Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $336.60/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −100.75 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$336.60

7 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.57

vs FL average

−27.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	336.60	1,754	7thin

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 sale7 hd

336.60

—

FL average4 barns · 67 hd

330.03

+6.57

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−27.38

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−100.75

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	1,575	162.50	2,559	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	146.44	1,704	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	130.63	1,319	12

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	500–550	520	290.88/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,513	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	323.95/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	312.76/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,120	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	386.84/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,261	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	338.52/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,459	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	435.50/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,620	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	557.69/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,483	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	351.51/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	375.35/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	448.38/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	410.37/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	386.75/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	336.60/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,754	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	490.37/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,530	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	350.40/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	333.26/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	358.85/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	352.21/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,138	8
Bulls	—	—	1,575	162.50/cwt	155.00–171.00	2,559	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	142.17/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,626	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	152.32/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,813	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	130.63/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,319	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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 263Last week 390Year ago 248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 92Year ago 152

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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
13	300–350	326	370.00–400.00	386.84
9	350–400	361	345.00–375.00	358.85
17	400–450	431	325.00–350.00	338.52
7	450–500	461	310.00–335.00	323.95
5	500–550	520	285.00–295.00	290.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	345.00–360.00	352.21
8	350–400	358	300.00–325.00	312.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	266	540.00–580.00	557.69
13	300–350	312	480.00–500.00	490.37
15	350–400	372	420.00–450.00	435.50
5	400–450	410	400.00–425.00	410.37
7	450–500	467	335.00–375.00	351.51
7	500–550	521	330.00–345.00	336.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	440.00–460.00	448.38
7	350–400	374	370.00–400.00	386.75
8	400–450	425	360.00–390.00	375.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	335.00–360.00	350.40
7	400–450	415	325.00–340.00	333.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,575	155.00–171.00	162.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,144	138.00–147.00	142.17
8	—	1,190	150.00–154.00	152.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,010	126.00–136.00	130.63

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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