Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter 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 $319.69/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −117.66 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$319.69

9 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.31

vs FL average

−22.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	319.69	1,723	9thin

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 sale9 hd

319.69

—

FL average4 barns · 61 hd

321.99

−2.31

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−22.69

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−117.66

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	1,590	158.82	2,525	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	129.07	1,506	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	123.07	1,210	6thin

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	263	435.71/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	324.25/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	263.84/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	300.29/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	350.86/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	305.63/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	369.34/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,396	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	362.40/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	500.30/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	315.13/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	539.53/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,446	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	444.60/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	416.62/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	422.79/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,366	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	367.65/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	312.89/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	355.56/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	407.50/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	323.33/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,662	5
Bulls	—	—	1,457	148.63/cwt	137.00–159.00	2,166	6
Bulls	—	—	1,789	174.10/cwt	166.00–179.00	3,115	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	129.07/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,506	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	123.07/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,210	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 Feb 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 348Last week 285Year ago 293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 95Year ago 144

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter 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
4	250–300	263	420.00–450.00	435.71
6	300–350	323	410.00–435.00	422.79
10	350–400	378	350.00–390.00	369.34
5	400–450	417	330.00–380.00	350.86
4	450–500	468	305.00–345.00	324.25
5	500–550	510	290.00–315.00	300.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	350.00–380.00	362.40
6	400–450	418	290.00–320.00	305.63
5	500–550	516	250.00–285.00	263.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	530.00–550.00	539.53
4	300–350	330	490.00–510.00	500.30
6	350–400	375	430.00–460.00	444.60
7	400–450	418	400.00–430.00	416.62
6	450–500	473	340.00–370.00	355.56
5	500–550	514	315.00–335.00	323.33
4	550–600	570	310.00–320.00	315.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	390.00–420.00	407.50
5	400–450	413	350.00–380.00	367.65
4	450–500	475	300.00–325.00	312.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,457	137.00–159.00	148.63
4	—	1,789	166.00–179.00	174.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,167	127.00–131.00	129.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	983	121.00–125.00	123.07

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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