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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jul 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 615▲ 206 vs year ago 350 · +58.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 100▼ 22 vs year ago 105 · −21.0%
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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 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $345.60/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −36.69 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$345.60
45 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs FL average
−30.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544358.071,94625
Medium and Large 2545330.011,79920
One grade step is worth $28.06/cwt here — about $148 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 sale45 hd
345.60
—
FL average4 barns · 238 hd
346.67
−1.07
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−30.14
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−36.69
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—Average1,394190.502,6566thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,174157.621,85033
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045145.101,51612

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275578.91/cwt560.00–600.001,59210
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322500.28/cwt490.00–510.001,61115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325545.46/cwt530.00–560.001,77314
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325459.54/cwt450.00–470.001,49410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370423.21/cwt405.00–440.001,56610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371484.93/cwt460.00–515.001,79915
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378390.20/cwt380.00–400.001,47510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418434.37/cwt420.00–450.001,81610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425395.35/cwt380.00–410.001,68010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425360.35/cwt350.00–370.001,53110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464349.30/cwt340.00–360.001,62111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465412.66/cwt405.00–420.001,91910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475379.79/cwt370.00–390.001,80414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520335.10/cwt330.00–340.001,74310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526363.57/cwt350.00–380.001,91215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570349.82/cwt340.00–360.001,99410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570324.91/cwt320.00–330.001,85210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626334.21/cwt330.00–340.002,0927
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664324.89/cwt320.00–330.002,1577
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268489.44/cwt470.00–510.001,31210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321403.15/cwt390.00–415.001,29411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323450.78/cwt430.00–470.001,45610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370399.73/cwt390.00–410.001,47910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373364.50/cwt350.00–380.001,36016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420326.51/cwt315.00–340.001,37111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426368.32/cwt355.00–385.001,56913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469358.54/cwt340.00–375.001,68211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473327.70/cwt320.00–335.001,55014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511346.00/cwt330.00–360.001,76811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.19/cwt305.00–325.001,65510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568327.60/cwt320.00–335.001,86110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,394190.50/cwt183.00–197.002,6566
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045145.10/cwt141.00–149.001,51612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075166.34/cwt163.00–170.001,78813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238151.96/cwt147.00–158.001,88120

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.