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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 344▼ 236 vs year ago 565 · −41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 65▼ 28 vs year ago 100 · −28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.22/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −102.40 against this barn's trailing median of $341.62.
Average price
$239.22
17 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.33
vs FL average
−18.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528239.221,26417thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
239.22
—
FL average4 barns · 81 hd
229.90
+9.33
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−18.59
This barn, trailing median19 sales
341.62
−102.40
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

19 sales
426380333286median 341.6203/0305/1908/1809/2210/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $341.62 across 19 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—Average1,440135.441,9506thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,361115.901,57714
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001107.031,0717thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322395.78/cwt390.00–400.001,2745
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360381.67/cwt370.00–390.001,3745
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368347.93/cwt335.00–360.001,2806
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416316.67/cwt300.00–340.001,3177
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420285.24/cwt275.00–295.001,1984
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474293.17/cwt280.00–310.001,3907
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475257.26/cwt250.00–265.001,2224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518275.17/cwt270.00–280.001,4254
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523247.63/cwt237.00–255.001,2955
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270324.91/cwt320.00–330.008774
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322317.30/cwt305.00–325.001,0225
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367291.13/cwt285.00–295.001,0685
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370268.32/cwt260.00–280.009935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408251.09/cwt240.00–260.001,02411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426273.87/cwt265.00–280.001,1675
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475258.77/cwt245.00–270.001,22911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478237.62/cwt230.00–245.001,1366
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511238.90/cwt230.00–250.001,22111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560239.82/cwt230.00–250.001,3436
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,440135.44/cwt130.00–140.001,9506
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001107.03/cwt105.00–110.001,0717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,361115.90/cwt110.00–120.001,57714

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.