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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 19
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
713 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 599▲ 37 vs year ago 676 · +5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 74▼ 22 vs year ago 84 · −26.2%
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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 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.06/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 12 of 25 comparable sales and sits −7.24 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$375.06
59 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.81
vs FL average
−24.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549388.482,13336
Medium and Large 2547354.041,93823
One grade step is worth $34.44/cwt here — about $195 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 sale59 hd
375.06
—
FL average4 barns · 267 hd
368.24
+6.81
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
−24.83
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−7.24
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—Average1,385199.892,7683thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,247165.552,06418
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,110146.691,62811

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268645.98/cwt610.00–680.001,73110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324521.77/cwt500.00–550.001,69111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325590.31/cwt580.00–600.001,91912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368553.49/cwt540.00–570.002,03715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373499.33/cwt480.00–520.001,86314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373430.67/cwt410.00–450.001,60610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420491.96/cwt470.00–515.002,06618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421428.76/cwt415.00–445.001,80517
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423385.44/cwt370.00–400.001,63010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467432.68/cwt415.00–450.002,02121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470362.10/cwt350.00–375.001,70210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473394.60/cwt380.00–410.001,86614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520409.62/cwt390.00–430.002,13018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520360.58/cwt340.00–380.001,87512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577346.91/cwt340.00–355.002,00211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578367.34/cwt360.00–375.002,12318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623352.29/cwt345.00–360.002,19526
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668344.91/cwt340.00–350.002,30412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324494.46/cwt480.00–510.001,60215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324450.60/cwt440.00–460.001,46011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330414.55/cwt400.00–430.001,36810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363389.66/cwt380.00–400.001,41416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373424.30/cwt410.00–440.001,58318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413421.54/cwt410.00–435.001,74117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424348.40/cwt340.00–355.001,47711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425389.65/cwt380.00–400.001,65612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473362.83/cwt350.00–375.001,71612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487395.27/cwt385.00–405.001,92531
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520327.36/cwt320.00–335.001,70212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527354.81/cwt350.00–360.001,87019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555347.92/cwt340.00–357.001,93117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617334.47/cwt328.00–340.002,06411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,385199.89/cwt195.00–202.002,7683
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110146.69/cwt142.00–151.001,62811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220160.51/cwt154.00–166.001,95812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300175.63/cwt172.00–179.002,2836

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.