Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-02-03

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 299▲ 18 vs year ago 348 · +5.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 79▲ 18 vs year ago 98 · +18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $478.55/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 26 of 25 comparable sales and sits +96.26 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$478.55
15 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,478
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.37
vs FL average
−4.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521493.812,5737thin
Medium and Large 2515465.192,3968thin
One grade step is worth $28.62/cwt here — about $177 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 sale15 hd
478.55
—
FL average4 barns · 42 hd
463.18
+15.37
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−4.48
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+96.26
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—Average1,863205.903,8368thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,197166.361,99256
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,113153.471,70810

Every lot

33 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270832.22/cwt790.00–870.002,24712
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318744.03/cwt710.00–770.002,3669
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321666.53/cwt650.00–690.002,1407
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3324623.79/cwt610.00–640.002,0219
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365529.18/cwt510.00–550.001,9328
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373579.06/cwt560.00–600.002,16010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375635.67/cwt610.00–660.002,3848
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416517.02/cwt500.00–530.002,1519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425555.35/cwt540.00–570.002,3608
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458529.84/cwt520.00–540.002,4278
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470492.90/cwt480.00–505.002,3178
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3471453.02/cwt440.00–470.002,1349
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515465.19/cwt455.00–475.002,3968
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521493.81/cwt485.00–505.002,5737
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,6042
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268756.26/cwt710.00–800.002,02710
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310557.50/cwt520.00–620.001,7288
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314658.41/cwt640.00–680.002,0679
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3324536.21/cwt520.00–550.001,7379
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365580.55/cwt560.00–600.002,11910
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366529.13/cwt510.00–550.001,93711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374456.49/cwt440.00–480.001,7077
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418498.49/cwt480.00–520.002,0849
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423438.85/cwt405.00–470.001,8568
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466429.26/cwt420.00–440.002,0009
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475479.68/cwt470.00–490.002,2788
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518441.14/cwt430.00–450.002,2857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525412.74/cwt400.00–425.002,1678
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,802213.40/cwt209.00–218.003,8453
Bulls——1,900201.40/cwt198.00–206.003,8275
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113153.47/cwt146.00–158.001,70810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179175.90/cwt175.00–178.002,07413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203163.47/cwt155.00–170.001,96743

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.