Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2020-05-12

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 12
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 176▲ 1 vs year ago 202 · +0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 75▼ 24 vs year ago 44 · −54.5%
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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 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 $143.87/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$143.87
39 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$601
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.83
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1397155.9961914thin
Medium and Large 2392147.0857712thin
Medium and Large 3464127.8859413thin
One grade step is worth $28.11/cwt here — about $25 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 sale39 hd
143.87
—
FL average10 barns · 606 hd
144.71
−0.83
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%Average1,09862.366854thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00555.545582thin

Every lot

24 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 2277162.40/cwt157.00–165.004503
Steers—Medium and Large 2308163.59/cwt160.00–167.005042
Steers—Medium and Large 3318153.58/cwt150.00–157.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 1358160.52/cwt157.00–164.005758
Steers—Medium and Large 3368144.48/cwt142.00–147.005322
Steers—Medium and Large 3415137.56/cwt135.00–140.005712
Steers—Medium and Large 2420144.89/cwt142.00–148.006092
Steers—Medium and Large 1435153.26/cwt150.00–160.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1463146.62/cwt145.00–150.006793
Steers—Medium and Large 2468136.94/cwt135.00–141.006413
Steers—Medium and Large 2508124.97/cwt123.00–127.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 3520115.53/cwt114.00–117.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 3559112.02/cwt110.00–115.006265
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265159.64/cwt157.00–162.004232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275149.73/cwt145.00–155.004124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320137.54/cwt135.00–140.004402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355138.97/cwt137.00–141.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373117.38/cwt115.00–120.004382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413122.71/cwt120.00–124.005073
Heifers—Medium and Large 3413113.09/cwt110.00–116.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470105.99/cwt105.00–107.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523103.42/cwt100.00–107.005412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00555.54/cwt53.00–58.005582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09862.36/cwt60.00–66.006854

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.