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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 14
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
669 head
▲ 229 vs last sale 440▲ 340 vs year ago 329 · +103.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 44▼ 14 vs year ago 72 · −19.4%
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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 $398.40/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +16.11 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$398.40
32 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.77
vs FL average
−70.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546404.552,20821
Medium and Large 2524386.642,02611thin
One grade step is worth $17.91/cwt here — about $182 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 sale32 hd
398.40
—
FL average4 barns · 169 hd
392.63
+5.77
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−70.64
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+16.11
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—Average1,693189.903,2155thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,212155.831,88918
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,087137.981,50013

Every lot

38 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 1274674.54/cwt660.00–690.001,84815
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280586.25/cwt550.00–620.001,64214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318651.65/cwt620.00–680.002,07216
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3322530.56/cwt510.00–550.001,70815
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323581.95/cwt560.00–600.001,88017
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366605.48/cwt580.00–630.002,21615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368496.66/cwt480.00–510.001,82813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382540.94/cwt520.00–560.002,06615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418512.59/cwt490.00–540.002,14315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3424416.01/cwt400.00–430.001,76411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430460.23/cwt440.00–480.001,97912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3467391.88/cwt380.00–400.001,83012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469464.53/cwt450.00–480.002,17919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473424.60/cwt410.00–440.002,00814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524411.15/cwt400.00–420.002,15411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524386.64/cwt380.00–395.002,02611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570397.30/cwt390.00–405.002,26510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629354.27/cwt342.00–367.002,2287
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210768.57/cwt740.00–800.001,6148
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271574.60/cwt560.00–590.001,55711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318528.35/cwt500.00–560.001,68020
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328420.38/cwt410.00–430.001,37910
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332469.50/cwt450.00–490.001,55921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362480.26/cwt460.00–500.001,73921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366436.29/cwt420.00–450.001,59717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3366396.77/cwt380.00–410.001,45211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3416374.75/cwt370.00–380.001,55911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422440.59/cwt420.00–460.001,85917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430400.23/cwt390.00–410.001,72116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462414.52/cwt400.00–430.001,91517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483369.92/cwt365.00–375.001,78718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522344.14/cwt325.00–365.001,79615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525379.81/cwt370.00–390.001,99410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567358.08/cwt350.00–365.002,03011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,693189.90/cwt188.00–193.003,2155
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,087137.98/cwt135.00–142.001,50013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113160.89/cwt160.00–167.001,7918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,292151.79/cwt145.00–156.001,96110

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.