Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $470.90/cwt on 23 head, up $13.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 21 comparable sales and sits +33.55 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$470.90

▲ 13.14 vs prior sale

23 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$10.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.46

vs FL average

−16.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	521	478.53	2,493	7thin
Medium and Large 1	546	467.57	2,554	16thin

One grade step is worth $10.97/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale23 hd

470.90

—

FL average5 barns · 121 hd

453.45

+17.46

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−16.65

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

+33.55

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	1,573	207.62	3,266	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	174.27	2,166	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,169	160.74	1,879	4thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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 3	350–400	372	447.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	569.25/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	454.69/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	631.38/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	618.35/cwt	610.00–630.00	1,719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	530.64/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,985	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	478.53/cwt	445.00–525.00	2,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	484.53/cwt	445.00–535.00	2,791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	678.36/cwt	650.00–710.00	1,865	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	494.36/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,323	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	490.41/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,065	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	560.20/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,118	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	458.89/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,125	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	603.26/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,196	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	603.47/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,937	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	515.60/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	436.56/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,218	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	475.80/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,994	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	541.98/cwt	530.00–555.00	2,265	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	713.98/cwt	700.00–730.00	1,571	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	454.37/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,376	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	554.66/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,819	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	476.55/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	418.31/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	436.70/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,817	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	493.64/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,762	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	650.47/cwt	640.00–660.00	2,082	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	526.91/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,654	7
Bulls	—	—	1,573	207.62/cwt	200.00–218.00	3,266	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	174.27/cwt	163.00–185.00	2,166	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,169	160.74/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,879	4

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 May 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 291Last week 447Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 55Year ago 111

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	460.00–500.00	476.55
9	350–400	372	430.00–460.00	447.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	266	600.00–660.00	631.38
5	300–350	322	550.00–600.00	569.25
11	350–400	374	520.00–540.00	530.64
13	400–450	419	460.00–490.00	475.80
8	450–500	480	440.00–470.00	454.69
9	500–550	508	430.00–445.00	436.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	314	510.00–540.00	526.91
9	350–400	357	480.00–510.00	493.64
7	400–450	416	420.00–450.00	436.70
5	450–500	467	410.00–430.00	418.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	610.00–630.00	618.35
7	300–350	321	580.00–620.00	603.47
12	350–400	378	550.00–570.00	560.20
7	400–450	421	470.00–505.00	490.41
7	450–500	463	450.00–470.00	458.89
7	500–550	521	445.00–525.00	478.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	220	700.00–730.00	713.98
12	250–300	275	650.00–710.00	678.36
8	300–350	320	640.00–660.00	650.47
7	350–400	364	580.00–620.00	603.26
8	400–450	418	530.00–555.00	541.98
6	450–500	470	480.00–510.00	494.36
9	500–550	523	450.00–460.00	454.37
7	550–600	576	445.00–535.00	484.53
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	540.00–570.00	554.66
6	350–400	375	500.00–530.00	515.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,573	200.00–218.00	207.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,243	163.00–185.00	174.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,169	160.00–163.00	160.74

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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