Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-05-05

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
▼ 156 vs last sale 447▼ 101 vs year ago 392 · −25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 55▼ 79 vs year ago 111 · −71.2%
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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 mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $470.90/cwt on 23 head, up $13.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 25 comparable sales and sits +88.61 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$470.90
▲ 13.14 vs prior sale
23 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.46
vs FL average
−16.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2521478.532,4937thin
Medium and Large 1546467.572,55416thin
One grade step is worth $10.97/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale23 hd
470.90
—
FL average5 barns · 121 hd
453.45
+17.46
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
−16.65
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+88.61
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—Average1,573207.623,2665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243174.272,16615
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,169160.741,8794thin

Every lot

31 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 1220713.98/cwt700.00–730.001,5716
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275678.36/cwt650.00–710.001,86512
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278618.35/cwt610.00–630.001,7195
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320650.47/cwt640.00–660.002,0828
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321603.47/cwt580.00–620.001,9377
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328554.66/cwt540.00–570.001,8198
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364603.26/cwt580.00–620.002,1967
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375515.60/cwt500.00–530.001,9346
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378560.20/cwt550.00–570.002,11812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418541.98/cwt530.00–555.002,2658
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421490.41/cwt470.00–505.002,0657
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463458.89/cwt450.00–470.002,1257
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470494.36/cwt480.00–510.002,3236
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521478.53/cwt445.00–525.002,4937
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523454.37/cwt450.00–460.002,3769
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576484.53/cwt445.00–535.002,7917
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1266631.38/cwt600.00–660.001,6799
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2314526.91/cwt510.00–540.001,6547
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322569.25/cwt550.00–600.001,8335
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3331476.55/cwt460.00–500.001,5777
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357493.64/cwt480.00–510.001,7629
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372447.26/cwt430.00–460.001,6649
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374530.64/cwt520.00–540.001,98511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416436.70/cwt420.00–450.001,8177
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419475.80/cwt460.00–490.001,99413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467418.31/cwt410.00–430.001,9545
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480454.69/cwt440.00–470.002,1838
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508436.56/cwt430.00–445.002,2189
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,573207.62/cwt200.00–218.003,2665
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,169160.74/cwt160.00–163.001,8794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243174.27/cwt163.00–185.002,16615

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.