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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 26
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▼ 452 vs last sale 713▼ 18 vs year ago 279 · −6.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 62▼ 28 vs year ago 74 · −37.8%
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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 $380.19/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 13 of 25 comparable sales and sits −2.10 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$380.19
10 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.06
vs FL average
−29.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2525380.191,99610thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
380.19
—
FL average4 barns · 152 hd
373.13
+7.06
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
−29.11
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−2.10
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—Average1,530197.263,0184thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,180165.981,95922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,090148.081,6148thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264637.89/cwt620.00–660.001,6847
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320609.06/cwt590.00–630.001,94914
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325554.23/cwt530.00–580.001,80110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368515.71/cwt500.00–530.001,89810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370574.32/cwt550.00–600.002,12510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426497.48/cwt480.00–520.002,11911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438430.11/cwt410.00–450.001,88410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468475.94/cwt450.00–500.002,22710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473414.63/cwt405.00–425.001,96110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525380.19/cwt370.00–390.001,99610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317500.67/cwt490.00–510.001,58711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324464.46/cwt450.00–480.001,50515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373443.36/cwt410.00–480.001,65410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381406.80/cwt400.00–415.001,55015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420389.64/cwt380.00–400.001,63610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425444.47/cwt430.00–460.001,88910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463350.27/cwt340.00–360.001,6228
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466398.42/cwt385.00–410.001,8579
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520364.71/cwt350.00–380.001,89610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,530197.26/cwt187.00–204.003,0184
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090148.08/cwt145.00–152.001,6148
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125162.23/cwt158.00–167.001,82515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299174.02/cwt173.00–175.002,2617

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.