Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2020-02-18

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
▲ 188 vs last sale 289▲ 78 vs year ago 399 · +19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 64▲ 66 vs year ago 76 · +86.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.93/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$178.93
38 head · 369 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.47
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1357193.5069116thin
Medium and Large 2357179.2964014thin
Medium and Large 3414149.156178thin
One grade step is worth $44.35/cwt here — about $74 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
178.93
—
FL average10 barns · 353 hd
176.46
+2.47
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—Average1,52279.651,2123thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31861.1080513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19952.946355thin

Every lot

29 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 2268202.66/cwt200.00–205.005434
Steers—Medium and Large 1270219.63/cwt215.00–225.005932
Steers—Medium and Large 1315215.24/cwt210.00–220.006784
Steers—Medium and Large 2315198.61/cwt195.00–202.006262
Steers—Medium and Large 3358162.45/cwt160.00–165.005822
Steers—Medium and Large 1360188.60/cwt185.00–192.006796
Steers—Medium and Large 2370171.71/cwt170.00–175.006353
Steers—Medium and Large 1413169.55/cwt167.00–172.007002
Steers—Medium and Large 3418147.60/cwt145.00–150.006174
Steers—Medium and Large 2422160.64/cwt160.00–162.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 2458152.54/cwt150.00–155.006992
Steers—Medium and Large 3460138.96/cwt137.00–141.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 1463162.54/cwt160.00–165.007532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270152.36/cwt150.00–155.004112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280167.46/cwt165.00–170.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305163.56/cwt160.00–167.004992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320152.38/cwt150.00–155.004884
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320137.66/cwt135.00–140.004414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3355132.46/cwt130.00–135.004702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368142.45/cwt140.00–145.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415146.95/cwt145.00–149.006104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463138.03/cwt137.00–139.006392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470129.60/cwt128.00–133.006093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518127.58/cwt125.00–130.006612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2791
Bulls——1,54875.98/cwt75.00–77.001,1762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19952.94/cwt51.00–56.006355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25563.54/cwt62.00–64.007974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34660.01/cwt57.00–61.008089

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.