Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2025-01-07

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jan 7
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 370 vs last sale 565▼ 107 vs year ago 302 · −35.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 105▼ 41 vs year ago 117 · −35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $263.94/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −118.35 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$263.94
5 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−17.32
vs FL average
−78.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2559263.941,4755thin
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 sale5 hd
263.94
—
FL average3 barns · 32 hd
281.26
−17.32
National average155 barns · 22,672 hd
342.08
−78.14
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−118.35
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—Average1,625146.112,3744thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,244123.991,54213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,029110.611,1386thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325395.69/cwt380.00–410.001,2864
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363349.48/cwt335.00–365.001,2696
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365397.29/cwt390.00–405.001,4504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406348.18/cwt340.00–360.001,4145
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470315.16/cwt310.00–320.001,4814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473292.30/cwt280.00–300.001,3835
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559263.94/cwt255.00–270.001,4755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314325.73/cwt320.00–330.001,0235
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373284.83/cwt280.00–290.001,0624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413284.12/cwt280.00–290.001,1735
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419265.87/cwt260.00–275.001,1145
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469271.77/cwt260.00–290.001,2755
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525224.90/cwt220.00–230.001,1814
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,625146.11/cwt140.00–151.002,3744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,029110.61/cwt108.00–113.001,1386
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,136128.89/cwt128.00–131.001,4644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,292121.81/cwt118.00–124.001,5749

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.