Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for July 4th Holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.19/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −108.16 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$329.19

16 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$26.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.63

vs FL average

−49.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	347.71	1,985	5thin
Medium and Large 2	527	320.77	1,690	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about $295 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

329.19

—

FL average3 barns · 114 hd

344.82

−15.63

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−49.94

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−108.16

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	1,833	186.77	3,424	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	158.75	1,950	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	141.67	1,364	14

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	553.83/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	414.99/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,573	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	379.50/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,381	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	408.65/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,279	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	362.79/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	434.04/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,806	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	457.26/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	573.85/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,567	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	381.44/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,263	9
Bulls	—	—	1,780	183.71/cwt	176.00–189.00	3,270	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	156.22/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,903	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	165.95/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,088	13
Bulls	—	—	1,940	192.88/cwt	191.00–195.00	3,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	330.82/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	394.37/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,648	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	141.67/cwt	133.00–150.00	1,364	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	354.04/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,632	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	320.77/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,690	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	500.52/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,607	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	347.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	454.09/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,249	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	351.44/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,314	9

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 Jul 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 585Year ago 352

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 87Year ago 88

No trends offered due to market closure last week for July 4th Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	273	550.00–600.00	573.85
10	300–350	320	530.00–580.00	553.83
9	350–400	372	440.00–470.00	457.26
9	400–450	416	420.00–445.00	434.04
5	550–600	571	340.00–360.00	347.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	490.00–510.00	500.52
9	350–400	379	400.00–435.00	414.99
10	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	394.37
11	450–500	461	340.00–370.00	354.04
11	500–550	527	310.00–330.00	320.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	430.00–480.00	454.09
9	300–350	313	400.00–420.00	408.65
11	350–400	364	370.00–390.00	379.50
10	400–450	425	350.00–375.00	362.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	375.00–390.00	381.44
9	350–400	374	340.00–365.00	351.44
9	400–450	426	320.00–340.00	330.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,780	176.00–189.00	183.71
2	—	1,940	191.00–195.00	192.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,218	147.00–161.00	156.22
13	—	1,258	163.00–172.00	165.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	963	133.00–150.00	141.67

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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