Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.49/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −127.86 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$309.49

11 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$23.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.21

vs FL average

−44.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	320.14	1,681	6thin
Medium and Large 2	517	296.72	1,534	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $147 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.

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 sale11 hd

309.49

—

FL average4 barns · 80 hd

330.70

−21.21

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−44.81

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−127.86

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	1,484	154.57	2,294	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	138.93	1,663	16

Every lot, as filed

21 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	300–350	319	367.77/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,173	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	316.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,321	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	355.85/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,288	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	264.17/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,371	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	295.55/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	386.98/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	364.50/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,360	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	316.68/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,143	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	320.14/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	342.97/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	395.71/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,270	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	464.03/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,499	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	405.52/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	373.38/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	305.53/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	296.72/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	492.09/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	344.80/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,096	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	272.38/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,316	8
Bulls	—	—	1,484	154.57/cwt	143.00–169.00	2,294	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	138.93/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,663	16

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 267Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 59Year ago 113

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	360.00–380.00	367.77
13	350–400	362	335.00–375.00	355.85
7	400–450	418	305.00–325.00	316.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	340.00–350.00	344.80
7	350–400	361	310.00–325.00	316.68
8	450–500	483	265.00–280.00	272.38
7	500–550	519	260.00–270.00	264.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	290.00–300.00	295.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	267	460.00–520.00	492.09
12	300–350	323	440.00–490.00	464.03
12	350–400	363	390.00–420.00	405.52
6	400–450	423	375.00–400.00	386.98
6	450–500	468	330.00–355.00	342.97
6	500–550	525	315.00–325.00	320.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	340.00–410.00	373.38
10	350–400	373	350.00–380.00	364.50
7	450–500	470	300.00–310.00	305.53
5	500–550	517	285.00–305.00	296.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	390.00–400.00	395.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,484	143.00–169.00	154.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,197	135.00–145.00	138.93

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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