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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Nov 11
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
382 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 310▼ 68 vs year ago 450 · −15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 61▲ 20 vs year ago 69 · +29.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $421.23/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −48.16 against this barn's trailing median of $469.39.
Average price
$421.23
18 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.88
vs FL average
−40.93 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436427.051,86312thin
Medium and Large 2423409.591,7336thin
One grade step is worth $17.46/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
421.23
—
FL average4 barns · 273 hd
419.35
+1.88
National average178 barns · 14,489 hd
462.16
−40.93
This barn, trailing median33 sales
469.39
−48.16
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 400–500 lb

33 sales
544485425366median 469.3903/0304/2806/2309/0111/03
Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $379.64, median $469.39 across 33 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—Average1,523174.522,6576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,185148.241,75724
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,085141.811,53918

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223606.85/cwt570.00–650.001,3536
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270558.89/cwt530.00–590.001,5098
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275509.64/cwt500.00–520.001,4026
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320539.06/cwt520.00–560.001,7258
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323489.61/cwt480.00–500.001,5818
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373499.33/cwt480.00–520.001,86310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373439.33/cwt420.00–460.001,6396
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418454.55/cwt430.00–480.001,9008
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423409.59/cwt400.00–420.001,7336
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473372.04/cwt360.00–385.001,7604
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220528.64/cwt510.00–550.001,1634
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2266443.46/cwt420.00–460.001,1805
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273499.08/cwt480.00–520.001,3628
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320473.83/cwt450.00–500.001,51610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323424.19/cwt410.00–440.001,3706
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373449.33/cwt430.00–470.001,6764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373411.74/cwt400.00–420.001,53610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420424.46/cwt410.00–440.001,78314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466378.68/cwt370.00–390.001,7659
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,322169.13/cwt163.00–172.002,2363
Bulls——1,723179.90/cwt175.00–182.003,1003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085141.81/cwt138.00–145.001,53918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185148.24/cwt146.00–151.001,75724

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.