Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $457.76/cwt on 22 head, down $2.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 21 comparable sales and sits +20.41 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$457.76

▼ 2.06 vs prior sale

22 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$25.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.68

vs FL average

−23.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	475.42	2,491	7thin
Medium and Large 2	524	449.52	2,355	15thin

One grade step is worth $25.90/cwt here — about $136 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 sale22 hd

457.76

—

FL average4 barns · 86 hd

445.08

+12.68

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−23.26

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

+20.41

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	1,343	202.14	2,715	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	169.20	2,051	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	154.47	1,566	7thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	421.24/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,182	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	611.43/cwt	580.00–640.00	1,608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	428.28/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	414.89/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,929	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	510.46/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	592.84/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,205	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	540.58/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,314	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	449.70/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	511.23/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,897	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	459.46/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,141	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	674.12/cwt	650.00–710.00	1,867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	475.42/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,491	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	493.02/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,297	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	616.71/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	494.65/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	449.52/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,355	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	451.01/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,129	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	595.52/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,870	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	544.54/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,770	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	435.10/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	598.90/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	553.10/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	543.97/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,985	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	474.47/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,016	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	475.68/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,760	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	533.89/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,442	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	552.84/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	649.22/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,097	10
Bulls	—	—	1,328	215.92/cwt	205.00–225.00	2,867	4
Bulls	—	—	1,358	188.35/cwt	183.00–195.00	2,558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	169.20/cwt	161.00–177.00	2,051	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	154.47/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,566	7

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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 447Last week 366Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 116Year ago 47

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. 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
10	250–300	263	580.00–640.00	611.43
19	300–350	314	570.00–620.00	595.52
10	350–400	365	520.00–570.00	543.97
12	400–450	425	460.00–490.00	474.47
13	450–500	472	430.00–470.00	451.01
9	500–550	518	405.00–435.00	421.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	270	520.00–550.00	533.89
12	300–350	325	530.00–560.00	544.54
12	350–400	370	450.00–500.00	475.68
7	400–450	424	420.00–440.00	428.28
8	450–500	465	405.00–425.00	414.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	500.00–520.00	510.46
6	350–400	368	430.00–440.00	435.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	277	650.00–710.00	674.12
10	300–350	323	630.00–670.00	649.22
11	350–400	372	580.00–610.00	592.84
10	400–450	428	520.00–560.00	540.58
9	450–500	466	480.00–510.00	493.02
7	500–550	524	465.00–490.00	475.42
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	540.00–570.00	553.10
7	350–400	371	500.00–520.00	511.23
6	400–450	423	440.00–460.00	449.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	277	600.00–640.00	616.71
14	300–350	318	580.00–620.00	598.90
9	350–400	374	540.00–570.00	552.84
8	400–450	425	480.00–510.00	494.65
11	450–500	466	450.00–470.00	459.46
15	500–550	524	440.00–460.00	449.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,328	205.00–225.00	215.92
4	—	1,358	183.00–195.00	188.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,212	161.00–177.00	169.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,014	153.00–164.00	154.47

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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