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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jun 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
673 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 500▲ 110 vs year ago 563 · +19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 95▲ 59 vs year ago 99 · +59.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $349.71/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −32.58 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$349.71
64 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.05
vs FL average
−22.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539353.371,90554
Medium and Large 2515329.951,69910thin
One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $206 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 sale64 hd
349.71
—
FL average4 barns · 167 hd
349.76
−0.05
National average146 barns · 8,317 hd
371.92
−22.21
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−32.58
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—Average1,376171.152,3554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,145151.621,73660
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,073138.281,48427

Every lot

34 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1221797.48/cwt750.00–830.001,7627
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263579.05/cwt560.00–600.001,5238
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318494.65/cwt480.00–510.001,57310
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3322436.86/cwt420.00–460.001,4079
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325535.46/cwt520.00–550.001,74012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added362444.88/cwt440.00–450.001,61017
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374402.47/cwt380.00–420.001,50513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3383367.35/cwt360.00–375.001,4078
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418352.72/cwt340.00–365.001,47410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added423422.28/cwt415.00–430.001,78612
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425387.06/cwt375.00–400.001,64512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430415.12/cwt410.00–420.001,7856
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460357.66/cwt350.00–365.001,64512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added465394.68/cwt380.00–410.001,83510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470325.11/cwt320.00–330.001,52810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515329.95/cwt325.00–335.001,69910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517365.40/cwt360.00–375.001,88929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565339.42/cwt330.00–350.001,91825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added617323.24/cwt315.00–330.001,9949
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1221640.65/cwt600.00–700.001,4167
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270450.37/cwt440.00–460.001,21612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318377.80/cwt365.00–390.001,20112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3324342.52/cwt330.00–360.001,1107
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325418.04/cwt400.00–435.001,35914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366358.28/cwt350.00–365.001,31113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374394.48/cwt375.00–415.001,47519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416354.43/cwt350.00–360.001,47411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423335.21/cwt330.00–340.001,41812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462347.74/cwt340.00–355.001,60717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470322.42/cwt315.00–330.001,51510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added518325.07/cwt320.00–330.001,68426
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,376171.15/cwt166.00–173.002,3554
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073138.28/cwt135.00–144.001,48427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145151.62/cwt145.00–159.001,73660

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.