Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2025-12-02

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Dec 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
388 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 432▼ 49 vs year ago 437 · −11.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 43▼ 50 vs year ago 103 · −48.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $380.84/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 13 of 25 comparable sales and sits −1.45 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$380.84
18 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.50
vs FL average
−48.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518389.662,01810thin
Medium and Large 2525369.811,9428thin
One grade step is worth $19.85/cwt here — about $77 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 sale18 hd
380.84
—
FL average3 barns · 60 hd
369.33
+11.50
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−48.31
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
−1.45
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—Average1,668175.122,9215thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175153.761,80619
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093131.421,43613

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223626.12/cwt600.00–650.001,3969
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260589.62/cwt580.00–600.001,53310
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3324478.39/cwt460.00–500.001,5509
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325575.46/cwt560.00–590.001,87010
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327535.81/cwt520.00–550.001,75213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371463.24/cwt450.00–480.001,71911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375509.20/cwt490.00–530.001,91016
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377421.83/cwt400.00–440.001,5909
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420474.46/cwt460.00–490.001,99316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423424.56/cwt410.00–440.001,79612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471389.02/cwt380.00–400.001,83213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474416.17/cwt405.00–425.001,97311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518389.66/cwt380.00–400.002,01810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525369.81/cwt365.00–375.001,9428
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323474.42/cwt460.00–490.001,53212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323394.42/cwt380.00–410.001,27410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328427.21/cwt415.00–440.001,40110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363401.01/cwt390.00–410.001,45615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368434.69/cwt420.00–450.001,60010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371370.78/cwt360.00–380.001,3769
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421420.29/cwt405.00–440.001,76911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423383.56/cwt370.00–400.001,62215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468386.55/cwt370.00–400.001,80913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475350.21/cwt340.00–360.001,6638
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,650179.24/cwt175.00–187.002,9573
Bulls——1,695168.93/cwt166.00–171.002,8632
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047138.64/cwt133.00–143.001,4526
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132125.24/cwt121.00–130.001,4187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141151.52/cwt145.00–156.001,72912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232157.59/cwt157.00–161.001,9427

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.