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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jul 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
615 head
▲ 336 vs last sale 279▲ 65 vs year ago 550 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 126▲ 32 vs year ago 68 · +47.1%
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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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $350.87/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −31.42 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$350.87
39 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.35
vs FL average
−21.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544355.431,93229
Medium and Large 2530337.641,78910thin
One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $143 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 sale39 hd
350.87
—
FL average4 barns · 241 hd
345.52
+5.35
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
−21.56
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−31.42
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—Average1,683187.323,1536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,205163.001,96449
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,042140.401,46315

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270570.56/cwt560.00–580.001,54114
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315531.07/cwt520.00–540.001,67311
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320455.47/cwt440.00–470.001,45810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325490.46/cwt480.00–500.001,59410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365424.59/cwt410.00–440.001,55014
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365384.73/cwt375.00–395.001,40410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374470.64/cwt450.00–490.001,76017
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415387.80/cwt375.00–400.001,60914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416421.30/cwt410.00–430.001,75317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423365.15/cwt360.00–370.001,54510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470364.89/cwt360.00–370.001,71522
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478389.84/cwt380.00–400.001,86320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478347.62/cwt340.00–355.001,66212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523359.17/cwt350.00–370.001,87817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530337.64/cwt330.00–345.001,78910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573350.13/cwt340.00–360.002,00612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617334.25/cwt330.00–337.002,06210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665318.40/cwt312.00–325.002,11710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270464.44/cwt450.00–480.001,25410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320396.12/cwt380.00–410.001,26823
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323367.09/cwt360.00–375.001,18610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328455.57/cwt440.00–470.001,49420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362400.45/cwt375.00–425.001,45019
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373337.75/cwt330.00–345.001,26012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375365.20/cwt360.00–370.001,37010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421360.83/cwt350.00–370.001,51917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430337.67/cwt330.00–345.001,45214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468355.79/cwt345.00–365.001,66519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475330.11/cwt325.00–335.001,56810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523309.76/cwt300.00–320.001,62010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525332.29/cwt325.00–340.001,74510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,683187.32/cwt178.00–197.003,1536
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042140.40/cwt135.00–147.001,46315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167157.27/cwt152.00–162.001,83527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251170.04/cwt168.00–174.002,12722

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.