Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.18/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −121.17 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$316.18

14 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$20.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.17

vs FL average

−26.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	327.68	1,681	6thin
Medium and Large 2	518	307.56	1,593	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.12/cwt here — about $88 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

316.18

—

FL average4 barns · 66 hd

307.01

+9.17

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−26.27

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−121.17

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	—	High	1,392	146.03	2,033	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	125.68	1,577	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,213	112.99	1,371	8thin

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	250–300	285	425.44/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,213	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	384.15/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,414	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	331.77/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	354.37/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,481	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	315.25/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	319.68/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	494.06/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,581	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	374.46/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	354.44/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	397.35/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	428.23/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,405	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	404.22/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,294	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	318.53/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	340.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	307.56/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	441.68/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,608	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	327.68/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	311.12/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,297	5
Bulls	—	—	1,625	157.34/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,557	2
Bulls	—	—	1,326	142.80/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,894	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	122.04/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,655	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	132.06/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,424	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	112.99/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,371	8

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 381Last week 195Year ago 416

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 76Year ago 179

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	285	400.00–450.00	425.44
12	300–350	320	380.00–430.00	404.22
12	350–400	368	360.00–410.00	384.15
8	400–450	418	340.00–370.00	354.37
8	450–500	465	305.00–335.00	319.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	320.00–350.00	331.77
5	350–400	364	300.00–325.00	315.25
5	400–450	417	305.00–315.00	311.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	480.00–510.00	494.06
9	350–400	364	420.00–460.00	441.68
8	400–450	415	360.00–390.00	374.46
10	450–500	468	340.00–370.00	354.44
6	500–550	513	315.00–340.00	327.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	415.00–450.00	428.23
4	350–400	373	390.00–405.00	397.35
6	400–450	420	330.00–350.00	340.24
5	450–500	476	300.00–330.00	318.53
8	500–550	518	305.00–310.00	307.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	154.00–161.00	157.34
7	—	1,326	135.00–145.00	142.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,356	118.00–126.00	122.04
4	—	1,078	131.00–133.00	132.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,213	110.00–118.00	112.99

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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