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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 22
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
402 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 329▲ 52 vs year ago 350 · +14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 72▲ 26 vs year ago 88 · +29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $265.72/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −116.57 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$265.72
15 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,423
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.91
vs FL average
−33.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545270.541,47410thin
Medium and Large 2517256.091,3245thin
One grade step is worth $14.45/cwt here — about $150 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 sale15 hd
265.72
—
FL average5 barns · 82 hd
263.82
+1.91
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−33.32
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−116.57
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—Average1,555133.272,0724thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,203119.781,44123
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,191110.291,3146thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323345.58/cwt330.00–360.001,1164
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365375.14/cwt370.00–380.001,3694
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365349.73/cwt340.00–360.001,2776
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378321.19/cwt315.00–330.001,2145
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422323.22/cwt315.00–335.001,3647
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425289.65/cwt280.00–300.001,2314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428257.13/cwt245.00–270.001,1014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461268.84/cwt260.00–280.001,2397
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468299.62/cwt290.00–315.001,4025
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517256.09/cwt250.00–260.001,3245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522274.14/cwt265.00–280.001,4315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568266.94/cwt260.00–277.001,5165
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610258.85/cwt250.00–265.001,5795
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305334.75/cwt320.00–350.001,02112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2336296.07/cwt290.00–300.009955
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365314.73/cwt305.00–325.001,1496
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376275.66/cwt270.00–285.001,0365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420269.88/cwt260.00–280.001,1338
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420247.68/cwt240.00–255.001,0404
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470250.16/cwt245.00–255.001,1764
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515238.63/cwt232.00–245.001,2294
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565234.87/cwt230.00–240.001,3274
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,555133.27/cwt129.00–140.002,0724
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118123.23/cwt122.00–127.001,3789
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,191110.29/cwt106.00–116.001,3146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258117.57/cwt113.00–120.001,47914

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.