Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.83/cwt on 13 head, up $8.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 21 comparable sales and sits +39.48 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$476.83

▲ 8.79 vs prior sale

13 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$43.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.87

vs FL average

+11.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	500.24	2,616	6thin
Medium and Large 2	531	456.77	2,425	7thin

One grade step is worth $43.47/cwt here — about $191 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

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 sale13 hd

476.83

—

FL average4 barns · 100 hd

466.96

+9.87

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+11.50

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

+39.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,661	189.69	3,151	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	161.34	2,005	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	145.95	1,493	6thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	638.97/cwt	620.00–660.00	2,019	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	545.27/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,279	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	562.08/cwt	540.00–590.00	2,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	502.11/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,672	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	554.80/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	485.27/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,028	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	700.86/cwt	670.00–730.00	1,843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	524.52/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,439	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	456.77/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,425	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	591.52/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,218	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	799.76/cwt	790.00–810.00	1,679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	689.39/cwt	670.00–710.00	2,275	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	510.24/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,143	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	622.77/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,993	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	746.81/cwt	700.00–800.00	1,949	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	544.60/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,042	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	498.31/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,864	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	453.65/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	474.73/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,984	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	645.68/cwt	620.00–670.00	2,357	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	500.24/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	486.97/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,342	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	464.68/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,207	8
Bulls	—	—	1,978	203.07/cwt	202.00–204.00	4,017	2
Bulls	—	—	1,591	186.72/cwt	181.00–195.00	2,971	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	157.77/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,971	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	166.45/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,054	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	145.95/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,493	6

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Lakeland, FL

Tue Jan 20, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 512Year ago 289

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 76Year ago 68

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	263	670.00–730.00	700.86
11	300–350	316	620.00–660.00	638.97
7	350–400	374	540.00–590.00	562.08
8	400–450	418	470.00–500.00	485.27
8	450–500	475	450.00–480.00	464.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	485.00–520.00	502.11
7	350–400	372	430.00–470.00	453.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	530.00–590.00	554.80
9	350–400	374	480.00–520.00	498.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	210	790.00–810.00	799.76
9	250–300	261	700.00–800.00	746.81
10	300–350	330	670.00–710.00	689.39
8	350–400	365	620.00–670.00	645.68
6	400–450	418	530.00–560.00	545.27
6	450–500	465	510.00–540.00	524.52
6	500–550	523	490.00–510.00	500.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	600.00–650.00	622.77
5	350–400	375	580.00–610.00	591.52
8	400–450	420	500.00–520.00	510.24
9	450–500	481	470.00–500.00	486.97
7	500–550	531	440.00–480.00	456.77
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	530.00–560.00	544.60
8	400–450	418	460.00–490.00	474.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,978	202.00–204.00	203.07
9	—	1,591	181.00–195.00	186.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,249	154.00–161.00	157.77
7	—	1,234	163.00–172.00	166.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	145.00–147.00	145.95

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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