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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
526 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 329▲ 357 vs year ago 169 · +211.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 53▲ 40 vs year ago 53 · +75.5%
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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 $359.99/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 7 of 25 comparable sales and sits −22.30 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$359.99
44 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.69
vs FL average
−30.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539375.732,02324
Medium and Large 2544341.111,85620
One grade step is worth $34.63/cwt here — about $168 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 sale44 hd
359.99
—
FL average4 barns · 207 hd
353.31
+6.69
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
−30.03
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−22.30
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—Average1,485175.512,6064thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175158.821,86633
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,098142.661,56626

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1216708.92/cwt680.00–730.001,5319
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271608.86/cwt600.00–620.001,65013
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323525.81/cwt510.00–540.001,69810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323490.39/cwt480.00–500.001,58410
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326583.68/cwt560.00–610.001,90311
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366556.09/cwt530.00–580.002,03511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375464.40/cwt450.00–480.001,74216
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375424.60/cwt410.00–440.001,59210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3413391.29/cwt380.00–400.001,6169
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423424.85/cwt420.00–430.001,79710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428452.19/cwt435.00–470.001,93518
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465434.52/cwt420.00–450.002,02110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469388.82/cwt370.00–410.001,82411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517388.43/cwt370.00–405.002,00813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520347.28/cwt340.00–355.001,80610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564360.73/cwt350.00–370.002,03511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568334.93/cwt330.00–340.001,90210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273551.38/cwt520.00–580.001,50510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320506.17/cwt480.00–530.001,62016
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322439.44/cwt420.00–460.001,41515
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323399.61/cwt390.00–410.001,29110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363437.78/cwt420.00–460.001,58913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370334.39/cwt320.00–350.001,23710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380379.47/cwt360.00–400.001,44210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423362.87/cwt350.00–375.001,53514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425400.35/cwt385.00–415.001,70112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429328.80/cwt320.00–340.001,41111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479370.70/cwt360.00–380.001,77611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480357.34/cwt350.00–365.001,71510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520350.29/cwt340.00–360.001,82210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525327.64/cwt320.00–335.001,72010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575335.17/cwt325.00–345.001,92710
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,485175.51/cwt171.00–190.002,6064
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098142.66/cwt138.00–146.001,56626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167156.38/cwt150.00–163.001,82526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204167.87/cwt167.00–172.002,0217

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.