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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
16 vs last sale 348 60 vs year ago 304 · +19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
12 vs last sale 98 24 vs year ago 62 · +38.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.14/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 100.21 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.
Average price
$337.14
4 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+26.57
vs FL average
1.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525337.141,7704thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
493444396348median 437.3512/1602/1704/2807/0708/18
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.55, low $362.33, median $437.35 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
337.14
FL average4 barns · 42 hd
310.57
+26.57
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−1.53
This barn, trailing median21 sales
437.35
−100.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,483158.932,3575thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,216138.351,68213
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069123.241,3174thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315389.68/cwt380.00–400.001,2274
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400363347.14/cwt330.00–365.001,2604
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325341.45/cwt330.00–360.001,1105
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466311.27/cwt300.00–320.001,4517
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400359314.15/cwt305.00–320.001,1285
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450413308.83/cwt300.00–315.001,2755
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350315439.05/cwt410.00–470.001,3834
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425362.28/cwt350.00–370.001,5405
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328495.12/cwt480.00–520.001,6245
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418400.36/cwt380.00–420.001,6746
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500462307.79/cwt300.00–320.001,4225
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400371387.75/cwt360.00–410.001,4397
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475349.37/cwt330.00–370.001,6604
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400371442.25/cwt420.00–470.001,6417
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525337.14/cwt325.00–350.001,7704
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300265544.91/cwt520.00–560.001,4445
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300261452.88/cwt420.00–480.001,1827
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420340.48/cwt320.00–360.001,4306
Bulls1,483158.93/cwt151.00–167.002,3575
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245141.53/cwt139.00–144.001,7628
CowsLean 85-90%1,069123.24/cwt118.00–128.001,3174
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169133.27/cwt129.00–135.001,5585

How this sale compares

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.