Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $334.23/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −103.12 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$334.23

15 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$33.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.27

vs FL average

−44.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	349.71	1,818	8thin
Medium and Large 2	506	316.54	1,602	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.17/cwt here — about $217 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 sale15 hd

334.23

—

FL average4 barns · 100 hd

347.50

−13.27

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−44.35

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−103.12

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	1,655	185.87	3,076	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	150.86	1,802	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	135.08	1,622	11

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	146.80/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,794	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	156.38/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,809	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	135.08/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,622	11
Bulls	—	—	1,655	185.87/cwt	177.00–201.00	3,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	321.61/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,643	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	385.52/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	530.88/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	377.15/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,780	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	337.76/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,621	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	349.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	421.05/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,714	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	446.33/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,406	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	344.84/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	328.86/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	419.52/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,313	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	294.88/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	391.26/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,667	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	328.66/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,078	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	359.69/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	341.57/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,277	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	474.16/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,769	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	316.54/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,602	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	489.27/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	415.41/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,537	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	369.73/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	304.46/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,273	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	310.52/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,441	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	572.85/cwt	540.00–600.00	1,575	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	358.79/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,503	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	463.27/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,209	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	635.80/cwt	600.00–670.00	1,399	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	307.30/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	351.26/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,496	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 Jun 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 391Last week 288Year ago 418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 59Year ago 104

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,222	142.00–151.00	146.80
14	—	1,157	154.00–159.00	156.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	131.00–139.00	135.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,655	177.00–201.00	185.87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	261	450.00–480.00	463.27
14	300–350	313	400.00–440.00	419.52
8	350–400	363	370.00–400.00	385.52
11	400–450	419	350.00–370.00	358.79
8	450–500	458	335.00–355.00	344.84
7	500–550	511	315.00–330.00	321.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	350.00–370.00	359.69
9	350–400	374	330.00–350.00	341.57
7	400–450	421	320.00–340.00	328.86
7	450–500	464	300.00–325.00	310.52
6	500–550	523	290.00–300.00	294.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	320.00–340.00	328.66
7	400–450	418	300.00–310.00	304.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	220	600.00–670.00	635.80
13	250–300	275	540.00–600.00	572.85
11	300–350	319	510.00–550.00	530.88
12	350–400	373	450.00–500.00	474.16
9	400–450	407	410.00–430.00	421.05
9	450–500	472	360.00–400.00	377.15
8	500–550	520	340.00–360.00	349.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	480.00–500.00	489.27
8	350–400	370	400.00–430.00	415.41
7	400–450	426	380.00–400.00	391.26
8	450–500	480	325.00–350.00	337.76
7	500–550	506	310.00–325.00	316.54
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	430.00–460.00	446.33
6	350–400	365	360.00–380.00	369.73
7	400–450	426	340.00–360.00	351.26
6	450–500	473	300.00–315.00	307.30

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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