Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-02-10

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 10
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
377 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 366▲ 13 vs year ago 364 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 116▼ 38 vs year ago 86 · −44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $433.51/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 18 of 25 comparable sales and sits +51.21 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$433.51
16 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,285
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.48
vs FL average
−44.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525465.102,4428thin
Medium and Large 2529401.912,1268thin
One grade step is worth $63.19/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale16 hd
433.51
—
FL average4 barns · 71 hd
459.99
−26.48
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−44.88
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+51.21
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—Average1,635191.573,1335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,207170.962,06315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088159.341,73412

Every lot

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1219767.95/cwt720.00–800.001,6827
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275761.64/cwt730.00–790.002,09510
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325737.15/cwt700.00–770.002,39610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370671.35/cwt620.00–720.002,48416
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425520.71/cwt500.00–540.002,2138
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474461.30/cwt435.00–480.002,1877
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525465.10/cwt460.00–470.002,4428
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529401.91/cwt370.00–420.002,1268
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1221704.57/cwt670.00–740.001,55711
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269635.65/cwt600.00–660.001,7107
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323561.09/cwt540.00–580.001,81212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371508.27/cwt480.00–540.001,88611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427467.13/cwt440.00–490.001,99519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475450.42/cwt430.00–470.002,1396
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525410.29/cwt400.00–420.002,1546
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,573188.21/cwt185.00–191.002,9614
Bulls——1,885205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,8641
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088159.34/cwt155.00–163.001,73412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195169.14/cwt165.00–172.002,02111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240175.96/cwt175.00–177.002,1824

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.