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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
344 head
▼ 207 vs last sale 551▼ 240 vs year ago 584 · −41.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 164▼ 90 vs year ago 155 · −58.1%
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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 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 $258.78/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −123.52 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$258.78
10 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,344
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.05
vs FL average
−28.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525271.661,4265thin
Medium and Large 2514245.891,2645thin
One grade step is worth $25.77/cwt here — about $162 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 sale10 hd
258.78
—
FL average4 barns · 92 hd
257.73
+1.05
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
−28.05
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−123.52
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—Average1,550136.052,1093thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191117.271,3977thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average994106.631,06010

Every lot

23 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358377.34/cwt370.00–385.001,3514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3359314.75/cwt305.00–330.001,1305
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378347.09/cwt335.00–360.001,3124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416337.27/cwt315.00–355.001,4037
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418258.02/cwt245.00–270.001,0796
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421296.71/cwt280.00–310.001,2497
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461291.64/cwt280.00–300.001,3447
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464261.31/cwt255.00–270.001,2127
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468242.38/cwt235.00–250.001,1344
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514245.89/cwt240.00–255.001,2645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525271.66/cwt260.00–290.001,4265
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313310.40/cwt300.00–320.009724
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328284.81/cwt280.00–290.009344
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360299.72/cwt290.00–310.001,0798
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370274.80/cwt270.00–280.001,0174
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419270.91/cwt267.00–277.001,1355
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427250.39/cwt240.00–257.001,0695
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478254.74/cwt245.00–265.001,2186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510240.88/cwt235.00–245.001,2285
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573237.66/cwt230.00–245.001,3624
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,550136.05/cwt135.00–138.002,1093
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%994106.63/cwt105.00–109.001,06010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191117.27/cwt112.00–124.001,3977

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.