Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2019-03-26

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
264 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 181▼ 164 vs year ago 428 · −38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 54▲ 14 vs year ago 94 · +14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bull, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.05/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$145.05
45 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.88
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410151.3262017thin
Medium and Large 2404142.1557420
Medium and Large 3372138.995178thin
One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $103 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 sale45 hd
145.05
—
FL average10 barns · 861 hd
147.94
−2.88
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,62580.141,3022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09153.0357913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00947.8548319

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268224.67/cwt220.00–230.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 2318197.64/cwt195.00–200.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1325207.62/cwt205.00–210.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 2363182.59/cwt180.00–185.006632
Steers—Medium and Large 3365171.05/cwt167.00–175.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1372191.64/cwt190.00–195.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1407186.33/cwt185.00–187.007583
Steers—Medium and Large 2415174.82/cwt170.00–180.007264
Steers—Medium and Large 1455175.05/cwt170.00–180.007962
Steers—Medium and Large 3460150.37/cwt147.00–152.006923
Steers—Medium and Large 1515161.03/cwt160.00–162.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 2518152.42/cwt150.00–155.007904
Steers—Medium and Large 3518140.07/cwt135.00–145.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 3563137.44/cwt135.00–140.007742
Steers—Medium and Large 2565145.89/cwt142.00–150.008242
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268155.33/cwt150.00–160.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270175.09/cwt170.00–180.004732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315156.02/cwt155.00–157.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318164.80/cwt160.00–170.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318147.36/cwt145.00–150.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360155.97/cwt155.00–157.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360148.46/cwt147.00–150.005344
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373139.04/cwt137.00–140.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 3407133.36/cwt130.00–135.005433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420143.67/cwt140.00–147.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423152.57/cwt150.00–155.006452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468143.37/cwt140.00–147.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473132.46/cwt127.00–135.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508132.41/cwt130.00–137.006733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510122.38/cwt120.00–127.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565130.99/cwt130.00–132.007402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62580.14/cwt77.00–83.001,3022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00947.85/cwt44.00–50.0048319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07551.72/cwt50.00–53.0055610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14557.38/cwt56.00–60.006573

This sale against other markets

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.