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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Nov 5
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
532 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 557▲ 23 vs year ago 509 · +4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 83▼ 47 vs year ago 120 · −39.2%
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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 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 $256.11/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −126.18 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$256.11
14 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,327
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.62
vs FL average
−45.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518272.251,4104thin
Medium and Large 2518249.661,29310thin
One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale14 hd
256.11
—
FL average5 barns · 90 hd
265.73
−9.62
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−45.74
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−126.18
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—Average1,596139.322,2249thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,068115.301,23111
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,162103.161,1993thin

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285440.18/cwt430.00–450.001,2554
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2316378.23/cwt360.00–390.001,1955
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323342.21/cwt335.00–350.001,1054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363379.66/cwt370.00–390.001,3786
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368346.12/cwt335.00–360.001,27413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368319.66/cwt310.00–330.001,17610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413297.27/cwt290.00–305.001,2286
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415326.03/cwt315.00–335.001,35311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3428265.42/cwt250.00–275.001,1365
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458294.92/cwt290.00–300.001,3516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470269.57/cwt260.00–280.001,26710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518272.25/cwt265.00–280.001,4104
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518249.66/cwt240.00–260.001,29310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320321.68/cwt305.00–340.001,0298
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321280.73/cwt270.00–290.009019
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365305.14/cwt295.00–315.001,1148
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367268.71/cwt260.00–275.009865
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423247.28/cwt240.00–255.001,04610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424271.20/cwt260.00–280.001,15011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463257.70/cwt245.00–270.001,19310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1504237.37/cwt230.00–247.001,1967
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558214.93/cwt210.00–220.001,1996
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,596139.32/cwt129.00–146.002,2249
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053122.47/cwt122.00–123.001,2902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,071113.71/cwt109.00–118.001,2189
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162103.16/cwt101.00–104.001,1993

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.