Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-02-17

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
504 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 377▲ 26 vs year ago 478 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 48▼ 93 vs year ago 131 · −71.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.48/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 26 of 25 comparable sales and sits +93.19 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$475.48
24 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.84
vs FL average
−11.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525489.812,57214thin
Medium and Large 2520455.432,36810thin
One grade step is worth $34.38/cwt here — about $203 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 sale24 hd
475.48
—
FL average4 barns · 92 hd
464.64
+10.84
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−11.87
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+93.19
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—Average1,510198.853,0038thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,113167.491,86419

Every lot

30 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210854.64/cwt840.00–870.001,79510
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271807.73/cwt790.00–830.002,18913
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273738.72/cwt720.00–760.002,01710
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320619.06/cwt600.00–640.001,98114
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323761.55/cwt720.00–800.002,46020
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325676.15/cwt650.00–700.002,19714
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370525.61/cwt510.00–540.001,94512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371641.73/cwt610.00–670.002,38111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371576.49/cwt560.00–590.002,13917
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420515.36/cwt500.00–530.002,16516
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423559.17/cwt540.00–580.002,36516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462539.00/cwt520.00–560.002,49013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471486.14/cwt475.00–500.002,29013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520455.43/cwt440.00–470.002,36810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525489.81/cwt480.00–500.002,57214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273726.15/cwt700.00–750.001,98214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314658.64/cwt630.00–690.002,06813
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318599.21/cwt580.00–620.001,90512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323532.31/cwt510.00–550.001,71913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361602.39/cwt580.00–630.002,17513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370501.08/cwt480.00–520.001,85410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374544.03/cwt530.00–560.002,03511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419504.38/cwt490.00–520.002,11313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425459.53/cwt440.00–480.001,95314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458483.76/cwt470.00–500.002,21615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468430.53/cwt410.00–450.002,01510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513444.78/cwt430.00–460.002,28214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570439.65/cwt420.00–460.002,50610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,510198.85/cwt187.00–206.003,0038
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113167.49/cwt161.00–176.001,86419

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.