Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.87/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −86.48 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$350.87

39 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$17.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.35

vs FL average

−21.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	355.43	1,932	29
Medium and Large 2	530	337.64	1,789	10thin

One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $143 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 sale39 hd

350.87

—

FL average4 barns · 241 hd

345.52

+5.35

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

−21.56

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−86.48

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	1,683	187.32	3,153	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	163.00	1,964	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	140.40	1,463	15

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,683	187.32/cwt	178.00–197.00	3,153	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	157.27/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,835	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	170.04/cwt	168.00–174.00	2,127	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	140.40/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,463	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	464.44/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,254	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	332.29/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,745	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	389.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,863	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	421.30/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,753	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	570.56/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,541	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	318.40/cwt	312.00–325.00	2,117	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	531.07/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.11/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,568	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	387.80/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,609	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	364.89/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,715	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	309.76/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,620	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	337.67/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,452	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	359.17/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,878	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	337.64/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,789	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	396.12/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,268	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	365.20/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,370	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	424.59/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,550	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	455.47/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,458	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	400.45/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,450	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	384.73/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,404	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	347.62/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	365.15/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,545	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	367.09/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,186	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	337.75/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,260	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	334.25/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,062	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	355.79/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,665	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	455.57/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,494	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	360.83/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,519	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	470.64/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,760	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	490.46/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,594	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	350.13/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,006	12

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 279Year ago 550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 126Year ago 68

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,683	178.00–197.00	187.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,167	152.00–162.00	157.27
22	—	1,251	168.00–174.00	170.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,042	135.00–147.00	140.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	270	450.00–480.00	464.44
20	300–350	328	440.00–470.00	455.57
19	350–400	362	375.00–425.00	400.45
17	400–450	421	350.00–370.00	360.83
19	450–500	468	345.00–365.00	355.79
10	500–550	525	325.00–340.00	332.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	320	380.00–410.00	396.12
10	350–400	375	360.00–370.00	365.20
14	400–450	430	330.00–345.00	337.67
10	450–500	475	325.00–335.00	330.11
10	500–550	523	300.00–320.00	309.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	360.00–375.00	367.09
12	350–400	373	330.00–345.00	337.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	270	560.00–580.00	570.56
11	300–350	315	520.00–540.00	531.07
17	350–400	374	450.00–490.00	470.64
17	400–450	416	410.00–430.00	421.30
20	450–500	478	380.00–400.00	389.84
17	500–550	523	350.00–370.00	359.17
12	550–600	573	340.00–360.00	350.13
10	600–650	617	330.00–337.00	334.25
10	650–700	665	312.00–325.00	318.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	480.00–500.00	490.46
14	350–400	365	410.00–440.00	424.59
14	400–450	415	375.00–400.00	387.80
22	450–500	470	360.00–370.00	364.89
10	500–550	530	330.00–345.00	337.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	440.00–470.00	455.47
10	350–400	365	375.00–395.00	384.73
10	400–450	423	360.00–370.00	365.15
12	450–500	478	340.00–355.00	347.62

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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