Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $156.56/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$156.56

37 head · 343 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$24.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.41

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	354	167.05	591	12thin
Medium and Large 2	325	155.87	506	17thin
Medium and Large 3	368	142.27	523	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.78/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 sale37 hd

156.56

—

FL average9 barns · 748 hd

157.97

−1.41

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	1,520	106.15	1,613	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	82.09	943	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	73.92	761	6thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	267	173.25/cwt	170.00–180.00	463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	173.51/cwt	170.00–180.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	163.13/cwt	160.00–170.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	158.32/cwt	155.00–160.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	146.64/cwt	145.00–150.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	161.15/cwt	157.00–165.00	529	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	215.86/cwt	210.00–222.00	708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	197.62/cwt	195.00–200.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	166.63/cwt	165.00–170.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	197.08/cwt	190.00–205.00	532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	187.47/cwt	185.00–190.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	200.11/cwt	195.00–205.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	172.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	167.40/cwt	165.00–170.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	149.42/cwt	147.00–152.00	471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	135.12/cwt	130.00–140.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	158.27/cwt	150.00–167.00	440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	149.59/cwt	147.00–152.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	186.60/cwt	185.00–190.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	184.65/cwt	180.00–187.00	844	3
Bulls	—	—	1,520	106.15/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,613	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	78.46/cwt	75.00–81.00	872	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	85.46/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,012	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	73.92/cwt	72.00–75.00	761	6

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 Apr 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 266Year ago 305

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 193Year ago 113

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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	—	267	170.00–180.00	173.25
3	—	318	170.00–180.00	173.51
3	—	373	160.00–170.00	163.13
3	—	457	155.00–160.00	158.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	145.00–150.00	146.64
4	—	328	157.00–165.00	161.15
8	—	278	150.00–167.00	158.27
2	—	368	147.00–152.00	149.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	147.00–152.00	149.42
4	—	420	130.00–140.00	135.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	210.00–222.00	215.86
2	—	373	195.00–200.00	197.62
3	—	432	185.00–190.00	186.60
3	—	457	180.00–187.00	184.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	165.00–170.00	166.63
4	—	270	190.00–205.00	197.08
2	—	375	185.00–190.00	187.47
4	—	333	195.00–205.00	200.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	170.00–175.00	172.40
4	—	418	165.00–170.00	167.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	105.00–109.00	106.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,112	75.00–81.00	78.46
14	—	1,184	84.00–88.00	85.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,030	72.00–75.00	73.92

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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