Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-24

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 $345.35/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −92.00 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$345.35

16 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.37

vs FL average

−24.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	359.35	1,872	9thin
Medium and Large 2	534	327.35	1,748	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $124 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 sale16 hd

345.35

—

FL average4 barns · 145 hd

346.72

−1.37

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−24.23

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−92.00

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	1,489	180.79	2,692	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	153.59	1,877	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,220	140.88	1,719	15

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,489	180.79/cwt	175.00–188.00	2,692	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	153.59/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,877	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	140.88/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,719	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	454.45/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,250	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	326.35/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,710	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	351.18/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,629	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	535.45/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,767	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	421.89/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,759	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	445.52/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,617	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	355.16/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,680	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	353.18/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,307	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	364.38/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	410.71/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,569	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	490.23/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,574	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	319.79/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	330.42/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,401	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	414.60/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,298	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	387.38/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	352.27/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,127	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	377.16/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,411	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	438.01/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,459	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	358.65/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,492	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	327.35/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	380.40/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	359.35/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,872	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	552.96/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	306.36/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,299	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	390.50/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,644	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	378.71/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,242	17

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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 585Last week 673Year ago 215

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 158Year ago 101

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,489	175.00–188.00	180.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,222	150.00–159.00	153.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,220	135.00–147.00	140.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	275	440.00–470.00	454.45
12	300–350	313	405.00–425.00	414.60
15	350–400	374	370.00–390.00	380.40
12	400–450	423	350.00–380.00	364.38
11	450–500	464	330.00–370.00	351.18
9	500–550	524	315.00–340.00	326.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	328	365.00–390.00	378.71
16	350–400	370	340.00–365.00	353.18
13	400–450	424	320.00–340.00	330.42
10	450–500	470	315.00–325.00	319.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	345.00–360.00	352.27
9	400–450	424	300.00–315.00	306.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	266	530.00–570.00	552.96
10	300–350	330	520.00–550.00	535.45
12	350–400	363	430.00–460.00	445.52
15	400–450	417	410.00–435.00	421.89
10	450–500	473	380.00–395.00	387.38
9	500–550	521	355.00–365.00	359.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	321	480.00–500.00	490.23
11	350–400	382	400.00–420.00	410.71
11	400–450	421	380.00–400.00	390.50
12	450–500	473	345.00–365.00	355.16
7	500–550	534	310.00–340.00	327.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	333	420.00–460.00	438.01
9	350–400	374	360.00–390.00	377.16
9	400–450	416	350.00–370.00	358.65

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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