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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 285▲ 55 vs year ago 293 · +18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 95▼ 46 vs year ago 144 · −31.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter 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 $319.69/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −62.61 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$319.69
9 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.31
vs FL average
−22.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539319.691,7239thin
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 sale9 hd
319.69
—
FL average4 barns · 61 hd
321.99
−2.31
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
−22.69
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−62.61
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—Average1,590158.822,52510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,167129.071,50612
CowsLean 85-90%Average983123.071,2106thin

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268539.53/cwt530.00–550.001,4466
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330500.30/cwt490.00–510.001,6514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360407.50/cwt390.00–420.001,4675
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375444.60/cwt430.00–460.001,6676
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413367.65/cwt350.00–380.001,5185
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418416.62/cwt400.00–430.001,7417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473355.56/cwt340.00–370.001,6826
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475312.89/cwt300.00–325.001,4864
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514323.33/cwt315.00–335.001,6625
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570315.13/cwt310.00–320.001,7964
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263435.71/cwt420.00–450.001,1464
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321362.40/cwt350.00–380.001,1637
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323422.79/cwt410.00–435.001,3666
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378369.34/cwt350.00–390.001,39610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417350.86/cwt330.00–380.001,4635
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418305.63/cwt290.00–320.001,2786
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468324.25/cwt305.00–345.001,5174
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510300.29/cwt290.00–315.001,5315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516263.84/cwt250.00–285.001,3615
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,457148.63/cwt137.00–159.002,1666
Bulls——1,789174.10/cwt166.00–179.003,1154
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983123.07/cwt121.00–125.001,2106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167129.07/cwt127.00–131.001,50612

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.