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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Sep 2
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 261▲ 29 vs year ago 221 · +13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 46▼ 27 vs year ago 49 · −55.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle firm 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 $389.72/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +7.43 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$389.72
14 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,121
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.57
vs FL average
−26.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544389.722,12114thin
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 sale14 hd
389.72
—
FL average2 barns · 81 hd
395.29
−5.57
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
−26.81
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+7.43
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—Average1,620188.793,0582thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,139169.201,9268thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088161.521,7576thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228595.82/cwt570.00–620.001,3584
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270595.93/cwt570.00–620.001,6094
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330511.14/cwt485.00–535.001,6878
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367473.09/cwt460.00–500.001,7369
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420471.07/cwt440.00–500.001,97810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473415.66/cwt390.00–440.001,96610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525400.57/cwt380.00–420.002,1038
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570375.26/cwt360.00–390.002,1396
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628360.21/cwt340.00–370.002,2623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223510.56/cwt500.00–520.001,1394
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270480.74/cwt460.00–500.001,2986
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323425.97/cwt400.00–450.001,3768
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370396.01/cwt370.00–420.001,4658
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427398.65/cwt370.00–420.001,7029
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470365.48/cwt350.00–380.001,7186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530345.28/cwt330.00–360.001,8308
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,620188.79/cwt185.00–192.003,0582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088161.52/cwt158.00–165.001,7576
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113167.24/cwt163.00–171.001,8616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215175.07/cwt173.00–177.002,1272

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.