Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-04-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
281 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 203▼ 37 vs year ago 318 · −11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 41▼ 14 vs year ago 84 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $455.22/cwt on 8 head, up $4.99 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 23 of 25 comparable sales and sits +72.93 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$455.22
▲ 4.99 vs prior sale
8 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,335
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.00
vs FL average
−33.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513455.222,3358thin
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 sale8 hd
455.22
—
FL average4 barns · 66 hd
445.22
+10.00
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−33.13
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+72.93
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—Average1,432197.712,8306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243173.872,16020
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,173162.291,90416

Every lot

29 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 1220721.36/cwt700.00–740.001,5876
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268640.93/cwt620.00–660.001,7184
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270701.11/cwt680.00–720.001,8936
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320580.63/cwt570.00–590.001,8586
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325620.92/cwt600.00–640.002,0188
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368540.34/cwt530.00–550.001,9886
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373590.34/cwt580.00–600.002,2028
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418490.18/cwt480.00–500.002,0498
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420520.36/cwt510.00–530.002,18614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470450.43/cwt440.00–460.002,1176
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475485.47/cwt470.00–500.002,3066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513455.22/cwt440.00–470.002,3358
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220666.70/cwt640.00–690.001,4674
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265620.75/cwt600.00–640.001,6454
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275561.09/cwt540.00–580.001,5436
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318540.79/cwt520.00–560.001,72010
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320590.31/cwt580.00–600.001,8898
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368475.51/cwt460.00–490.001,7508
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370526.35/cwt500.00–550.001,9478
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415455.36/cwt440.00–470.001,89010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415420.12/cwt410.00–430.001,7436
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467435.39/cwt425.00–450.002,0335
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467407.00/cwt400.00–420.001,9013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510410.20/cwt400.00–420.002,0928
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,220190.97/cwt187.00–198.002,3303
Bulls——1,643204.45/cwt200.00–212.003,3593
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,173162.29/cwt157.00–167.001,90416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185167.62/cwt160.00–174.001,98610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300180.12/cwt176.00–184.002,34210

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.