Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $498.81/cwt on 28 head, down $3.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +9.44 against this barn's trailing median of $489.37.

Average price

$498.81

▼ 3.74 vs prior sale

28 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$40.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.26

vs FL average

+3.24 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	517.45	2,254	15thin
Medium and Large 2	449	477.31	2,141	13thin

One grade step is worth $40.14/cwt here — about $113 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 400–500 lb

32 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $417.26, median $489.37 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale28 hd

498.81

—

FL average5 barns · 174 hd

494.55

+4.26

National average119 barns · 3,052 hd

495.57

+3.24

This barn, trailing median32 sales

489.37

+9.44

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	—	Low	1,582	207.79	3,288	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	174.61	2,109	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	166.74	1,779	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 2	300–350	328	517.10/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,696	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	421.27/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,942	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	501.26/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,135	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	449.37/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,135	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	560.34/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,034	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	519.60/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,949	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	469.59/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	443.91/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	645.52/cwt	640.00–650.00	2,072	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	484.92/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	539.13/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,232	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	537.31/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,709	9
Bulls	—	—	1,483	204.62/cwt	202.00–207.00	3,035	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	186.02/cwt	184.00–193.00	2,065	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	166.74/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,779	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	169.85/cwt	161.00–180.00	2,121	12
Bulls	—	—	1,715	212.01/cwt	210.00–216.00	3,636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	602.25/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	658.84/cwt	650.00–670.00	1,785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	584.83/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,123	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	574.41/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,827	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	512.83/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,923	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	470.83/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,982	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	604.68/cwt	600.00–610.00	1,651	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 May 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 461Year ago 288

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 40Year ago 59

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	500.00–535.00	517.10
6	350–400	368	450.00–490.00	469.59
5	400–450	419	440.00–450.00	443.91
7	450–500	461	415.00–430.00	421.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	600.00–610.00	604.68
10	300–350	318	550.00–600.00	574.41
8	350–400	375	500.00–525.00	512.83
7	400–450	421	465.00–475.00	470.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	580.00–620.00	602.25
10	350–400	363	550.00–570.00	560.34
7	400–450	426	490.00–510.00	501.26
6	450–500	475	430.00–470.00	449.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	520.00–560.00	537.31
8	350–400	375	510.00–530.00	519.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	271	650.00–670.00	658.84
7	300–350	321	640.00–650.00	645.52
6	350–400	363	580.00–590.00	584.83
9	400–450	414	530.00–550.00	539.13
6	450–500	468	480.00–490.00	484.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	202.00–207.00	204.62
3	—	1,715	210.00–216.00	212.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,110	184.00–193.00	186.02
12	—	1,249	161.00–180.00	169.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,067	160.00–172.00	166.74

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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