Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2019-04-30

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
252 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 348▼ 125 vs year ago 377 · −33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 43▼ 7 vs year ago 126 · −5.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to firm, bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower under light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.09/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$144.09
28 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.74
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425146.0362010thin
Medium and Large 2366145.8553414thin
Medium and Large 3403133.105364thin
One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $84 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 sale28 hd
144.09
—
FL average10 barns · 843 hd
144.83
−0.74
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%Average1,17154.1763414
CowsLean 85-90%Average96350.3248515

Every lot

25 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1227223.53/cwt220.00–230.005073
Steers—Medium and Large 1254221.14/cwt215.00–230.005625
Steers—Medium and Large 2268202.01/cwt195.00–210.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 2315193.67/cwt190.00–197.006104
Steers—Medium and Large 1317202.28/cwt200.00–207.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 2370177.60/cwt175.00–180.006572
Steers—Medium and Large 1420172.38/cwt170.00–175.007242
Steers—Medium and Large 1468168.44/cwt167.00–170.007882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263155.24/cwt150.00–160.004082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310162.42/cwt160.00–165.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323153.64/cwt150.00–157.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335142.54/cwt140.00–145.004782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367148.27/cwt145.00–150.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415145.42/cwt142.00–149.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415137.47/cwt135.00–140.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458132.38/cwt131.00–135.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465143.42/cwt140.00–147.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470123.65/cwt120.00–127.005812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518133.48/cwt130.00–137.006912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418170.39/cwt167.00–172.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420161.67/cwt160.00–165.006793
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460154.61/cwt152.00–160.007113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470165.99/cwt165.00–167.007802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96350.32/cwt48.00–53.0048515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17154.17/cwt53.00–58.0063414

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.