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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 27
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
288 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 295▲ 130 vs year ago 158 · +82.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 65▼ 6 vs year ago 65 · −9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $354.50/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −27.79 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$354.50
7 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.39
vs FL average
−19.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518354.501,8367thin
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
354.50
—
FL average2 barns · 46 hd
334.11
+20.39
National average120 barns · 5,578 hd
374.14
−19.64
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−27.79
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,169150.681,76124
CowsLean 85-90%Average953136.151,29812

Every lot

25 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1206634.95/cwt600.00–660.001,3085
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265562.35/cwt530.00–590.001,4907
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321469.21/cwt455.00–485.001,50611
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323515.58/cwt500.00–530.001,6658
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365453.97/cwt430.00–480.001,65712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376393.83/cwt380.00–410.001,4819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418419.40/cwt400.00–440.001,75310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434376.99/cwt355.00–395.001,6369
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472367.61/cwt350.00–380.001,7357
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473335.26/cwt325.00–345.001,5868
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518354.50/cwt335.00–370.001,8367
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220525.57/cwt500.00–550.001,1566
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270446.39/cwt420.00–470.001,2058
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318421.93/cwt400.00–440.001,3427
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323360.78/cwt340.00–380.001,1658
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368339.29/cwt330.00–350.001,2499
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375375.40/cwt360.00–390.001,40812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418326.29/cwt315.00–335.001,3649
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429364.30/cwt360.00–370.001,5639
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463344.59/cwt330.00–360.001,5956
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474311.39/cwt305.00–320.001,4769
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515310.55/cwt305.00–315.001,5997
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%953136.15/cwt133.00–139.001,29812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121147.25/cwt144.00–152.001,65117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285159.02/cwt156.00–161.002,0437

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.