Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $478.55/cwt on 15 head, up $1.71 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 21 of 21 comparable sales and sits +41.20 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$478.55

▲ 1.71 vs prior sale

15 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$28.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.37

vs FL average

−4.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	493.81	2,573	7thin
Medium and Large 2	515	465.19	2,396	8thin

One grade step is worth $28.62/cwt here — about $177 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 sale15 hd

478.55

—

FL average4 barns · 42 hd

463.18

+15.37

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−4.48

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

+41.20

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	—	Average	1,863	205.90	3,836	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	166.36	1,992	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	153.47	1,708	10

Every lot, as filed

33 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	500–550	518	441.14/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,285	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	438.85/cwt	405.00–470.00	1,856	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	429.26/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,000	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	536.21/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,737	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	412.74/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	479.68/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,278	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	517.02/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,151	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	744.03/cwt	710.00–770.00	2,366	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	579.06/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,160	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	623.79/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,021	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	529.84/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,427	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	666.53/cwt	650.00–690.00	2,140	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	492.90/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,317	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	635.67/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,384	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	555.35/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,360	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	832.22/cwt	790.00–870.00	2,247	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	580.55/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,119	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	557.50/cwt	520.00–620.00	1,728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	456.49/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,707	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	529.18/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,932	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	493.81/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	529.13/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,937	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	658.41/cwt	640.00–680.00	2,067	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	498.49/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,084	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	756.26/cwt	710.00–800.00	2,027	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	465.19/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,396	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	453.02/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,134	9
Bulls	—	—	1,900	201.40/cwt	198.00–206.00	3,827	5
Bulls	—	—	1,802	213.40/cwt	209.00–218.00	3,845	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	163.47/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,967	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	175.90/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,074	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	153.47/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,708	10

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 Feb 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 299Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 116Last week 79Year ago 98

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	710.00–800.00	756.26
9	300–350	314	640.00–680.00	658.41
10	350–400	365	560.00–600.00	580.55
9	400–450	418	480.00–520.00	498.49
8	450–500	475	470.00–490.00	479.68
7	500–550	518	430.00–450.00	441.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	310	520.00–620.00	557.50
11	350–400	366	510.00–550.00	529.13
8	400–450	423	405.00–470.00	438.85
9	450–500	466	420.00–440.00	429.26
8	500–550	525	400.00–425.00	412.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	520.00–550.00	536.21
7	350–400	374	440.00–480.00	456.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	650.00–690.00	666.53
10	350–400	373	560.00–600.00	579.06
9	400–450	416	500.00–530.00	517.02
8	450–500	470	480.00–505.00	492.90
8	500–550	515	455.00–475.00	465.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	270	790.00–870.00	832.22
9	300–350	318	710.00–770.00	744.03
8	350–400	375	610.00–660.00	635.67
8	400–450	425	540.00–570.00	555.35
8	450–500	458	520.00–540.00	529.84
7	500–550	521	485.00–505.00	493.81
2	600–650	620	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	610.00–640.00	623.79
8	350–400	365	510.00–550.00	529.18
9	450–500	471	440.00–470.00	453.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,900	198.00–206.00	201.40
3	—	1,802	209.00–218.00	213.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,203	155.00–170.00	163.47
13	—	1,179	175.00–178.00	175.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,113	146.00–158.00	153.47

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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