Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

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 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $353.70/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −135.67 against this barn's trailing median of $489.37.

Average price

$353.70

21 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$61.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.88

vs FL average

−43.54 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	442	371.31	1,640	15thin
Medium and Large 2	470	309.68	1,455	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.63/cwt here — about $185 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 400–500 lb

32 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $417.26, median $489.37 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 sale21 hd

353.70

—

FL average4 barns · 141 hd

357.58

−3.88

National average167 barns · 8,743 hd

397.24

−43.54

This barn, trailing median32 sales

489.37

−135.67

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	1,871	165.59	3,098	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	138.64	1,672	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	122.07	1,250	18

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	450–500	463	329.73/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	384.15/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,214	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	328.56/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,229	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	369.58/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,323	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	313.70/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,314	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	287.11/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	412.92/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,305	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	351.45/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	534.07/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	352.33/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	435.50/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,624	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	390.55/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,426	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	309.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	387.91/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	505.66/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,613	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	450.47/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,455	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	344.37/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,439	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	345.97/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,100	9
Bulls	—	—	1,871	165.59/cwt	161.00–171.00	3,098	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	135.49/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,481	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	145.65/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,122	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	122.07/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,250	18

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 318Last week 275Year ago 375

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 45Year ago 77

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	370.00–400.00	384.15
12	350–400	358	350.00–390.00	369.58
10	400–450	418	330.00–360.00	344.37
8	450–500	463	320.00–340.00	329.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	330.00–360.00	345.97
9	350–400	374	315.00–340.00	328.56
7	400–450	419	305.00–320.00	313.70
8	450–500	475	275.00–300.00	287.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	405.00–420.00	412.92
9	350–400	364	340.00–360.00	351.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	270	510.00–560.00	534.07
11	300–350	319	490.00–520.00	505.66
12	350–400	373	420.00–450.00	435.50
8	400–450	425	370.00–405.00	387.91
7	450–500	461	330.00–370.00	352.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	430.00–470.00	450.47
10	350–400	365	370.00–410.00	390.55
6	450–500	470	300.00–320.00	309.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,871	161.00–171.00	165.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,093	130.00–140.00	135.49
9	—	1,457	144.00–149.00	145.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,024	118.00–128.00	122.07

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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