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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jan 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
289 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 381▼ 42 vs year ago 331 · −12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 84▼ 37 vs year ago 105 · −35.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 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 $319.36/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −62.94 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$319.36
11 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.10
vs FL average
−21.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548319.361,75011thin
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 sale11 hd
319.36
—
FL average4 barns · 64 hd
311.26
+8.10
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−21.58
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−62.94
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—Average1,420149.682,1253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207127.361,53711
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,062115.361,22511

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268536.32/cwt520.00–550.001,4377
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321463.43/cwt450.00–480.001,4887
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322421.55/cwt410.00–440.001,3575
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361383.37/cwt370.00–400.001,3847
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371410.66/cwt405.00–420.001,5245
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418344.73/cwt330.00–360.001,4414
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423392.87/cwt380.00–405.001,6626
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470338.26/cwt330.00–350.001,5905
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478307.38/cwt300.00–315.001,4694
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525324.86/cwt320.00–330.001,7064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561316.21/cwt305.00–325.001,7747
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260437.31/cwt420.00–450.001,1375
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323398.18/cwt380.00–415.001,2866
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368369.05/cwt335.00–400.001,3588
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368309.80/cwt300.00–320.001,1404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419345.99/cwt325.00–375.001,4507
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425295.35/cwt280.00–310.001,2556
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470329.15/cwt310.00–350.001,5474
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473292.70/cwt285.00–300.001,3844
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,420149.68/cwt137.00–155.002,1253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062115.36/cwt112.00–120.001,22511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156134.53/cwt133.00–138.001,5554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236123.27/cwt120.00–130.001,5247

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.