Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $296.41/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −69.92 against this barn's trailing median of $366.34.

Average price

$296.41

17 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$44.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.64

vs FL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	314.88	1,641	10thin
Medium and Large 2	548	270.03	1,479	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about $161 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

296.41

—

FL average2 barns · 32 hd

299.05

−2.64

This barn, trailing median2 sales

366.34

−69.92

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	1,499	170.76	2,560	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	144.33	1,697	10

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls	—	—	1,499	170.76/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,560	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	144.33/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,697	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	479.44/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	372.65/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	347.04/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	498.94/cwt	470.00–540.00	1,133	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	327.08/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	313.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	337.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	314.88/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,641	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	413.11/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	259.98/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,469	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	408.33/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	428.74/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,441	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	324.67/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	342.26/cwt	330.00–360.00	955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	323.21/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	359.21/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,189	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	364.80/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	249.78/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	391.09/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	418.35/cwt	390.00–450.00	954	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	344.21/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,095	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	307.70/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	283.43/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,488	3

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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 231Last week 478Year ago 369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 131Year ago 98

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,499	168.00–185.00	170.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,176	143.00–149.00	144.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	227	470.00–540.00	498.94
2	250–300	270	470.00–490.00	479.44
9	300–350	336	390.00–440.00	428.74
5	350–400	378	395.00–430.00	408.33
4	400–450	410	360.00–385.00	372.65
4	450–500	473	330.00–365.00	347.04
10	500–550	521	295.00–345.00	314.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	228	390.00–450.00	418.35
4	300–350	318	325.00–365.00	344.21
5	450–500	478	300.00–320.00	307.70
3	500–550	525	280.00–290.00	283.43
4	550–600	565	255.00–265.00	259.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	405.00–430.00	413.11
4	500–550	523	315.00–340.00	327.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	360.00–420.00	391.09
8	300–350	331	350.00–390.00	359.21
2	350–400	380	360.00–370.00	364.80
2	400–450	413	335.00–340.00	337.45
3	450–500	477	310.00–320.00	313.22
3	500–550	528	245.00–260.00	249.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	330.00–360.00	342.26
4	300–350	338	320.00–340.00	324.67
3	350–400	358	310.00–350.00	323.21
2	450–500	470	270.00	270.00

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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