Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-03-10

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 249▼ 103 vs year ago 281 · −36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 25▼ 81 vs year ago 115 · −70.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $459.10/cwt on 26 head, down $24.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 33 comparable sales and sits −10.28 against this barn's trailing median of $469.39.
Average price
$459.10
▼ 24.62 vs prior sale
26 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.09
vs FL average
−57.72 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446465.612,07718thin
Medium and Large 2420444.461,8678thin
One grade step is worth $21.15/cwt here — about $210 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale26 hd
459.10
—
FL average4 barns · 142 hd
471.19
−12.09
National average169 barns · 6,110 hd
516.82
−57.72
This barn, trailing median33 sales
469.39
−10.28
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 400–500 lb

33 sales
544485425366median 469.3903/0304/2806/2309/0111/03
Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $379.64, median $469.39 across 33 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—Average1,526195.592,9856thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227165.832,03415
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,098143.311,5738thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1224621.34/cwt600.00–640.001,3929
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1281617.19/cwt600.00–630.001,7349
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320603.83/cwt580.00–630.001,93210
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329560.81/cwt550.00–570.001,8459
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371512.46/cwt500.00–530.001,9017
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373550.34/cwt540.00–560.002,05310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418496.62/cwt480.00–510.002,0767
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420444.46/cwt430.00–460.001,8678
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464445.88/cwt430.00–460.002,06911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283565.40/cwt550.00–580.001,60012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325543.85/cwt520.00–570.001,76810
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325479.38/cwt460.00–500.001,55810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364521.27/cwt500.00–540.001,89711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371452.06/cwt430.00–480.001,67711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419440.62/cwt425.00–455.001,84613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469405.79/cwt400.00–410.001,9037
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475202.84/cwt191.00–209.002,9924
Bulls——1,628181.10/cwt178.00–184.002,9482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985138.56/cwt136.00–141.001,3654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182162.67/cwt157.00–166.001,92310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,210148.05/cwt147.00–152.001,7914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,316172.15/cwt171.00–174.002,2655

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.