Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.09/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$185.09

36 head · 380 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$30.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.03

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	368	199.29	734	19thin
Medium and Large 2	420	169.28	710	10thin
Medium and Large 3	357	169.12	603	7thin

One grade step is worth $30.17/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 sale36 hd

185.09

—

FL average9 barns · 546 hd

172.05

+13.03

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	1,669	100.29	1,673	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	75.90	943	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	73.03	781	14

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	—	318	163.40/cwt	160.00–170.00	520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	154.56/cwt	152.00–157.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	138.23/cwt	135.00–140.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	143.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	153.05/cwt	150.00–160.00	418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	150.27/cwt	147.00–152.00	491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	176.76/cwt	175.00–180.00	645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	154.78/cwt	152.00–160.00	632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	191.48/cwt	185.00–195.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	169.56/cwt	167.00–175.00	724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	179.88/cwt	175.00–185.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	149.81/cwt	145.00–152.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	171.63/cwt	170.00–175.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	231.28/cwt	220.00–240.00	615	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	184.09/cwt	180.00–190.00	766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	206.77/cwt	200.00–210.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	163.46/cwt	160.00–167.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	170.09/cwt	165.00–175.00	459	4
Bulls	—	—	1,689	102.66/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,734	4
Bulls	—	—	1,628	95.54/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,555	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	75.27/cwt	73.00–77.00	928	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	80.69/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,059	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	73.03/cwt	71.00–75.00	781	14

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 May 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 215Last week 310Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 121Year ago 319

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
3	—	318	160.00–170.00	163.40
4	—	430	152.00–157.00	154.56
4	—	270	165.00–175.00	170.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	135.00–140.00	138.23
3	—	317	140.00–145.00	143.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	150.00–160.00	153.05
3	—	327	147.00–152.00	150.27
3	—	378	145.00–152.00	149.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	175.00–180.00	176.76
3	—	427	167.00–175.00	169.56
4	—	455	160.00–167.00	163.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	152.00–160.00	154.78
4	—	318	175.00–185.00	179.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	365	185.00–195.00	191.48
3	—	520	170.00–175.00	171.63
5	—	266	220.00–240.00	231.28
5	—	416	180.00–190.00	184.09
3	—	310	200.00–210.00	206.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,689	100.00–104.00	102.66
2	—	1,628	94.00–97.00	95.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,233	73.00–77.00	75.27
3	—	1,313	80.00–81.00	80.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,069	71.00–75.00	73.03

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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