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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 18
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
478 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 364▲ 219 vs year ago 259 · +84.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 86▲ 85 vs year ago 46 · +184.8%
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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 steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $311.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −71.17 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$311.13
8 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs FL average
−30.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1508324.931,6514thin
Medium and Large 2523297.321,5554thin
One grade step is worth $27.61/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale8 hd
311.13
—
FL average4 barns · 46 hd
309.58
+1.55
National average106 barns · 4,665 hd
341.21
−30.08
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−71.17
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—High1,597170.842,7295thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,113138.821,54513
CowsLean 85-90%Average981126.971,24612

Every lot

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273525.82/cwt520.00–530.001,4355
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3313382.46/cwt370.00–400.001,1975
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316483.54/cwt460.00–500.001,5285
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325429.69/cwt420.00–440.001,3964
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368347.24/cwt335.00–360.001,2784
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373412.35/cwt405.00–420.001,5386
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373390.34/cwt380.00–400.001,4564
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414391.59/cwt380.00–400.001,6215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420361.71/cwt350.00–370.001,5195
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467303.90/cwt300.00–310.001,4195
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468282.62/cwt275.00–290.001,3234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479332.15/cwt320.00–350.001,5915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508324.93/cwt320.00–330.001,6514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523297.32/cwt290.00–305.001,5554
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306401.19/cwt390.00–410.001,2287
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325360.31/cwt350.00–370.001,1716
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330322.61/cwt315.00–330.001,0654
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358331.29/cwt275.00–390.001,1864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370361.27/cwt335.00–380.001,3375
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378307.25/cwt300.00–315.001,1614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411337.12/cwt325.00–345.001,3865
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413305.15/cwt300.00–310.001,2604
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452298.63/cwt290.00–310.001,3507
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468272.62/cwt265.00–280.001,2764
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,462166.42/cwt165.00–167.002,4333
Bulls——1,800177.48/cwt176.00–179.003,1952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%981126.97/cwt121.00–132.001,24612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053132.37/cwt130.00–139.001,3945
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151142.85/cwt140.00–147.001,6448

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.