Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2025-06-03

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jun 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
391 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 288▼ 27 vs year ago 418 · −6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 59▼ 29 vs year ago 104 · −27.9%
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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 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 $334.23/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −48.06 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$334.23
15 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,716
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.27
vs FL average
−44.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520349.711,8188thin
Medium and Large 2506316.541,6027thin
One grade step is worth $33.17/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale15 hd
334.23
—
FL average4 barns · 100 hd
347.50
−13.27
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−44.35
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−48.06
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—Average1,655185.873,0763thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,194150.861,80233
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,201135.081,62211

Every lot

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220635.80/cwt600.00–670.001,39912
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275572.85/cwt540.00–600.001,57513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315446.33/cwt430.00–460.001,4067
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319530.88/cwt510.00–550.001,69411
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321489.27/cwt480.00–500.001,5719
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365369.73/cwt360.00–380.001,3506
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370415.41/cwt400.00–430.001,5378
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373474.16/cwt450.00–500.001,76912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407421.05/cwt410.00–430.001,7149
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426391.26/cwt380.00–400.001,6677
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3426351.26/cwt340.00–360.001,4967
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472377.15/cwt360.00–400.001,7809
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473307.30/cwt300.00–315.001,4546
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480337.76/cwt325.00–350.001,6218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2506316.54/cwt310.00–325.001,6027
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520349.71/cwt340.00–360.001,8188
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261463.27/cwt450.00–480.001,20913
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313419.52/cwt400.00–440.001,31314
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320359.69/cwt350.00–370.001,1518
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328328.66/cwt320.00–340.001,0789
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363385.52/cwt370.00–400.001,3998
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374341.57/cwt330.00–350.001,2779
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418304.46/cwt300.00–310.001,2737
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419358.79/cwt350.00–370.001,50311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421328.86/cwt320.00–340.001,3857
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458344.84/cwt335.00–355.001,5798
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464310.52/cwt300.00–325.001,4417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511321.61/cwt315.00–330.001,6437
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523294.88/cwt290.00–300.001,5426
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,655185.87/cwt177.00–201.003,0763
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157156.38/cwt154.00–159.001,80914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,201135.08/cwt131.00–139.001,62211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222146.80/cwt142.00–151.001,79419

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.