Cattle Market Pulse

Florida cattle prices & auction market reports

USDA market reports from 10 Florida auction markets, most recently Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Every report in full — prices by weight, grade, and class, with head counts and the reporter's comments.

What cattle are bringing in Florida

Head-weighted average across 4,340 head at the 8 Florida markets that sold these classes by the hundredweight, Aug 3, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026.

Florida cattle classes by head count, head-weighted $/cwt
Class $/cwt Avg wt (lb) ≈ $/hd est. Head Markets
heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $318.48 860 $2,739 1,350 1
heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $302.10 754 $2,278 873 1
light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $316.55 816 $2,583 670 1
light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $323.52 726 $2,349 489 1
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $336.69 676 $2,276 485 8
light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $427.11 420 $1,794 473 7

Head-weighted average of per-hundredweight lots only — per-head classes such as bred cows and cow-calf pairs are excluded, never converted. The ≈ $/hd column is an estimate: that row's average price × its average weight ÷ 100.

Florida markets
Market Town Last sale Head
Arcadia Livestock Auction Arcadia Mon · Aug 31, 2026 852
Arcadia Livestock Auction Arcadia Wed · Sep 2, 2026 730
Columbia Livestock Auction Lake City Mon · Aug 31, 2026 541
Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Lakeland Tue · Sep 1, 2026 387
Townsend Livestock Auction Madison Tue · Sep 1, 2026 507
Okeechobee Livestock Auction Okeechobee Mon · Aug 31, 2026 1,146
Okeechobee Livestock Auction Okeechobee Tue · Sep 1, 2026 1,049
Southeast Direct Cattle Report (AL/AR/FL/GA/LA/MS/TN) Southeast Direct Cattle Report Mon · Aug 31, 2026 904
Florida Daily Livestock Auction Summary Wed · Sep 2, 2026 730
Florida Weekly Livestock Auction Summary Mon · Aug 31, 2026 5,212