Sale reports / Florida / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc / 2026-02-10

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Feb 10
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607
Feeder Cattle receipts
377 head
11 vs last sale 366 13 vs year ago 364 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
68 vs last sale 116 38 vs year ago 86 · 44.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $433.51/cwt on 16 head, down $45.04 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 21 comparable sales and sits 3.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.
Average price
$433.51
45.04 vs prior sale
16 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,285
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
26.48
vs FL average
44.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525465.102,4428thin
Medium and Large 2529401.912,1268thin
One grade step is worth $63.19/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale16 hd
433.51
FL average4 barns · 71 hd
459.99
−26.48
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−44.88
This barn, trailing median21 sales
437.35
−3.85
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
BullsAverage1,635191.573,1335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,207170.962,06315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088159.341,73412

Every lot, as filed

20 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
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370671.35/cwt620.00–720.002,48416
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323561.09/cwt540.00–580.001,81212
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475450.42/cwt430.00–470.002,1396
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525410.29/cwt400.00–420.002,1546
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300269635.65/cwt600.00–660.001,7107
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325737.15/cwt700.00–770.002,39610
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550529401.91/cwt370.00–420.002,1268
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400371508.27/cwt480.00–540.001,88611
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474461.30/cwt435.00–480.002,1877
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425520.71/cwt500.00–540.002,2138
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250221704.57/cwt670.00–740.001,55711
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427467.13/cwt440.00–490.001,99519
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300275761.64/cwt730.00–790.002,09510
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525465.10/cwt460.00–470.002,4428
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250219767.95/cwt720.00–800.001,6827
Bulls1,573188.21/cwt185.00–191.002,9614
Bulls1,885205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,8641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240175.96/cwt175.00–177.002,1824
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195169.14/cwt165.00–172.002,02111
CowsLean 85-90%1,088159.34/cwt155.00–163.001,73412

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.