Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.22/cwt on 35 head.

Average price

$152.22

35 head · 417 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.15

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	422	161.90	683	15thin
Medium and Large 2	426	149.92	639	11thin
Medium and Large 3	398	138.91	553	9thin

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $130 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 sale35 hd

152.22

—

FL average8 barns · 597 hd

150.07

+2.15

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	—	High	1,655	101.57	1,681	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,092	81.17	886	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	72.92	780	7thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	312	173.26/cwt	170.00–175.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	162.88/cwt	160.00–165.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	155.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	818	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	148.63/cwt	145.00–152.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	134.55/cwt	130.00–137.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	148.58/cwt	145.00–152.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	164.24/cwt	160.00–167.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	184.81/cwt	180.00–187.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	208.25/cwt	205.00–215.00	535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	173.56/cwt	170.00–177.00	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	153.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	144.13/cwt	142.00–148.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	138.04/cwt	137.00–140.00	577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	193.44/cwt	190.00–195.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	191.48/cwt	185.00–195.00	789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	157.46/cwt	155.00–160.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	158.60/cwt	155.00–162.00	825	4
Bulls	—	—	1,750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,613	94.45/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,523	2
Bulls	—	—	1,652	102.74/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,697	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	79.45/cwt	76.00–82.00	865	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	84.62/cwt	83.00–87.00	929	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	72.92/cwt	71.00–76.00	780	7

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 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 288Year ago 255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 155Year ago 41

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	170.00–175.00	173.26
5	—	364	160.00–165.00	162.88
5	—	525	150.00–160.00	155.89
2	—	473	155.00–160.00	157.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	145.00–152.00	148.63
4	—	420	145.00–152.00	148.58
3	—	378	150.00–155.00	153.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	130.00–137.00	134.55
3	—	315	142.00–148.00	144.13
3	—	418	137.00–140.00	138.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	160.00–167.00	164.24
3	—	373	180.00–187.00	184.81
6	—	418	170.00–177.00	173.56
4	—	520	155.00–162.00	158.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	257	205.00–215.00	208.25
3	—	378	190.00–195.00	193.44
3	—	412	185.00–195.00	191.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,613	94.00–95.00	94.45
5	—	1,652	101.00–105.00	102.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,089	76.00–82.00	79.45
8	—	1,098	83.00–87.00	84.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,070	71.00–76.00	72.92

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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