Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.50/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −82.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$354.50

7 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+20.39

vs FL average

−19.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	354.50	1,836	7thin

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 sale7 hd

354.50

—

FL average2 barns · 46 hd

334.11

+20.39

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

−19.64

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−82.85

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	150.68	1,761	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	136.15	1,298	12

Every lot, as filed

25 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	200–250	220	525.57/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,156	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	344.59/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	421.93/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,342	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	453.97/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,657	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	311.39/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,476	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	515.58/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,665	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	159.02/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,043	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	364.30/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	375.40/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,408	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	326.29/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,364	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	367.61/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,735	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	147.25/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,651	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	136.15/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,298	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	446.39/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,205	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	562.35/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,490	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	376.99/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	335.26/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	310.55/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,599	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	206	634.95/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,308	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	393.83/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,481	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	360.78/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,165	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	469.21/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,506	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	339.29/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,249	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	354.50/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	419.40/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,753	10

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 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 288Last week 295Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 65Year ago 65

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	220	500.00–550.00	525.57
8	250–300	270	420.00–470.00	446.39
7	300–350	318	400.00–440.00	421.93
12	350–400	375	360.00–390.00	375.40
9	400–450	429	360.00–370.00	364.30
6	450–500	463	330.00–360.00	344.59
7	500–550	515	305.00–315.00	310.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	340.00–380.00	360.78
9	350–400	368	330.00–350.00	339.29
9	400–450	418	315.00–335.00	326.29
9	450–500	474	305.00–320.00	311.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	206	600.00–660.00	634.95
7	250–300	265	530.00–590.00	562.35
8	300–350	323	500.00–530.00	515.58
12	350–400	365	430.00–480.00	453.97
10	400–450	418	400.00–440.00	419.40
7	450–500	472	350.00–380.00	367.61
7	500–550	518	335.00–370.00	354.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	455.00–485.00	469.21
9	350–400	376	380.00–410.00	393.83
9	400–450	434	355.00–395.00	376.99
8	450–500	473	325.00–345.00	335.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,285	156.00–161.00	159.02
17	—	1,121	144.00–152.00	147.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	953	133.00–139.00	136.15

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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