Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-03-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 205▼ 3 vs year ago 263 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 36▼ 31 vs year ago 70 · −44.3%
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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 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $430.40/cwt on 14 head, down $6.96 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 16 of 25 comparable sales and sits +48.10 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$430.40
▼ 6.96 vs prior sale
14 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,247
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.46
vs FL average
−47.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518449.502,3287thin
Medium and Large 2526411.292,1637thin
One grade step is worth $38.21/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale14 hd
430.40
—
FL average4 barns · 45 hd
429.94
+0.46
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−47.69
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+48.10
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—Average1,427200.482,8613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,203167.532,01615
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060149.391,5845thin

Every lot

26 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273675.96/cwt660.00–690.001,8458
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2284602.47/cwt590.00–620.001,7117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2314576.67/cwt560.00–600.001,8117
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318641.10/cwt620.00–660.002,03910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370555.07/cwt550.00–560.002,05410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374583.25/cwt570.00–600.002,1817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415474.82/cwt460.00–490.001,9716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426531.86/cwt510.00–560.002,26611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463495.41/cwt480.00–510.002,29410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470447.69/cwt430.00–460.002,1047
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518449.50/cwt430.00–465.002,3287
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526411.29/cwt400.00–420.002,1637
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261567.02/cwt550.00–590.001,4809
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277528.35/cwt520.00–540.001,4649
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323552.79/cwt540.00–560.001,7868
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326518.80/cwt510.00–530.001,6917
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365520.55/cwt500.00–540.001,90010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365460.27/cwt440.00–480.001,6808
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418450.25/cwt435.00–470.001,8829
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475392.26/cwt385.00–400.001,8636
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477437.13/cwt420.00–450.002,0859
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510419.61/cwt400.00–440.002,1408
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,427200.48/cwt189.00–205.002,8613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,058177.83/cwt177.00–180.001,8814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060149.39/cwt145.00–157.001,5845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256163.78/cwt155.00–169.002,05711

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.