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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Nov 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 510▼ 222 vs year ago 532 · −41.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 97▼ 12 vs year ago 73 · −16.4%
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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 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $386.60/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 15 of 25 comparable sales and sits +4.31 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$386.60
32 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.44
vs FL average
−32.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542395.672,14521
Medium and Large 2524369.281,93511thin
One grade step is worth $26.39/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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
386.60
—
FL average4 barns · 187 hd
377.16
+9.44
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−32.50
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+4.31
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—Average1,500181.882,7284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177151.561,78416
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031139.381,43827

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1219612.79/cwt600.00–630.001,34211
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2269544.82/cwt540.00–550.001,46611
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273580.46/cwt570.00–590.001,58510
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320509.69/cwt500.00–520.001,6318
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323575.58/cwt560.00–590.001,85914
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323539.61/cwt530.00–550.001,74310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365505.62/cwt490.00–520.001,84620
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373544.50/cwt530.00–560.002,03110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378460.40/cwt440.00–480.001,74010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418510.60/cwt490.00–530.002,13412
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3419410.55/cwt400.00–420.001,72011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430450.47/cwt430.00–470.001,93710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463460.54/cwt440.00–480.002,13210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473375.40/cwt360.00–390.001,77610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474408.52/cwt400.00–420.001,9369
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524369.28/cwt360.00–380.001,93511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526403.21/cwt390.00–420.002,12111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560387.37/cwt380.00–395.002,16910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320503.83/cwt480.00–530.001,61210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325449.38/cwt430.00–470.001,46018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363435.52/cwt420.00–450.001,58112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368378.33/cwt370.00–385.001,39211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369394.51/cwt390.00–400.001,4569
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425389.65/cwt380.00–400.001,65612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430419.77/cwt410.00–430.001,80514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458404.75/cwt390.00–420.001,85412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473377.30/cwt370.00–385.001,78516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,500181.88/cwt175.00–192.002,7284
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013133.44/cwt131.00–138.001,35212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046144.14/cwt141.00–147.001,50815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177151.56/cwt149.00–155.001,78416

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.