Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2019-05-21

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 202▼ 158 vs year ago 447 · −35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 44▲ 57 vs year ago 50 · +114.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.26/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$160.26
32 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.24
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1395162.1064114thin
Medium and Large 2354159.8356513thin
Medium and Large 3360156.255635thin
One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about $78 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 sale32 hd
160.26
—
FL average10 barns · 424 hd
160.51
−0.24
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—Average1,29880.581,0462thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18254.3764316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02050.685174thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268183.60/cwt182.00–185.004922
Steers—Medium and Large 2270173.46/cwt170.00–175.004683
Steers—Medium and Large 1307174.57/cwt170.00–177.005363
Steers—Medium and Large 2320163.61/cwt160.00–167.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 3360156.25/cwt155.00–158.005635
Steers—Medium and Large 1365166.54/cwt165.00–168.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 2368162.30/cwt161.00–163.005973
Steers—Medium and Large 2409148.65/cwt145.00–151.006085
Steers—Medium and Large 1413156.53/cwt155.00–158.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 1475151.08/cwt147.00–155.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 1523143.41/cwt140.00–145.007503
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315149.75/cwt147.00–155.004723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318142.56/cwt140.00–145.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318133.25/cwt130.00–135.004243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365147.60/cwt145.00–150.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365137.60/cwt135.00–140.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1407137.03/cwt136.00–139.005583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417125.00/cwt125.00–125.005213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465123.61/cwt120.00–127.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475134.04/cwt130.00–136.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508124.46/cwt122.00–127.006322
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470147.90/cwt145.00–151.006952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,29880.58/cwt78.00–83.001,0462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02050.68/cwt49.00–52.005174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18254.37/cwt52.00–57.0064316

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.