Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-24

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 $186.47/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$186.47

37 head · 386 lb average

Value per head Derived

$720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$26.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.77

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	198.54	731	20
Medium and Large 2	407	172.28	701	17thin

One grade step is worth $26.26/cwt here — about $30 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

186.47

—

FL average9 barns · 487 hd

171.70

+14.77

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	1,635	101.66	1,662	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,131	78.89	892	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	73.77	744	9thin

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	—	258	165.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	164.53/cwt	162.00–170.00	538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	151.30/cwt	150.00–154.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	139.62/cwt	135.00–144.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	156.80/cwt	150.00–160.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	129.03/cwt	127.00–130.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	160.04/cwt	156.00–164.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	222.30/cwt	215.00–230.00	618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	162.63/cwt	160.00–168.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	143.93/cwt	142.00–146.00	537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	178.42/cwt	175.00–180.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	188.44/cwt	180.00–200.00	509	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	203	246.56/cwt	240.00–250.00	501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	172.07/cwt	170.00–174.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	155.18/cwt	154.00–156.00	633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	185.03/cwt	180.00–190.00	792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	204.84/cwt	195.00–215.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	149.56/cwt	147.00–152.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	190.81/cwt	187.00–195.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	171.64/cwt	170.00–175.00	802	3
Bulls	—	—	1,635	101.66/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,662	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	78.89/cwt	74.00–80.00	892	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	73.77/cwt	71.00–76.00	744	9

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 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 238Last week 215Year ago 243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 163Year ago 234

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
2	—	258	160.00–170.00	165.15
3	—	327	162.00–170.00	164.53
3	—	465	150.00–154.00	151.30
3	—	567	127.00–130.00	129.03
5	—	408	154.00–156.00	155.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	135.00–144.00	139.62
3	—	323	150.00–160.00	156.80
4	—	373	142.00–146.00	143.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	156.00–164.00	160.04
3	—	477	160.00–168.00	162.63
3	—	380	175.00–180.00	178.42
5	—	270	180.00–200.00	188.44
2	—	420	170.00–174.00	172.07
2	—	568	147.00–152.00	149.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	215.00–230.00	222.30
3	—	203	240.00–250.00	246.56
8	—	428	180.00–190.00	185.03
2	—	315	195.00–215.00	204.84
2	—	373	187.00–195.00	190.81
3	—	467	170.00–175.00	171.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	100.00–103.00	101.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,131	74.00–80.00	78.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,009	71.00–76.00	73.77

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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