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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Sep 9
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
466 head
▲ 216 vs last sale 250▼ 158 vs year ago 624 · −25.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 22▼ 121 vs year ago 156 · −77.6%
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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 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.59/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +14.30 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$396.59
37 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.35
vs FL average
−16.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519429.382,22811thin
Medium and Large 2548382.712,09926
One grade step is worth $46.67/cwt here — about $129 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 sale37 hd
396.59
—
FL average4 barns · 231 hd
404.93
−8.35
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−16.93
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+14.30
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—Low1,577183.512,8943thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,195166.191,98623

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323499.22/cwt480.00–520.001,61210
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325565.77/cwt540.00–590.001,83914
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365521.88/cwt500.00–545.001,90514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368569.59/cwt550.00–590.002,09616
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373460.94/cwt440.00–480.001,71910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418469.64/cwt450.00–490.001,96314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426517.48/cwt500.00–540.002,20411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474471.81/cwt450.00–500.002,23611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475420.63/cwt400.00–440.001,99818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519429.38/cwt420.00–440.002,22811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530387.67/cwt370.00–405.002,05516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578374.78/cwt365.00–385.002,16610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617380.79/cwt370.00–390.002,34911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670370.22/cwt360.00–380.002,4806
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723345.09/cwt340.00–350.002,4956
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273558.62/cwt530.00–590.001,52510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325470.46/cwt460.00–480.001,52914
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328501.05/cwt490.00–510.001,64315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366426.41/cwt410.00–440.001,56115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368474.29/cwt460.00–490.001,74514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418450.36/cwt430.00–470.001,88320
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438409.94/cwt400.00–420.001,79612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470385.48/cwt370.00–400.001,81214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477414.25/cwt405.00–425.001,97611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521379.33/cwt370.00–390.001,97611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533356.71/cwt350.00–365.001,90111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568362.67/cwt350.00–375.002,06012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570337.70/cwt330.00–345.001,92510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618352.80/cwt350.00–355.002,1807
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,577183.51/cwt180.00–185.002,8943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195166.19/cwt160.00–172.001,98623

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.