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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Dec 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
469 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 388▲ 30 vs year ago 439 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 53▼ 185 vs year ago 226 · −81.9%
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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 $393.99/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +11.70 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$393.99
29 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.85
vs FL average
−36.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536405.202,17218thin
Medium and Large 2545375.662,04911thin
One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $123 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 sale29 hd
393.99
—
FL average4 barns · 134 hd
383.14
+10.85
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−36.64
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+11.70
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—Average1,550173.232,6854thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151153.381,76511
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,121146.411,64112

Every lot

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218639.66/cwt630.00–650.001,3948
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2271547.68/cwt530.00–560.001,4847
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273619.43/cwt610.00–630.001,6919
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5503
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318546.45/cwt530.00–560.001,7387
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323595.58/cwt580.00–610.001,92410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365454.38/cwt440.00–470.001,6588
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368554.49/cwt530.00–580.002,04112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372499.13/cwt480.00–520.001,85713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415509.76/cwt500.00–520.002,11612
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426457.76/cwt440.00–480.001,95013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3426416.71/cwt400.00–430.001,7757
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455460.22/cwt440.00–480.002,09412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470410.21/cwt400.00–420.001,9288
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3479381.22/cwt370.00–390.001,8267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525412.86/cwt400.00–425.002,16812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525385.29/cwt375.00–395.002,0236
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558389.87/cwt380.00–400.002,1756
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570364.11/cwt360.00–370.002,0755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270515.83/cwt500.00–530.001,39312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311488.77/cwt480.00–500.001,52011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325451.51/cwt430.00–470.001,46711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325409.69/cwt400.00–420.001,33110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365384.86/cwt380.00–390.001,4056
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366457.64/cwt440.00–480.001,67511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371416.76/cwt400.00–430.001,54611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423394.56/cwt380.00–410.001,6698
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425434.65/cwt420.00–450.001,84714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461423.62/cwt405.00–440.001,95311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472377.14/cwt360.00–390.001,7809
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515374.71/cwt360.00–390.001,93010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523339.76/cwt330.00–350.001,7776
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,550173.23/cwt169.00–178.002,6854
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121146.41/cwt138.00–155.001,64112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151153.38/cwt145.00–161.001,76511

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.