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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Aug 11
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 417▼ 307 vs year ago 599 · −51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 49▼ 51 vs year ago 74 · −68.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 29▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.56/cwt on 14 head, down $7.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 19 comparable sales and sits +13.94 against this barn's trailing median of $341.62.
Average price
$355.56
▼ 7.58 vs prior sale
14 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,935
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.76
vs FL average
−11.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548359.011,96612thin
Medium and Large 2525334.861,7582thin
One grade step is worth $24.15/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
355.56
—
FL average7 barns · 169 hd
373.32
−17.76
National average163 barns · 7,070 hd
366.65
−11.09
This barn, trailing median19 sales
341.62
+13.94
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

19 sales
426380333286median 341.6203/0305/1908/1809/2210/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.35, low $299.90, median $341.62 across 19 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—Low1,610211.783,4103thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,340171.022,2922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,046161.071,6854thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average973137.811,3413thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)915$2,5001thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218682.99/cwt650.00–720.001,4892
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2240599.38/cwt570.00–630.001,4392
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263614.76/cwt610.00–620.001,6172
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318585.12/cwt570.00–600.001,8612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2332513.82/cwt500.00–530.001,7063
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370563.24/cwt550.00–580.002,0843
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373495.50/cwt480.00–510.001,8482
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420479.80/cwt470.00–490.002,0153
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431449.86/cwt440.00–460.001,9394
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463382.30/cwt370.00–395.001,7702
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478432.52/cwt425.00–445.002,06710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518394.81/cwt380.00–415.002,0458
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528360.35/cwt340.00–375.001,9035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567377.36/cwt365.00–410.002,1409
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575334.87/cwt320.00–350.001,9262
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623338.83/cwt332.50–345.002,1112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665326.25/cwt315.00–337.502,1702
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2051
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0381
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225635.26/cwt600.00–660.001,4293
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2231550.32/cwt520.00–570.001,2714
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy258619.95/cwt610.00–630.001,5994
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273470.61/cwt450.00–490.001,2853
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281577.85/cwt550.00–600.001,62412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324515.50/cwt500.00–540.001,67013
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331467.77/cwt450.00–490.001,5487
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350557.50/cwt555.00–560.001,9512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371494.04/cwt470.00–520.001,8336
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375441.23/cwt415.00–460.001,6557
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417453.17/cwt440.00–470.001,8909
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423419.75/cwt400.00–435.001,7765
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470422.25/cwt410.00–440.001,98511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486365.01/cwt340.00–385.001,7744
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523375.51/cwt355.00–390.001,9646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525334.86/cwt330.00–340.001,7582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572342.51/cwt320.00–355.001,9596
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622304.91/cwt300.00–315.001,8973
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2218620.23/cwt600.00–640.001,3522
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1228670.66/cwt650.00–690.001,5292
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1267625.43/cwt590.00–650.001,67011
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2278535.41/cwt510.00–550.001,4884
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323566.49/cwt540.00–600.001,8306
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2326495.72/cwt480.00–530.001,6167
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2361461.88/cwt450.00–480.001,6675
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376515.70/cwt445.00–570.001,93910
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413420.05/cwt410.00–425.001,7355
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418465.98/cwt440.00–480.001,9483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2457375.15/cwt355.00–385.001,7143
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461425.57/cwt405.00–440.001,9627
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525374.68/cwt360.00–395.001,9674
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533332.58/cwt315.00–350.001,7732
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570350.04/cwt345.00–355.001,9952
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,5861
Bulls——1,745221.17/cwt220.00–222.003,8592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%973137.81/cwt135.00–141.001,3413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,046161.07/cwt157.50–164.001,6854
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340171.02/cwt166.00–176.002,2922
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2854178.03/cwt153.00–240.001,5207
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29152,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.