Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2019-04-02

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
342 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 264▲ 42 vs year ago 300 · +14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 108▲ 15 vs year ago 23 · +65.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.10/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$143.10
43 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.94
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443146.0064724
Medium and Large 2399139.6855717thin
Medium and Large 3370137.365082thin
One grade step is worth $8.63/cwt here — about $139 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 sale43 hd
143.10
—
FL average10 barns · 853 hd
146.03
−2.94
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05150.155277thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02545.034622thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1207226.45/cwt220.00–240.004693
Steers—Medium and Large 2266204.97/cwt195.00–212.005455
Steers—Medium and Large 1273230.28/cwt220.00–240.006294
Steers—Medium and Large 3313192.60/cwt190.00–195.006032
Steers—Medium and Large 1320219.84/cwt215.00–225.007032
Steers—Medium and Large 2329198.29/cwt197.00–202.006524
Steers—Medium and Large 2358186.08/cwt182.00–190.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 3363172.55/cwt170.00–175.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 1367196.59/cwt195.00–200.007213
Steers—Medium and Large 2418169.54/cwt167.00–172.007092
Steers—Medium and Large 1420183.33/cwt180.00–187.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 2468158.56/cwt157.00–160.007422
Steers—Medium and Large 2533152.96/cwt150.00–156.008152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268168.27/cwt165.00–172.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277153.01/cwt150.00–160.004243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318163.36/cwt160.00–167.005192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363147.55/cwt145.00–150.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370137.36/cwt135.00–140.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373159.08/cwt155.00–163.005934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413133.55/cwt132.00–135.005522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427153.13/cwt150.00–160.006543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460142.43/cwt140.00–147.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460133.04/cwt132.00–135.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513130.59/cwt127.00–134.006706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522121.32/cwt120.00–124.006333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558133.52/cwt132.00–135.007454
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02545.03/cwt44.00–46.004622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05150.15/cwt50.00–51.005277

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.