Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.47/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −100.46 against this barn's trailing median of $386.93.

Average price

$286.47

9 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+21.12

vs FL average

−18.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	286.47	1,551	9thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.64, low $332.03, median $386.93 across 16 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 sale9 hd

286.47

—

FL average4 barns · 47 hd

265.35

+21.12

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−18.17

This barn, trailing median16 sales

386.93

−100.46

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	1,726	156.67	2,705	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,101	135.35	1,490	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	122.91	1,331	6thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	550–600	568	265.13/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	303.54/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	456.62/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,274	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	321.62/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	341.70/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	314.60/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,180	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	350.18/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	299.66/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	434.61/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	499.08/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	363.62/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,389	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	393.85/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,422	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	401.56/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,679	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	335.43/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	450.76/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	543.74/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	301.71/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	398.90/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,269	6
Bulls	—	—	1,701	153.69/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,614	10
Bulls	—	—	1,853	171.59/cwt	169.00–174.00	3,180	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	135.35/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,490	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	122.91/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,331	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 Jan 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 285Last week 289Year ago 394

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 68Year ago 124

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 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
7	250–300	279	440.00–480.00	456.62
6	300–350	318	380.00–420.00	398.90
9	350–400	382	350.00–380.00	363.62
8	400–450	420	320.00–365.00	341.70
7	450–500	464	305.00–345.00	321.62
5	500–550	520	280.00–320.00	303.54
4	550–600	568	255.00–275.00	265.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	300.00–330.00	314.60
5	400–450	420	290.00–310.00	301.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	410.00–450.00	434.61
9	350–400	361	380.00–410.00	393.85
4	400–450	428	340.00–360.00	350.18
4	500–550	518	290.00–310.00	299.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	540.00–550.00	543.74
6	300–350	325	480.00–520.00	499.08
7	350–400	366	430.00–480.00	450.76
8	400–450	418	380.00–425.00	401.56
6	500–550	525	320.00–350.00	335.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,701	149.00–155.00	153.69
2	—	1,853	169.00–174.00	171.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,101	130.00–141.00	135.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,083	118.00–128.00	122.91

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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