Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2019-04-16

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 382▼ 136 vs year ago 428 · −31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 38▼ 55 vs year ago 107 · −51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. 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 $149.99/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$149.99
38 head · 371 lb average
Value per head Derived
$557
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.22
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1352159.2956019thin
Medium and Large 2403143.4057812thin
Medium and Large 3370136.045037thin
One grade step is worth $23.24/cwt here — about $58 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 sale38 hd
149.99
—
FL average10 barns · 796 hd
147.76
+2.22
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—Average1,35375.821,0264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08752.435705thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97549.324815thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268222.82/cwt217.00–227.005975
Steers—Medium and Large 2278208.66/cwt205.00–212.005802
Steers—Medium and Large 1310208.72/cwt207.00–212.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 2318198.40/cwt195.00–200.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 3318187.52/cwt185.00–190.005962
Steers—Medium and Large 3355175.94/cwt172.00–180.006252
Steers—Medium and Large 2369187.96/cwt185.00–192.006945
Steers—Medium and Large 2413169.58/cwt167.00–172.007002
Steers—Medium and Large 3413159.42/cwt157.00–162.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 2468164.41/cwt162.00–167.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 3468156.04/cwt155.00–157.007302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1227178.24/cwt175.00–180.004053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268168.27/cwt165.00–172.004514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313167.40/cwt165.00–170.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315143.39/cwt140.00–147.004522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318157.44/cwt155.00–160.005014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360158.97/cwt157.00–160.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367136.59/cwt135.00–140.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368148.67/cwt145.00–152.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425146.35/cwt145.00–147.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425139.59/cwt137.00–142.005932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428127.88/cwt124.00–132.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455144.53/cwt142.00–147.006582
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465134.84/cwt130.00–140.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520139.41/cwt135.00–144.007252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523122.44/cwt120.00–125.006402
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428177.57/cwt175.00–180.007602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457170.28/cwt167.00–172.007783
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,35375.82/cwt75.00–77.001,0264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97549.32/cwt45.00–51.004815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08752.43/cwt51.00–54.005705

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.