Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2025-03-11

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 11
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
281 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 268▲ 151 vs year ago 130 · +116.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 59▲ 74 vs year ago 41 · +180.5%
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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 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.68/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −46.92 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$292.68
4 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.70
vs FL average
−22.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513292.681,5014thin
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
292.68
—
FL average3 barns · 27 hd
277.98
+14.70
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−22.28
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
−46.92
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

20 sales
426380333286median 339.6003/0306/1608/2510/0611/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $339.60 across 20 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—High1,561167.872,62110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,120147.031,64625
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080130.491,4098thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1266542.41/cwt530.00–560.001,4435
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2314452.51/cwt440.00–470.001,4217
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320489.53/cwt480.00–500.001,5664
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359432.55/cwt420.00–450.001,5537
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363407.76/cwt400.00–415.001,4804
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422374.45/cwt350.00–390.001,5805
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428420.58/cwt400.00–440.001,8008
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470380.85/cwt360.00–400.001,7908
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275450.55/cwt435.00–465.001,2394
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1309397.77/cwt390.00–410.001,2295
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323350.78/cwt330.00–370.001,1336
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365340.55/cwt320.00–360.001,2436
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381386.75/cwt370.00–400.001,47411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425367.75/cwt350.00–380.001,5637
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425319.76/cwt310.00–330.001,3596
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470322.38/cwt310.00–340.001,5155
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470289.57/cwt280.00–300.001,3614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513292.68/cwt285.00–300.001,5014
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,376163.60/cwt157.00–166.002,2516
Bulls——1,839174.27/cwt174.00–175.003,2054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,080142.10/cwt135.00–145.001,53511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080130.49/cwt125.00–139.001,4098
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151150.91/cwt149.00–154.001,73714

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.