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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 640▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 79▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 2.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.31/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +5.01 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$387.31
20 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.65
vs FL average
−58.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523407.252,13010thin
Medium and Large 2530367.361,94710thin
One grade step is worth $39.89/cwt here — about $183 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 sale20 hd
387.31
—
FL average4 barns · 154 hd
380.65
+6.65
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−58.55
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+5.01
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—Average1,570186.262,9247thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,153152.151,75515
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050137.071,4399thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268651.68/cwt620.00–680.001,7479
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274569.77/cwt530.00–600.001,56111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318578.20/cwt560.00–600.001,83915
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322635.96/cwt610.00–660.002,04813
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328520.76/cwt500.00–540.001,7088
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363571.71/cwt550.00–600.002,0759
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366528.62/cwt520.00–540.001,9359
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3366490.87/cwt470.00–510.001,79711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418483.86/cwt470.00–500.002,0239
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3421410.82/cwt400.00–420.001,7309
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422450.11/cwt440.00–460.001,89919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460444.89/cwt440.00–450.002,04614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478422.30/cwt415.00–430.002,01912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523407.25/cwt400.00–415.002,13010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530367.36/cwt360.00–375.001,94710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624355.64/cwt350.00–360.002,2197
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268541.19/cwt530.00–550.001,45011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323461.15/cwt450.00–470.001,49013
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328499.54/cwt480.00–520.001,63810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366431.18/cwt420.00–440.001,57811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378465.17/cwt460.00–470.001,75814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378390.20/cwt380.00–400.001,4758
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417439.41/cwt430.00–450.001,83213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423375.30/cwt365.00–385.001,58810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426404.37/cwt400.00–410.001,72311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474351.47/cwt345.00–360.001,6669
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477380.25/cwt375.00–385.001,81413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523350.83/cwt340.00–360.001,8359
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524384.28/cwt375.00–395.002,01411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,490174.43/cwt169.00–180.002,5992
Bulls——1,602190.99/cwt186.00–200.003,0605
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050137.07/cwt132.00–140.001,4399
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126146.51/cwt141.00–153.001,65010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208163.44/cwt157.00–165.001,9745

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.