Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-01-20

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jan 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
289 head
▼ 223 vs last sale 512▲ 0 vs year ago 289 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 76▼ 9 vs year ago 68 · −13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $476.83/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 26 of 25 comparable sales and sits +94.54 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$476.83
13 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.87
vs FL average
+11.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523500.242,6166thin
Medium and Large 2531456.772,4257thin
One grade step is worth $43.47/cwt here — about $191 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 sale13 hd
476.83
—
FL average4 barns · 100 hd
466.96
+9.87
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+11.50
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+94.54
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—High1,661189.693,15111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243161.342,00517
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,023145.951,4936thin

Every lot

28 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 1210799.76/cwt790.00–810.001,6796
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1261746.81/cwt700.00–800.001,9499
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320622.77/cwt600.00–650.001,9937
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330689.39/cwt670.00–710.002,27510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365645.68/cwt620.00–670.002,3578
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375591.52/cwt580.00–610.002,2185
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375544.60/cwt530.00–560.002,0428
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418545.27/cwt530.00–560.002,2796
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418474.73/cwt460.00–490.001,9848
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420510.24/cwt500.00–520.002,1438
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465524.52/cwt510.00–540.002,4396
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481486.97/cwt470.00–500.002,3429
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523500.24/cwt490.00–510.002,6166
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531456.77/cwt440.00–480.002,4257
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263700.86/cwt670.00–730.001,84312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316638.97/cwt620.00–660.002,01911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321554.80/cwt530.00–590.001,7817
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3333502.11/cwt485.00–520.001,6726
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372453.65/cwt430.00–470.001,6887
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374562.08/cwt540.00–590.002,1027
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374498.31/cwt480.00–520.001,8649
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418485.27/cwt470.00–500.002,0288
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475464.68/cwt450.00–480.002,2078
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,591186.72/cwt181.00–195.002,9719
Bulls——1,978203.07/cwt202.00–204.004,0172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023145.95/cwt145.00–147.001,4936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234166.45/cwt163.00–172.002,0547
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249157.77/cwt154.00–161.001,97110

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.