Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-26

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 steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.04/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$176.04

44 head · 413 lb average

Value per head Derived

$727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$16.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	434	182.38	792	14thin
Medium and Large 2	405	176.31	713	21
Medium and Large 3	399	165.55	661	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.83/cwt here — about $131 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 sale44 hd

176.04

—

FL average8 barns · 519 hd

177.41

−1.37

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	1,600	95.93	1,535	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	75.96	937	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	73.60	779	18

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	—	408	158.39/cwt	157.00–161.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	174.87/cwt	170.00–180.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	148.47/cwt	145.00–152.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	167.90/cwt	165.00–170.00	520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	150.13/cwt	145.00–155.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	141.62/cwt	140.00–145.00	474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	172.58/cwt	170.00–175.00	644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	168.02/cwt	167.00–170.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	257	191.75/cwt	190.00–195.00	493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	159.93/cwt	157.00–162.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	172.59/cwt	170.00–175.00	734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	166.52/cwt	165.00–168.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	194.74/cwt	190.00–197.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	179.57/cwt	177.00–185.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	157.42/cwt	155.00–160.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	156.18/cwt	155.00–158.00	712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	191.62/cwt	190.00–195.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	173.39/cwt	170.00–175.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	161.96/cwt	160.00–164.00	834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	190.85/cwt	185.00–195.00	782	5
Bulls	—	—	1,630	99.42/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,621	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	94.18/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,493	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	75.96/cwt	73.00–79.00	937	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	73.60/cwt	71.00–76.00	779	18

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 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 235Last week 192Year ago 294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 192Year ago 114

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	157.00–161.00	158.39
4	—	283	170.00–180.00	174.87
4	—	510	145.00–152.00	148.47
5	—	310	165.00–170.00	167.90
5	—	456	155.00–158.00	156.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	145.00–155.00	150.13
4	—	325	155.00–160.00	157.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	335	140.00–145.00	141.62
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	170.00–175.00	172.58
5	—	420	157.00–162.00	159.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	167.00–170.00	168.02
3	—	365	190.00–195.00	191.62
3	—	472	170.00–175.00	173.39
5	—	410	185.00–195.00	190.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	257	190.00–195.00	191.75
4	—	425	170.00–175.00	172.59
4	—	483	165.00–168.00	166.52
3	—	315	190.00–197.00	194.74
3	—	363	177.00–185.00	179.57
4	—	515	160.00–164.00	161.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	97.00–102.00	99.42
4	—	1,585	93.00–95.00	94.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,233	73.00–79.00	75.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,058	71.00–76.00	73.60

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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