Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-07-07

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Jul 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 385▲ 13 vs year ago 279 · +4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 73▼ 78 vs year ago 126 · −61.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for July 4th Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $442.33/cwt on 11 head, up $8.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 25 comparable sales and sits +60.04 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.
Average price
$442.33
▲ 8.86 vs prior sale
11 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,394
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+11.74
vs FL average
−17.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541442.332,39411thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
442.33
—
FL average5 barns · 168 hd
430.58
+11.74
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−17.15
This barn, trailing median25 sales
382.29
+60.04
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—Low1,327199.142,6428thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,061171.861,82314
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,013149.631,5166thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1259676.28/cwt650.00–710.001,7527
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320595.16/cwt590.00–600.001,9056
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323564.42/cwt550.00–580.001,8238
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324632.83/cwt620.00–650.002,05011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365599.04/cwt590.00–610.002,1867
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368566.06/cwt550.00–580.002,0839
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380515.39/cwt500.00–530.001,9586
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3410452.65/cwt440.00–465.001,8566
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415519.76/cwt510.00–530.002,15710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421488.86/cwt480.00–500.002,0587
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456478.16/cwt470.00–490.002,1805
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463454.84/cwt445.00–465.002,1068
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518445.07/cwt440.00–450.002,3056
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569439.04/cwt435.00–445.002,4985
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603416.69/cwt415.00–420.002,5133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277606.08/cwt590.00–630.001,6797
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315574.21/cwt550.00–600.001,8098
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329522.77/cwt510.00–540.001,7209
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377471.50/cwt460.00–480.001,7789
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425467.21/cwt455.00–480.001,98610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429435.86/cwt430.00–440.001,8707
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466448.02/cwt435.00–465.002,0889
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,251194.95/cwt192.00–199.002,4395
Bulls——1,453206.11/cwt205.00–208.002,9953
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013149.63/cwt146.00–153.001,5166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,061171.86/cwt168.00–175.001,82314

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.