Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 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 $350.12/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −87.23 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$350.12

10 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.19

vs FL average

−27.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	350.12	1,796	10thin

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 sale10 hd

350.12

—

FL average4 barns · 109 hd

327.93

+22.19

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−27.93

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−87.23

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	1,845	171.86	3,171	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,117	146.70	1,639	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	134.04	1,326	7thin

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	250–300	275	430.36/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,183	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	358.87/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,475	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	332.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	636.85/cwt	600.00–680.00	1,420	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	516.45/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	410.81/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,709	9
Bulls	—	—	1,845	171.86/cwt	165.00–176.00	3,171	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,117	146.70/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,639	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	134.04/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,326	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	318.80/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,352	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	345.21/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,253	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	395.20/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,482	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	364.63/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,725	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	350.12/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,796	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	437.78/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,633	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	374.56/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	474.53/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,518	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	352.29/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,141	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	554.56/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,431	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	394.31/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,282	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	380.59/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,393	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 May 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 295Last week 340Year ago 315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 45Year ago 69

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls 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
6	250–300	275	420.00–440.00	430.36
8	300–350	325	380.00–410.00	394.31
13	350–400	366	360.00–400.00	380.59
7	400–450	411	350.00–370.00	358.87
7	450–500	464	320.00–350.00	332.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	340.00–370.00	352.29
12	350–400	363	335.00–355.00	345.21
7	400–450	424	310.00–330.00	318.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	223	600.00–680.00	636.85
10	250–300	258	540.00–570.00	554.56
7	300–350	318	500.00–530.00	516.45
11	350–400	373	420.00–460.00	437.78
9	400–450	416	400.00–425.00	410.81
10	450–500	473	355.00–375.00	364.63
10	500–550	513	345.00–355.00	350.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	460.00–490.00	474.53
8	350–400	375	380.00–410.00	395.20
8	400–450	423	360.00–390.00	374.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,845	165.00–176.00	171.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,117	141.00–153.00	146.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	989	130.00–139.00	134.04

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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