Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2020-04-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 177▼ 145 vs year ago 292 · −49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 33▼ 36 vs year ago 52 · −69.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher under light test. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.73/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$146.73
29 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1368154.2156812thin
Medium and Large 2358148.1253013thin
Medium and Large 3494119.765924thin
One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale29 hd
146.73
—
FL average9 barns · 331 hd
146.05
+0.67
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%Average1,26960.337654thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99050.535002thin

Every lot

22 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 1268168.40/cwt165.00–172.004512
Steers—Medium and Large 2283157.65/cwt152.00–163.004462
Steers—Medium and Large 1305163.98/cwt163.00–165.005002
Steers—Medium and Large 2318157.60/cwt155.00–160.005012
Steers—Medium and Large 2363146.93/cwt145.00–149.005336
Steers—Medium and Large 1375154.62/cwt153.00–158.005803
Steers—Medium and Large 1410146.63/cwt145.00–150.006013
Steers—Medium and Large 2423137.83/cwt135.00–144.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 1458140.98/cwt140.00–142.006462
Steers—Medium and Large 3468125.08/cwt120.00–130.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 3520114.43/cwt112.00–117.005952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258149.43/cwt147.00–152.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270132.59/cwt130.00–135.003582
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320142.66/cwt140.00–145.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320122.67/cwt120.00–127.003935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322132.43/cwt130.00–137.004263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358128.57/cwt125.00–132.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368138.93/cwt137.00–141.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412132.62/cwt130.00–134.005463
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99050.53/cwt50.00–51.005002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25358.44/cwt57.00–61.007323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31566.00/cwt66.00–66.008681

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.