Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-03-31

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 31
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
322 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 260▲ 55 vs year ago 267 · +20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 39▼ 23 vs year ago 59 · −39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.23/cwt on 15 head, up $19.83 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 22 of 25 comparable sales and sits +67.94 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$450.23
▲ 19.83 vs prior sale
15 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.24
vs FL average
−32.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544450.232,44815thin
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 sale15 hd
450.23
—
FL average4 barns · 61 hd
435.99
+14.24
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
−32.95
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+67.94
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—Average1,626211.723,4427thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,171173.822,03514
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088160.591,7474thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1222689.55/cwt650.00–750.001,5317
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273668.07/cwt640.00–700.001,82412
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273609.54/cwt600.00–620.001,6646
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3311551.59/cwt540.00–560.001,7157
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315634.52/cwt620.00–650.001,99912
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333596.70/cwt580.00–610.001,98711
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361596.63/cwt580.00–610.002,1547
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385560.13/cwt550.00–570.002,1578
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420429.76/cwt420.00–440.001,8056
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423496.98/cwt480.00–515.002,1026
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424542.90/cwt530.00–560.002,3029
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458527.13/cwt505.00–550.002,4148
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2459472.01/cwt450.00–490.002,1679
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473444.60/cwt430.00–460.002,1036
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520460.58/cwt440.00–480.002,3958
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571438.40/cwt430.00–450.002,5037
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273601.28/cwt580.00–620.001,64114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316567.55/cwt550.00–590.001,79311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318518.07/cwt500.00–540.001,6477
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363539.31/cwt520.00–560.001,95812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370494.39/cwt480.00–510.001,8296
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413459.39/cwt440.00–480.001,8978
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458432.21/cwt415.00–450.001,9806
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461388.84/cwt380.00–400.001,7937
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520409.62/cwt400.00–420.002,1306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520382.26/cwt370.00–395.001,9886
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560399.82/cwt390.00–410.002,2396
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,603200.14/cwt195.00–203.003,2083
Bulls——1,643220.40/cwt211.00–230.003,6214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088160.59/cwt156.00–165.001,7474
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,161170.25/cwt165.00–175.001,97710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195182.74/cwt181.00–185.002,1844

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.