Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.01/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$147.01

36 head · 402 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$30.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.17

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	372	160.21	596	15thin
Medium and Large 2	409	143.54	587	12thin
Medium and Large 3	441	129.62	571	9thin

One grade step is worth $30.59/cwt here — about $25 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

147.01

—

FL average8 barns · 337 hd

139.83

+7.17

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	1,703	86.29	1,470	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,124	61.73	694	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	55.53	548	13

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Bulls	—	—	1,703	86.29/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	110.99/cwt	110.00–112.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	138.30/cwt	135.00–142.00	366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	104.56/cwt	102.00–107.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	129.96/cwt	128.00–132.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	116.63/cwt	115.00–120.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.36/cwt	118.00–127.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	145.97/cwt	145.00–147.00	537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	152.13/cwt	147.00–155.00	396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	133.58/cwt	130.00–137.00	418	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	112.17/cwt	110.00–115.00	526	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	61.01/cwt	58.00–64.00	662	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	65.20/cwt	65.00–66.00	855	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	55.53/cwt	52.00–58.00	548	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	137.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	162.38/cwt	160.00–165.00	598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	144.59/cwt	142.00–147.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	153.39/cwt	150.00–155.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	163.73/cwt	160.00–167.00	439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	138.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	115.69/cwt	115.00–117.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	172.64/cwt	170.00–175.00	457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	168.34/cwt	165.00–172.00	547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	157.44/cwt	155.00–160.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	126.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	132.59/cwt	130.00–135.00	557	4

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 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 152Last week 147Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 16Year ago 43

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	84.00–88.00	86.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,085	58.00–64.00	61.01
5	—	1,312	65.00–66.00	65.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	986	52.00–58.00	55.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	110.00–112.00	110.99
2	—	413	128.00–132.00	129.96
3	—	520	115.00–120.00	116.63
2	—	368	145.00–147.00	145.97
3	—	260	147.00–155.00	152.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	135.00–142.00	138.30
4	—	513	102.00–107.00	104.56
2	—	413	118.00–127.00	122.36
2	—	313	130.00–137.00	133.58
7	—	469	110.00–115.00	112.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	105.00–107.00	106.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	135.00–140.00	137.44
4	—	368	160.00–165.00	162.38
3	—	418	150.00–155.00	153.39
2	—	265	170.00–175.00	172.64
4	—	325	165.00–172.00	168.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	140.00–145.00	142.43
2	—	268	160.00–167.00	163.73
3	—	460	135.00–140.00	138.37
2	—	318	155.00–160.00	157.44
3	—	507	125.00–130.00	126.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	142.00–147.00	144.59
3	—	520	115.00–117.00	115.69
4	—	420	130.00–135.00	132.59

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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