Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2020-04-28

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 152▼ 61 vs year ago 252 · −24.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 96▼ 55 vs year ago 119 · −46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, 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 $127.58/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$127.58
40 head · 392 lb average
Value per head Derived
$500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.73
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1384137.5752813thin
Medium and Large 2416124.1851714thin
Medium and Large 3374121.2545313thin
One grade step is worth $16.32/cwt here — about $75 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 sale40 hd
127.58
—
FL average10 barns · 551 hd
126.85
+0.73
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%Average1,09260.4866015
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02854.2455813

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1312169.02/cwt167.00–170.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 2319160.11/cwt157.00–165.005115
Steers—Medium and Large 3325153.44/cwt150.00–155.004993
Steers—Medium and Large 1368157.62/cwt155.00–160.005806
Steers—Medium and Large 3370142.64/cwt140.00–145.005282
Steers—Medium and Large 1414153.78/cwt150.00–159.006375
Steers—Medium and Large 3415135.90/cwt132.00–140.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 2423143.46/cwt142.00–145.006072
Steers—Medium and Large 1465147.55/cwt145.00–150.006862
Steers—Medium and Large 2470138.45/cwt137.00–140.006512
Steers—Medium and Large 2505126.98/cwt125.00–128.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 3512116.39/cwt115.00–119.005963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318127.91/cwt125.00–132.004075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325146.12/cwt142.00–148.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325140.95/cwt140.00–142.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365142.68/cwt140.00–147.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368133.33/cwt130.00–137.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379121.95/cwt120.00–125.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417131.24/cwt129.00–136.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420123.10/cwt119.00–127.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3457108.99/cwt107.00–110.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470121.45/cwt120.00–123.005712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478113.97/cwt112.00–116.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518103.01/cwt102.00–104.005342
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473138.42/cwt135.00–140.006553
Bulls—Medium and Large 2508125.25/cwt120.00–128.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513113.97/cwt112.00–116.005852
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02854.24/cwt51.00–57.0055813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09260.48/cwt58.00–63.0066015

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.