Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $328.28/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −117.81 against this barn's trailing median of $446.09.

Average price

$328.28

18 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$63.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.96

vs FL average

−15.48 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	370.63	1,549	6thin
Medium and Large 2	445	307.10	1,367	12thin

One grade step is worth $63.52/cwt here — about $182 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 400–500 lb

32 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $474.98, low $380.83, median $446.09 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

328.28

—

FL average4 barns · 125 hd

321.32

+6.96

National average176 barns · 10,190 hd

343.76

−15.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

446.09

−117.81

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,137	144.60	1,644	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	130.25	1,340	7thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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	400–450	418	370.63/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	449.46/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,249	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	399.37/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,258	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	370.40/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	450.16/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	350.23/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,149	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	388.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,415	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	411.30/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	366.54/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	549.25/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	332.39/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	321.77/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	384.48/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	296.63/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	449.19/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,662	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	491.05/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,576	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	150.68/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,876	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	130.25/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,340	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	142.07/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,551	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 Mar 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 281Year ago 337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 115Year ago 125

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls not well tested. 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
8	250–300	278	430.00–470.00	449.46
8	300–350	315	380.00–420.00	399.37
8	350–400	363	370.00–400.00	384.48
6	400–450	418	355.00–385.00	370.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	340.00–360.00	350.23
5	350–400	373	320.00–340.00	332.39
5	400–450	423	310.00–330.00	321.77
7	450–500	461	290.00–305.00	296.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	440.00–460.00	450.16
7	350–400	364	380.00–400.00	388.84
5	400–450	417	350.00–385.00	370.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	530.00–570.00	549.25
7	300–350	321	480.00–500.00	491.05
6	350–400	370	430.00–470.00	449.19
5	400–450	414	405.00–420.00	411.30
5	450–500	468	355.00–385.00	366.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,245	149.00–154.00	150.68
12	—	1,092	138.00–147.00	142.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,029	126.00–136.00	130.25

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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