Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.98/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$136.98

55 head · 414 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.97

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	397	141.70	562	28
Medium and Large 1	447	138.09	617	14thin
Medium and Large 3	414	125.60	520	13thin

One grade step is worth $16.10/cwt here — about $42 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 sale55 hd

136.98

—

FL average10 barns · 918 hd

127.01

+9.97

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	1,277	73.76	942	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,097	51.51	565	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,135	45.70	519	26

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	320	125.97/cwt	125.00–127.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	109.47/cwt	108.00–111.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	117.97/cwt	117.00–120.00	493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	141.91/cwt	140.00–145.00	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	119.59/cwt	117.00–122.00	434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	157.55/cwt	155.00–160.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	118.09/cwt	115.00–120.00	378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	164.81/cwt	160.00–170.00	437	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	109.69/cwt	105.00–112.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	135.14/cwt	132.00–140.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	116.47/cwt	115.00–118.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	114.05/cwt	112.00–115.00	422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	136.70/cwt	135.00–140.00	483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	107.54/cwt	105.00–110.00	455	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	148.29/cwt	145.00–150.00	541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	116.48/cwt	115.00–118.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	98.47/cwt	97.00–100.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	123.02/cwt	122.00–125.00	572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	107.93/cwt	105.00–111.00	564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	142.58/cwt	140.00–145.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	102.43/cwt	100.00–105.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	137.59/cwt	135.00–140.00	365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	109.97/cwt	108.00–112.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	108.56/cwt	107.00–110.00	396	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	120.91/cwt	117.00–125.00	514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	115.98/cwt	114.00–117.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	105.98/cwt	105.00–107.00	507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	136.63/cwt	135.00–139.00	582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	112.30/cwt	111.00–115.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	110.41/cwt	109.00–112.00	353	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	565	2
Bulls	—	—	1,277	73.76/cwt	73.00–75.00	942	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	51.51/cwt	49.00–55.00	565	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	45.70/cwt	43.00–48.00	519	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	160.92/cwt	155.00–165.00	513	5

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 Oct 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 534Last week 335Year ago 479

Slaughter CattleReceipts 275Last week 124Year ago 91

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	125.00–127.00	125.97
2	—	510	108.00–111.00	109.47
3	—	418	117.00–120.00	117.97
4	—	363	117.00–122.00	119.59
4	—	458	115.00–118.00	116.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	320	115.00–120.00	118.09
3	—	370	112.00–115.00	114.05
4	—	568	97.00–100.00	98.47
4	—	515	100.00–105.00	102.43
2	—	265	135.00–140.00	137.59
4	—	468	108.00–112.00	109.97
3	—	435	111.00–115.00	112.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	105.00–110.00	107.54
4	—	365	107.00–110.00	108.56
2	—	478	105.00–107.00	105.98
4	—	320	109.00–112.00	110.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	423	140.00–145.00	141.91
2	—	358	155.00–160.00	157.55
5	—	459	132.00–140.00	135.14
2	—	563	115.00–118.00	116.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	265	160.00–170.00	164.81
3	—	587	105.00–112.00	109.69
3	—	365	145.00–150.00	148.29
3	—	465	122.00–125.00	123.02
3	—	515	114.00–117.00	115.98
5	—	426	135.00–139.00	136.63
5	—	319	155.00–165.00	160.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	135.00–140.00	136.70
2	—	523	105.00–111.00	107.93
2	—	315	140.00–145.00	142.58
4	—	425	117.00–125.00	120.91
2	—	475	118.00–120.00	119.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,277	73.00–75.00	73.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,097	49.00–55.00	51.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,135	43.00–48.00	45.70

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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