Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2019-05-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 14
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 117 vs last sale 319▼ 60 vs year ago 262 · −22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 65▼ 10 vs year ago 54 · −18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.16/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$137.16
23 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.69
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414142.1458811thin
Medium and Large 2368139.265128thin
Medium and Large 3444119.305304thin
One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $59 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 sale23 hd
137.16
—
FL average10 barns · 642 hd
138.86
−1.69
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—Average1,81078.731,4252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30654.737156thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18552.176182thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2268183.73/cwt180.00–187.004922
Steers—Medium and Large 3355155.99/cwt155.00–157.005542
Steers—Medium and Large 1360172.43/cwt170.00–175.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 2360161.30/cwt160.00–162.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 3417143.24/cwt140.00–145.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 1458150.54/cwt148.00–153.006892
Steers—Medium and Large 2458142.54/cwt140.00–145.006532
Steers—Medium and Large 3463136.29/cwt135.00–139.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 1555146.52/cwt144.00–149.008132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268152.66/cwt150.00–155.004092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310153.44/cwt150.00–157.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318142.44/cwt140.00–145.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360147.94/cwt146.00–150.005332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365142.40/cwt140.00–145.005202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412145.36/cwt142.00–147.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418122.03/cwt121.00–123.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470134.39/cwt132.00–137.006322
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470116.56/cwt115.00–118.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518127.96/cwt125.00–131.006632
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520119.53/cwt118.00–121.006222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520146.92/cwt145.00–149.007642
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81078.73/cwt77.00–81.001,4252
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18552.17/cwt50.00–54.006182
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30654.73/cwt52.00–56.007156

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.