Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2021-05-18

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 329▲ 66 vs year ago 138 · +47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
319 head
▲ 266 vs last sale 53▲ 175 vs year ago 144 · +121.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 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 $154.33/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$154.33
51 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.31
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1403160.0164517thin
Medium and Large 2378152.7857717thin
Medium and Large 3361150.2054217thin
One grade step is worth $9.82/cwt here — about $104 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 sale51 hd
154.33
—
FL average10 barns · 516 hd
147.02
+7.31
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—Average1,51682.251,2475thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06466.6770923
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08959.0264318

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 2260163.59/cwt160.00–170.004253
Steers—Medium and Large 3329157.98/cwt155.00–162.005209
Steers—Medium and Large 1356163.07/cwt160.00–167.005817
Steers—Medium and Large 2367153.19/cwt150.00–157.005627
Steers—Medium and Large 3375142.27/cwt140.00–147.005343
Steers—Medium and Large 3409140.94/cwt135.00–145.005765
Steers—Medium and Large 2412153.28/cwt150.00–155.006323
Steers—Medium and Large 1422160.29/cwt157.00–165.006767
Steers—Medium and Large 2460143.58/cwt140.00–147.006604
Steers—Medium and Large 1470152.23/cwt150.00–157.007153
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277138.49/cwt135.00–145.003843
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313142.56/cwt140.00–145.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323132.12/cwt127.00–137.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327153.06/cwt150.00–160.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358137.45/cwt135.00–140.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359150.58/cwt145.00–155.005417
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367124.62/cwt122.00–130.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420137.47/cwt135.00–140.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428125.97/cwt125.00–127.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435115.37/cwt112.00–117.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475123.70/cwt122.00–127.005883
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33875.68/cwt74.00–77.001,0132
Bulls——1,63586.63/cwt85.00–89.001,4163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03065.97/cwt63.00–69.0067919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08959.02/cwt55.00–61.0064318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22570.00/cwt70.00–70.008584

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.