Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-06-02

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jun 2
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 246▼ 149 vs year ago 391 · −38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 58▼ 42 vs year ago 75 · −56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $473.64/cwt on 42 head, down $25.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 32 comparable sales and sits +2.12 against this barn's trailing median of $471.51.
Average price
$473.64
▼ 25.18 vs prior sale
42 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$366
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.79
vs FL average
−18.33 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438509.092,22915thin
Medium and Large 2438463.992,03216thin
Medium and Large 3424439.321,86311thin
One grade step is worth $69.77/cwt here — about $366 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
473.64
—
FL average7 barns · 278 hd
478.43
−4.79
National average168 barns · 7,022 hd
491.97
−18.33
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.51
+2.12
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 400–500 lb

32 sales
544485425366median 471.5103/0304/2806/2309/0110/27
Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $379.64, median $471.51 across 32 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—Average1,743220.103,8364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246181.992,2679thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,170168.401,9706thin

Every lot

24 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 1218710.80/cwt700.00–720.001,5506
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270654.07/cwt630.00–680.001,7666
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318590.47/cwt570.00–610.001,8786
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321638.95/cwt630.00–650.002,0517
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3324543.31/cwt530.00–560.001,7607
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368522.35/cwt515.00–530.001,9228
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373558.26/cwt550.00–570.002,0825
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421521.64/cwt500.00–540.002,1969
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423475.30/cwt465.00–485.002,01110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3424439.32/cwt430.00–450.001,86311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463490.27/cwt480.00–500.002,2706
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463445.14/cwt440.00–450.002,0616
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2261567.59/cwt550.00–580.001,4815
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273605.23/cwt600.00–610.001,6526
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2314524.46/cwt500.00–540.001,6475
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320574.22/cwt550.00–600.001,8388
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366518.30/cwt510.00–530.001,8977
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371464.14/cwt450.00–480.001,72211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420429.64/cwt420.00–440.001,8048
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464453.92/cwt450.00–460.002,1065
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,743220.10/cwt213.00–232.003,8364
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170168.40/cwt165.00–171.001,9706
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240178.83/cwt175.00–183.002,2175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253185.95/cwt185.00–187.002,3304

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.