00–140.00	136.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	160.00–167.00	162.39
4	—	368	180.00–187.00	183.33
2	—	278	190.00–200.00	194.77
2	—	323	195.00–202.00	198.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	170.00–175.00	171.72
2	—	278	215.00–225.00	220.23
2	—	313	210.00–215.00	212.40
3	—	432	185.00–192.00	189.76
3	—	467	175.00–180.00	176.61
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	147.00–155.00	151.10
2	—	368	165.00–175.00	170.24
2	—	415	165.00–170.00	167.47
3	—	470	155.00–160.00	158.30
2	—	305	180.00–185.00	182.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,920	103.00–112.00	107.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,194	81.00–87.00	84.05
10	—	1,209	88.00–91.00	89.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	960	74.00–80.00	78.57

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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