Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-04-21

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 21
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 281▲ 0 vs year ago 366 · +0.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 70▲ 66 vs year ago 50 · +132.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.82/cwt on 28 head, up $9.59 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +77.53 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$459.82
▲ 9.59 vs prior sale
28 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,445
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.16
vs FL average
−19.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543465.522,52617thin
Medium and Large 2515451.012,32311thin
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $204 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
459.82
—
FL average4 barns · 84 hd
444.66
+15.16
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
−19.21
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+77.53
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—Average1,704219.313,7366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,172172.532,02369
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,127166.511,87718

Every lot

35 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 1215754.19/cwt720.00–790.001,6228
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271686.35/cwt660.00–720.001,86015
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317603.99/cwt590.00–620.001,91511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319654.34/cwt640.00–670.002,08711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3319567.49/cwt550.00–580.001,8107
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365604.32/cwt580.00–630.002,20614
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373520.34/cwt510.00–530.001,9418
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380554.61/cwt540.00–570.002,1088
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425538.12/cwt520.00–555.002,28712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430497.91/cwt480.00–515.002,14116
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3431461.34/cwt450.00–470.001,9889
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465461.06/cwt450.00–470.002,1447
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470499.15/cwt480.00–520.002,34610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514479.08/cwt470.00–490.002,4629
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515451.01/cwt440.00–460.002,32311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575450.26/cwt435.00–465.002,5898
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2269552.45/cwt540.00–570.001,4867
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273617.25/cwt580.00–650.001,68512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318602.70/cwt580.00–630.001,91719
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3321479.33/cwt450.00–500.001,5397
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328541.45/cwt515.00–570.001,7768
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364534.04/cwt520.00–550.001,94411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368446.54/cwt430.00–460.001,6437
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370485.61/cwt470.00–500.001,79712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418474.75/cwt455.00–490.001,9849
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423434.70/cwt425.00–445.001,83912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472416.20/cwt410.00–425.001,9647
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473454.26/cwt435.00–475.002,14910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516426.79/cwt410.00–440.002,2027
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525380.29/cwt370.00–390.001,9978
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,582209.33/cwt202.00–216.003,3123
Bulls——1,825229.29/cwt224.00–232.004,1853
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127166.51/cwt160.00–172.001,87718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,138168.29/cwt160.00–172.001,91533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204176.42/cwt175.00–180.002,12436

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.