Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $326.65/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −119.44 against this barn's trailing median of $446.09.

Average price

$326.65

25 head · 437 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$121

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

$57.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs FL average

−32.16 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	411	367.74	1,511	7thin
Medium and Large 2	448	310.67	1,390	18thin

One grade step is worth $57.07/cwt here — about $121 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

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 sale25 hd

326.65

—

FL average4 barns · 180 hd

318.11

+8.54

National average177 barns · 10,812 hd

358.81

−32.16

This barn, trailing median32 sales

446.09

−119.44

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	1,745	169.28	2,954	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	141.13	1,784	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	127.99	1,298	8thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	411	367.74/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	476.15/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,300	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	417.79/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,579	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	447.81/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,460	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	539.71/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,716	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	420.24/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	325.94/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,392	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	379.65/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,644	8
Bulls	—	—	1,745	169.28/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,954	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	138.62/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,755	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	127.99/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,298	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	149.92/cwt	147.00–153.00	1,886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	328.23/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,402	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	415.69/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,351	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	362.24/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	461.37/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	588.07/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,605	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	377.91/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,213	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	343.43/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	316.75/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,185	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	397.11/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,465	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	484.21/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,525	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	295.40/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,382	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	371.10/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,384	13

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 366Year ago 181

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 50Year ago 43

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. 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
8	250–300	273	450.00–500.00	476.15
15	300–350	326	420.00–470.00	447.81
11	350–400	378	400.00–440.00	417.79
7	400–450	411	350.00–390.00	367.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	360.00–400.00	377.91
13	350–400	373	360.00–380.00	371.10
9	400–450	427	315.00–335.00	325.94
9	450–500	468	290.00–300.00	295.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	330.00–360.00	343.43
7	350–400	374	300.00–330.00	316.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	273	560.00–620.00	588.07
13	300–350	318	520.00–560.00	539.71
9	350–400	364	440.00–490.00	461.37
6	400–450	425	410.00–430.00	420.24
7	450–500	473	350.00–380.00	362.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	315	460.00–510.00	484.21
9	350–400	369	380.00–420.00	397.11
8	400–450	433	360.00–400.00	379.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	400.00–430.00	415.69
7	400–450	427	320.00–340.00	328.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	167.00–174.00	169.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,266	135.00–144.00	138.62
4	—	1,258	147.00–153.00	149.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,014	125.00–133.00	127.99

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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