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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
▲ 298 vs last sale 169▼ 138 vs year ago 605 · −22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 53▼ 23 vs year ago 99 · −23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $254.51/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −127.78 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$254.51
27 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,372
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.16
vs FL average
−25.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538260.751,40315thin
Medium and Large 2540246.711,33212thin
One grade step is worth $14.04/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
254.51
—
FL average5 barns · 153 hd
252.36
+2.16
National average153 barns · 6,707 hd
280.34
−25.83
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−127.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
485427368310median 382.2903/1705/1908/0409/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $470.90, low $324.03, median $382.29 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,560160.192,4992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,116135.951,51714
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,155117.871,36110

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265437.08/cwt430.00–445.001,1584
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320417.44/cwt400.00–430.001,3365
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328375.57/cwt360.00–390.001,2326
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360378.33/cwt370.00–390.001,3625
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373325.23/cwt320.00–330.001,2134
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374353.56/cwt345.00–365.001,3229
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423294.56/cwt280.00–310.001,2464
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423267.72/cwt260.00–275.001,1324
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426381.31/cwt340.00–415.001,62415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470294.36/cwt280.00–310.001,3836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478267.70/cwt260.00–275.001,2804
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520265.10/cwt260.00–270.001,3798
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521252.10/cwt250.00–255.001,3137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559255.78/cwt250.00–260.001,4307
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566239.17/cwt235.00–245.001,3545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311331.03/cwt320.00–340.001,0307
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317295.57/cwt285.00–310.009375
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363304.48/cwt290.00–320.001,1058
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3363240.21/cwt230.00–250.008724
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368275.10/cwt270.00–280.001,0124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406280.91/cwt275.00–290.001,1405
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420260.12/cwt250.00–270.001,0936
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420237.32/cwt230.00–245.009974
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458267.62/cwt260.00–275.001,2264
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477248.22/cwt240.00–255.001,1849
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520247.57/cwt240.00–255.001,2876
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,560160.19/cwt150.00–170.002,4992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,116135.95/cwt131.00–142.001,51714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155117.87/cwt112.00–133.001,36110

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.