Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-06-09

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jun 9
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 242▼ 242 vs year ago 500 · −48.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 33▼ 49 vs year ago 95 · −51.6%
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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 $434.29/cwt on 14 head, down $5.47 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 25 comparable sales and sits +52.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$434.29
▼ 5.47 vs prior sale
14 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,258
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs FL average
−19.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520449.712,3386thin
Medium and Large 2520422.722,1988thin
One grade step is worth $26.99/cwt here — about $140 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 sale14 hd
434.29
—
FL average7 barns · 295 hd
432.95
+1.34
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−19.43
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+52.00
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—Average1,495224.543,3573thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177176.222,07319
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,108165.211,8317thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215731.89/cwt700.00–760.001,5747
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271671.31/cwt650.00–700.001,8199
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320639.53/cwt630.00–650.002,04610
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323610.39/cwt600.00–620.001,97212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365594.38/cwt580.00–610.002,1698
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373555.50/cwt540.00–570.002,07210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420494.76/cwt485.00–505.002,0788
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461488.84/cwt480.00–500.002,2547
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464453.97/cwt440.00–465.002,10611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520449.71/cwt440.00–460.002,3386
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520422.72/cwt415.00–430.002,1988
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316575.41/cwt560.00–595.001,8187
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317427.02/cwt340.00–500.001,3549
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368470.48/cwt460.00–480.001,7316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423429.70/cwt420.00–440.001,8186
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424464.16/cwt450.00–480.001,96811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460419.78/cwt410.00–430.001,9318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466456.11/cwt440.00–470.002,1259
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518376.88/cwt370.00–385.001,9529
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,495224.54/cwt216.00–239.003,3573
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108165.21/cwt160.00–171.001,8317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110184.26/cwt183.00–187.002,0453
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189174.71/cwt171.00–178.002,07716

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.