Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

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 $434.29/cwt on 14 head, down $5.47 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 21 comparable sales and sits −3.06 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$434.29

▼ 5.47 vs prior sale

14 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,258

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$26.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

vs FL average

−19.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	449.71	2,338	6thin
Medium and Large 2	520	422.72	2,198	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.99/cwt here — about $140 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 sale14 hd

434.29

—

FL average7 barns · 295 hd

432.95

+1.34

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−19.43

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−3.06

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	1,495	224.54	3,357	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	176.22	2,073	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	165.21	1,831	7thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	300–350	316	575.41/cwt	560.00–595.00	1,818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	456.11/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,125	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	671.31/cwt	650.00–700.00	1,819	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	639.53/cwt	630.00–650.00	2,046	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	449.71/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	731.89/cwt	700.00–760.00	1,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	494.76/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,078	8
Bulls	—	—	1,495	224.54/cwt	216.00–239.00	3,357	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	174.71/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,077	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	165.21/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,831	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	184.26/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,045	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	453.97/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,106	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	488.84/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,254	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	470.48/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	429.70/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,818	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	419.78/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,931	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	376.88/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,952	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	464.16/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,968	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	594.38/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,169	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	422.72/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,198	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	555.50/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,072	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	427.02/cwt	340.00–500.00	1,354	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	610.39/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,972	12

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 Jun 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 258Last week 242Year ago 500

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 33Year ago 95

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	560.00–595.00	575.41
11	400–450	424	450.00–480.00	464.16
9	450–500	466	440.00–470.00	456.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	317	340.00–500.00	427.02
6	350–400	368	460.00–480.00	470.48
6	400–450	423	420.00–440.00	429.70
8	450–500	460	410.00–430.00	419.78
9	500–550	518	370.00–385.00	376.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	215	700.00–760.00	731.89
9	250–300	271	650.00–700.00	671.31
10	300–350	320	630.00–650.00	639.53
8	350–400	365	580.00–610.00	594.38
7	450–500	461	480.00–500.00	488.84
6	500–550	520	440.00–460.00	449.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	600.00–620.00	610.39
10	350–400	373	540.00–570.00	555.50
8	400–450	420	485.00–505.00	494.76
11	450–500	464	440.00–465.00	453.97
8	500–550	520	415.00–430.00	422.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,495	216.00–239.00	224.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,189	171.00–178.00	174.71
3	—	1,110	183.00–187.00	184.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,108	160.00–171.00	165.21

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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