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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 25
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 390▲ 15 vs year ago 248 · +6.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 92▼ 82 vs year ago 152 · −53.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $336.60/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −45.69 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$336.60
7 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.57
vs FL average
−27.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521336.601,7547thin
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 sale7 hd
336.60
—
FL average4 barns · 67 hd
330.03
+6.57
National average170 barns · 13,177 hd
363.98
−27.38
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−45.69
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—Average1,575162.502,5597thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,163146.441,70419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,010130.631,31912

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1266557.69/cwt540.00–580.001,4837
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312490.37/cwt480.00–500.001,53013
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320448.38/cwt440.00–460.001,4355
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372435.50/cwt420.00–450.001,62015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374386.75/cwt370.00–400.001,4467
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375350.40/cwt335.00–360.001,3145
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410410.37/cwt400.00–425.001,6835
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415333.26/cwt325.00–340.001,3837
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425375.35/cwt360.00–390.001,5958
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467351.51/cwt335.00–375.001,6427
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521336.60/cwt330.00–345.001,7547
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323352.21/cwt345.00–360.001,1388
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326386.84/cwt370.00–400.001,26113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358312.76/cwt300.00–325.001,1208
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361358.85/cwt345.00–375.001,2959
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431338.52/cwt325.00–350.001,45917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461323.95/cwt310.00–335.001,4937
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520290.88/cwt285.00–295.001,5135
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,575162.50/cwt155.00–171.002,5597
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010130.63/cwt126.00–136.001,31912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144142.17/cwt138.00–147.001,62611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190152.32/cwt150.00–154.001,8138

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.