Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-06-16

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jun 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
532 head
▲ 274 vs last sale 258▼ 141 vs year ago 673 · −21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 46▼ 99 vs year ago 158 · −62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $433.47/cwt on 39 head, down $0.82 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 25 comparable sales and sits +51.17 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$433.47
▼ 0.82 vs prior sale
39 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,333
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.98
vs FL average
−25.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540436.012,35634
Medium and Large 2523416.142,1765thin
One grade step is worth $19.87/cwt here — about $180 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 sale39 hd
433.47
—
FL average6 barns · 305 hd
428.49
+4.98
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
−25.58
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+51.17
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—Average1,907214.954,0993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,320172.972,28323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,067163.181,74111

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268667.20/cwt640.00–690.001,7887
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275619.64/cwt610.00–630.001,7046
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320644.30/cwt630.00–660.002,0626
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320609.53/cwt600.00–620.001,9506
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325565.69/cwt550.00–580.001,8388
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360555.42/cwt540.00–570.002,00010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364592.55/cwt580.00–610.002,1577
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370524.86/cwt515.00–535.001,9428
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423495.48/cwt490.00–500.002,09615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425519.88/cwt515.00–525.002,20914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465477.74/cwt470.00–485.002,22134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468449.63/cwt440.00–460.002,10412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523416.14/cwt410.00–425.002,1765
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528442.61/cwt435.00–450.002,33724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570420.18/cwt410.00–430.002,39510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621411.59/cwt400.00–420.002,5567
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220666.02/cwt650.00–680.001,4656
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265609.25/cwt590.00–630.001,6158
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323579.22/cwt560.00–600.001,87112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323524.42/cwt510.00–540.001,6946
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363478.26/cwt460.00–500.001,73615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366524.35/cwt510.00–540.001,91911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415457.41/cwt450.00–465.001,89822
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425434.88/cwt430.00–440.001,8488
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469421.22/cwt410.00–430.001,9767
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470449.68/cwt440.00–460.002,11350
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521418.92/cwt405.00–435.002,18319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558399.87/cwt390.00–410.002,23110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,907214.95/cwt212.00–219.004,0993
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,067163.18/cwt160.00–167.001,74111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320172.97/cwt165.00–179.002,28323

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.