Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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 $154.85/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$154.85

29 head · 385 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$23.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.86

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	377	166.38	627	14thin
Medium and Large 2	437	145.66	636	7thin
Medium and Large 3	355	142.72	507	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.65/cwt here — about $120 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 sale29 hd

154.85

—

FL average9 barns · 520 hd

150.99

+3.86

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	1,380	101.67	1,403	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,126	79.46	895	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	74.18	726	20

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	—	385	166.35/cwt	165.00–167.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	155.64/cwt	155.00–157.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	138.35/cwt	135.00–142.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	148.74/cwt	147.00–152.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	139.62/cwt	137.00–145.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	181.48/cwt	170.00–187.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	147.46/cwt	145.00–150.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	178.39/cwt	175.00–182.00	562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	167.54/cwt	165.00–170.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	156.73/cwt	155.00–160.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	178.73/cwt	177.00–182.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	262	194.55/cwt	185.00–200.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	215.18/cwt	210.00–220.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	143.25/cwt	140.00–145.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	154.02/cwt	152.00–155.00	739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	212.03/cwt	205.00–220.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	164.96/cwt	161.00–167.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	188.96/cwt	187.00–192.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	181.58/cwt	180.00–185.00	603	3
Bulls	—	—	1,380	101.67/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,403	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	77.51/cwt	75.00–80.00	913	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,039	82.70/cwt	81.00–84.00	859	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	74.18/cwt	71.00–76.00	726	20

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 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 192Last week 251Year ago 247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 160Year ago 40

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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	—	385	165.00–167.00	166.35
3	—	427	155.00–157.00	155.64
3	—	257	170.00–187.00	181.48
2	—	315	175.00–182.00	178.39
3	—	480	152.00–155.00	154.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	135.00–142.00	138.35
3	—	312	147.00–152.00	148.74
3	—	357	137.00–145.00	139.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	145.00–150.00	147.46
3	—	462	140.00–145.00	143.25
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	165.00–170.00	167.54
3	—	463	155.00–160.00	156.73
3	—	332	180.00–185.00	181.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	177.00–182.00	178.73
2	—	280	210.00–220.00	215.18
2	—	320	205.00–220.00	212.03
3	—	565	161.00–167.00	164.96
5	—	429	187.00–192.00	188.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	262	185.00–200.00	194.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	100.00–104.00	101.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,178	75.00–80.00	77.51
12	—	1,039	81.00–84.00	82.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	979	71.00–76.00	74.18

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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