Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $349.71/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −87.64 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$349.71

64 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$23.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.05

vs FL average

−22.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	353.37	1,905	54
Medium and Large 2	515	329.95	1,699	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $206 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 sale64 hd

349.71

—

FL average4 barns · 167 hd

349.76

−0.05

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−22.21

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−87.64

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	1,376	171.15	2,355	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,145	151.62	1,736	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	138.28	1,484	27

Every lot, as filed

34 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%	—	1,145	151.62/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,736	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	138.28/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,484	27
Bulls	—	—	1,376	171.15/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	640.65/cwt	600.00–700.00	1,416	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	354.43/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,474	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	450.37/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,216	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	362	444.88/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,610	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	323.24/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,994	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	423	422.28/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,786	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	394.48/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,475	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	358.28/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,311	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	329.95/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	387.06/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,645	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	347.74/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,607	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	579.05/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,523	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	365.40/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,889	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	357.66/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,645	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	494.65/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,573	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	436.86/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,407	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	415.12/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	535.46/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,740	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	335.21/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,418	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	342.52/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,110	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	352.72/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,474	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	367.35/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,407	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	402.47/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,505	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	394.68/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,835	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	322.42/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,515	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	339.42/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,918	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	325.07/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,684	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	418.04/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,359	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	377.80/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,201	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	797.48/cwt	750.00–830.00	1,762	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	325.11/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,528	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 Jun 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 673Last week 500Year ago 563

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 95Year ago 99

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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
60	—	1,145	145.00–159.00	151.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,073	135.00–144.00	138.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,376	166.00–173.00	171.15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	221	600.00–700.00	640.65
12	250–300	270	440.00–460.00	450.37
14	300–350	325	400.00–435.00	418.04
19	350–400	374	375.00–415.00	394.48
11	400–450	416	350.00–360.00	354.43
17	450–500	462	340.00–355.00	347.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	365.00–390.00	377.80
13	350–400	366	350.00–365.00	358.28
12	400–450	423	330.00–340.00	335.21
10	450–500	470	315.00–330.00	322.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	330.00–360.00	342.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	518	320.00–330.00	325.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	362	440.00–450.00	444.88
12	400–450	423	415.00–430.00	422.28
10	450–500	465	380.00–410.00	394.68
29	500–550	517	360.00–375.00	365.40
25	550–600	565	330.00–350.00	339.42
9	600–650	617	315.00–330.00	323.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	480.00–510.00	494.65
13	350–400	374	380.00–420.00	402.47
12	400–450	425	375.00–400.00	387.06
12	450–500	460	350.00–365.00	357.66
10	500–550	515	325.00–335.00	329.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	221	750.00–830.00	797.48
8	250–300	263	560.00–600.00	579.05
12	300–350	325	520.00–550.00	535.46
6	400–450	430	410.00–420.00	415.12
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	420.00–460.00	436.86
8	350–400	383	360.00–375.00	367.35
10	400–450	418	340.00–365.00	352.72
10	450–500	470	320.00–330.00	325.11

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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