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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 348▲ 60 vs year ago 304 · +19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 98▲ 24 vs year ago 62 · +38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.14/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −45.15 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$337.14
4 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+26.57
vs FL average
−1.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525337.141,7704thin
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 sale4 hd
337.14
—
FL average4 barns · 42 hd
310.57
+26.57
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−1.53
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−45.15
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—Average1,483158.932,3575thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,216138.351,68213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069123.241,3174thin

Every lot

22 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 1265544.91/cwt520.00–560.001,4445
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315439.05/cwt410.00–470.001,3834
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328495.12/cwt480.00–520.001,6245
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371442.25/cwt420.00–470.001,6417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371387.75/cwt360.00–410.001,4397
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418400.36/cwt380.00–420.001,6746
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425362.28/cwt350.00–370.001,5405
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2462307.79/cwt300.00–320.001,4225
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475349.37/cwt330.00–370.001,6604
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525337.14/cwt325.00–350.001,7704
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261452.88/cwt420.00–480.001,1827
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315389.68/cwt380.00–400.001,2274
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325341.45/cwt330.00–360.001,1105
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2359314.15/cwt305.00–320.001,1285
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363347.14/cwt330.00–365.001,2604
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413308.83/cwt300.00–315.001,2755
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420340.48/cwt320.00–360.001,4306
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466311.27/cwt300.00–320.001,4517
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,483158.93/cwt151.00–167.002,3575
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069123.24/cwt118.00–128.001,3174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169133.27/cwt129.00–135.001,5585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245141.53/cwt139.00–144.001,7628

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.