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

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 3
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 272▼ 19 vs year ago 268 · −7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 27▼ 34 vs year ago 59 · −57.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $426.21/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +43.92 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$426.21
5 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.02
vs FL average
−49.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2517426.212,2045thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
426.21
—
FL average4 barns · 80 hd
432.23
−6.02
National average177 barns · 11,580 hd
475.56
−49.35
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+43.92
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—High1,670199.083,3256thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,146168.871,93511
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060150.411,5946thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1208670.72/cwt650.00–690.001,39510
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268666.70/cwt650.00–680.001,78715
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318553.55/cwt540.00–570.001,7607
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319655.50/cwt630.00–680.002,09115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325599.08/cwt580.00–620.001,94716
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363537.77/cwt520.00–560.001,95211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368599.05/cwt580.00–620.002,20512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373475.30/cwt460.00–490.001,7738
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425529.53/cwt510.00–550.002,25110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470475.32/cwt460.00–490.002,2348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473444.63/cwt435.00–455.002,10310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517426.21/cwt420.00–435.002,2045
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270600.74/cwt580.00–620.001,62212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320588.59/cwt560.00–620.001,88312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323475.58/cwt460.00–490.001,5368
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326521.93/cwt500.00–550.001,70113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365450.27/cwt440.00–460.001,64310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370528.45/cwt510.00–550.001,95511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377482.27/cwt470.00–500.001,8187
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415468.97/cwt460.00–480.001,94611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461451.69/cwt430.00–470.002,0829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520385.10/cwt380.00–390.002,0036
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520361.77/cwt350.00–370.001,8815
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,510190.97/cwt190.00–193.002,8843
Bulls——1,830207.19/cwt204.00–214.003,7923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060150.41/cwt145.00–157.001,5946
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108163.69/cwt158.00–170.001,8146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191175.09/cwt173.00–180.002,0855

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.