Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.13/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −126.23 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$311.13

8 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$27.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.55

vs FL average

−30.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	324.93	1,651	4thin
Medium and Large 2	523	297.32	1,555	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.61/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale8 hd

311.13

—

FL average4 barns · 46 hd

309.58

+1.55

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−30.08

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−126.23

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	1,597	170.84	2,729	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,113	138.82	1,545	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	126.97	1,246	12

Every lot, as filed

29 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	350–400	370	361.27/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	337.12/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	307.25/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,161	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	305.15/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	272.62/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,276	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	401.19/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,228	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	297.32/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	361.71/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	303.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	332.15/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	391.59/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	429.69/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,396	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	324.93/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	525.82/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	483.54/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	412.35/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,538	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	390.34/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	298.63/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	360.31/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	322.61/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	347.24/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	282.62/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	382.46/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	331.29/cwt	275.00–390.00	1,186	4
Bulls	—	—	1,800	177.48/cwt	176.00–179.00	3,195	2
Bulls	—	—	1,462	166.42/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,433	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	132.37/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,394	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	142.85/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,644	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	126.97/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,246	12

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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 478Last week 364Year ago 259

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 86Year ago 46

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	390.00–410.00	401.19
5	350–400	370	335.00–380.00	361.27
5	400–450	411	325.00–345.00	337.12
7	450–500	452	290.00–310.00	298.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	350.00–370.00	360.31
4	350–400	378	300.00–315.00	307.25
4	400–450	413	300.00–310.00	305.15
4	450–500	468	265.00–280.00	272.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	315.00–330.00	322.61
4	350–400	358	275.00–390.00	331.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	420.00–440.00	429.69
4	350–400	373	380.00–400.00	390.34
5	400–450	420	350.00–370.00	361.71
5	450–500	467	300.00–310.00	303.90
4	500–550	523	290.00–305.00	297.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	520.00–530.00	525.82
5	300–350	316	460.00–500.00	483.54
6	350–400	373	405.00–420.00	412.35
5	400–450	414	380.00–400.00	391.59
5	450–500	479	320.00–350.00	332.15
4	500–550	508	320.00–330.00	324.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	370.00–400.00	382.46
4	350–400	368	335.00–360.00	347.24
4	450–500	468	275.00–290.00	282.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,800	176.00–179.00	177.48
3	—	1,462	165.00–167.00	166.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	130.00–139.00	132.37
8	—	1,151	140.00–147.00	142.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	981	121.00–132.00	126.97

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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