Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-01-13

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jan 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
512 head
▲ 206 vs last sale 306▲ 131 vs year ago 381 · +34.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 34▼ 8 vs year ago 84 · −9.5%
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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 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $425.68/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 21 of 20 comparable sales and sits +86.08 against this barn's trailing median of $339.60.
Average price
$425.68
26 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$399
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.77
vs FL average
+12.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547445.292,43517thin
Medium and Large 2524388.652,0379thin
One grade step is worth $56.64/cwt here — about $399 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 sale26 hd
425.68
—
FL average4 barns · 116 hd
405.91
+19.77
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
+12.20
This barn, trailing median20 sales
339.60
+86.08
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

20 sales
426380333286median 339.6003/0306/1608/2510/0611/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $339.60 across 20 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—Average1,517173.012,62412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214156.371,89827
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031148.901,5359thin

Every lot

32 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 1223766.92/cwt730.00–810.001,7107
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271707.45/cwt690.00–730.001,91711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318574.17/cwt560.00–590.001,8268
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322624.50/cwt600.00–650.002,01117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328705.95/cwt680.00–730.002,31612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369648.99/cwt630.00–670.002,39511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370584.59/cwt570.00–600.002,16310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3379547.16/cwt530.00–560.002,0749
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420495.54/cwt480.00–510.002,08110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424541.35/cwt520.00–560.002,29511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464527.94/cwt500.00–550.002,45011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479466.05/cwt450.00–480.002,23211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521496.68/cwt470.00–520.002,58811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521433.05/cwt420.00–450.002,2569
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283631.39/cwt600.00–670.001,78713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320617.87/cwt600.00–640.001,97711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320566.17/cwt540.00–590.001,81214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3331507.59/cwt490.00–520.001,6807
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368539.59/cwt520.00–560.001,98618
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374493.14/cwt480.00–510.001,84411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374442.88/cwt420.00–460.001,6569
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425504.41/cwt480.00–530.002,14416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425444.65/cwt430.00–460.001,89010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473415.24/cwt400.00–430.001,96410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476458.04/cwt440.00–480.002,18015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523476.08/cwt430.00–520.002,49010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524388.65/cwt380.00–400.002,0379
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581401.30/cwt390.00–410.002,3327
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,416177.88/cwt173.00–184.002,5197
Bulls——1,658166.18/cwt161.00–171.002,7555
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031148.90/cwt146.00–152.001,5359
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214156.37/cwt151.00–164.001,89827

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.