Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2020-02-25

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 25
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 477▲ 101 vs year ago 229 · +44.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 142▼ 86 vs year ago 123 · −69.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers 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 $139.06/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$139.06
45 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.09
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449142.0363818thin
Medium and Large 2375141.1653016thin
Medium and Large 3378131.1349511thin
One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $143 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 sale45 hd
139.06
—
FL average10 barns · 779 hd
147.14
−8.09
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—High1,81093.001,6832thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,00462.486274thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07851.075512thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268224.35/cwt215.00–235.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 1310216.45/cwt210.00–220.006713
Steers—Medium and Large 3323187.44/cwt185.00–190.006052
Steers—Medium and Large 1358194.90/cwt190.00–200.006984
Steers—Medium and Large 3367163.59/cwt162.00–167.006003
Steers—Medium and Large 2368178.26/cwt175.00–180.006563
Steers—Medium and Large 3428145.15/cwt142.00–152.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 2455152.38/cwt150.00–157.006933
Steers—Medium and Large 1458162.54/cwt160.00–165.007442
Steers—Medium and Large 1523152.56/cwt150.00–155.007982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275154.33/cwt145.00–160.004245
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323139.73/cwt135.00–145.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327148.53/cwt147.00–152.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358154.90/cwt150.00–160.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371132.64/cwt130.00–137.004925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405147.48/cwt146.00–149.005974
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413124.95/cwt122.00–128.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2417135.18/cwt130.00–138.005643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458131.55/cwt125.00–135.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471140.82/cwt137.00–147.006635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513120.56/cwt118.00–123.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520129.98/cwt128.00–131.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560126.46/cwt124.00–129.007082
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6832
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00462.48/cwt58.00–64.006274
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07851.07/cwt50.00–52.005512

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.