Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $263.94/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −173.41 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$263.94

5 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−17.32

vs FL average

−78.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	559	263.94	1,475	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale5 hd

263.94

—

FL average3 barns · 32 hd

281.26

−17.32

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−78.14

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−173.41

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	1,625	146.11	2,374	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	123.99	1,542	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	110.61	1,138	6thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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	314	325.73/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,023	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	265.87/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,114	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	224.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	284.83/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,062	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	284.12/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,173	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	110.61/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,138	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	128.89/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,464	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	121.81/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,574	9
Bulls	—	—	1,625	146.11/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,374	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	348.18/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,414	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	315.16/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	397.29/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	292.30/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,383	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	395.69/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	349.48/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	271.77/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,275	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	263.94/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,475	5

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 Jan 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 565Year ago 302

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 105Year ago 117

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	320.00–330.00	325.73
5	400–450	413	280.00–290.00	284.12
5	450–500	469	260.00–290.00	271.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	280.00–290.00	284.83
5	400–450	419	260.00–275.00	265.87
4	500–550	525	220.00–230.00	224.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	390.00–405.00	397.29
5	400–450	406	340.00–360.00	348.18
4	450–500	470	310.00–320.00	315.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	380.00–410.00	395.69
6	350–400	363	335.00–365.00	349.48
5	450–500	473	280.00–300.00	292.30
5	550–600	559	255.00–270.00	263.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,029	108.00–113.00	110.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	128.00–131.00	128.89
9	—	1,292	118.00–124.00	121.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,625	140.00–151.00	146.11

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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