Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. 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 $310.51/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$310.51

50 head · 384 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$29.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.03

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	390	318.82	1,243	36
Medium and Large 2	370	289.14	1,069	14thin

One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $173 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 sale50 hd

310.51

—

FL average7 barns · 342 hd

298.48

+12.03

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	—	Low	1,442	115.50	1,666	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	111.50	1,352	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	103.13	1,022	6thin

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	—	518	267.75/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	355.47/cwt	340.00–380.00	974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	282.15/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,323	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	301.33/cwt	290.00–320.00	973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	304.82/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,295	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	330.41/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	320.27/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	277.72/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	347.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,438	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	276.09/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,143	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	459.05/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	286.51/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	293.48/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	409.53/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	349.66/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	290.20/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	379.69/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	300.12/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	369.86/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	395.34/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,435	4
Bulls	—	—	1,442	115.50/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,666	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	111.50/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,352	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	103.13/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,022	6

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 Feb 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 259Last week 304Year ago 433

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 62Year ago 83

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. 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
4	—	518	260.00–275.00	267.75
5	—	274	340.00–380.00	355.47
5	—	469	270.00–290.00	282.15
8	—	425	290.00–320.00	304.82
6	—	370	315.00–345.00	330.41
8	—	328	335.00–365.00	349.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	323	290.00–320.00	301.33
5	—	414	270.00–280.00	276.09
4	—	373	280.00–300.00	290.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	310.00–330.00	320.27
5	—	414	330.00–360.00	347.39
6	—	263	440.00–480.00	459.05
3	—	563	280.00–300.00	286.51
6	—	320	400.00–420.00	409.53
4	—	513	295.00–305.00	300.12
4	—	363	385.00–405.00	395.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	270.00–285.00	277.72
3	—	465	290.00–300.00	293.48
6	—	325	370.00–390.00	379.69
4	—	365	365.00–375.00	369.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	114.00–118.00	115.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,213	107.00–117.00	111.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	991	101.00–105.00	103.13

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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