Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

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 $333.66/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −103.69 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$333.66

14 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.14

vs FL average

−45.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	348.43	1,791	7thin
Medium and Large 2	515	318.90	1,642	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $149 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 sale14 hd

333.66

—

FL average4 barns · 88 hd

328.53

+5.14

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−45.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−103.69

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	1,626	168.26	2,736	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	146.25	1,720	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	131.77	1,423	13

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	250–300	265	471.13/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	314.71/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,636	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	349.39/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	338.88/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,583	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	389.70/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,286	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	369.66/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,342	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	407.04/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,693	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	509.08/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,655	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	209	701.20/cwt	660.00–730.00	1,466	5
Bulls	—	—	1,626	168.26/cwt	162.00–176.00	2,736	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	146.25/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,720	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	131.77/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,423	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	351.27/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	323.87/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	340.71/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,254	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	581.07/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,563	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	449.01/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,612	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	370.16/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	333.41/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,547	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	318.90/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	404.60/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	348.43/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	467.70/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,539	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	377.49/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,608	7

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 May 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 286Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 47Year ago 83

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
10	250–300	265	440.00–500.00	471.13
12	300–350	330	370.00–410.00	389.70
12	350–400	363	360.00–380.00	369.66
11	400–450	421	340.00–360.00	349.39
11	450–500	467	325.00–355.00	338.88
10	500–550	520	305.00–325.00	314.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	314	340.00–360.00	351.27
9	350–400	368	330.00–350.00	340.71
7	400–450	411	315.00–335.00	323.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	209	660.00–730.00	701.20
9	250–300	269	560.00–610.00	581.07
12	300–350	325	490.00–530.00	509.08
13	350–400	359	430.00–470.00	449.01
11	400–450	416	400.00–415.00	407.04
10	450–500	463	360.00–380.00	370.16
7	500–550	514	340.00–360.00	348.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	450.00–480.00	467.70
10	350–400	375	390.00–420.00	404.60
7	400–450	426	360.00–390.00	377.49
7	450–500	464	325.00–345.00	333.41
7	500–550	515	310.00–330.00	318.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,626	162.00–176.00	168.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,176	140.00–152.00	146.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,080	127.00–138.00	131.77

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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