Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.60/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −91.75 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$345.60

45 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$28.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

vs FL average

−30.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	358.07	1,946	25
Medium and Large 2	545	330.01	1,799	20

One grade step is worth $28.06/cwt here — about $148 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 sale45 hd

345.60

—

FL average4 barns · 238 hd

346.67

−1.07

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−30.14

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−91.75

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	1,394	190.50	2,656	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,174	157.62	1,850	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	145.10	1,516	12

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	484.93/cwt	460.00–515.00	1,799	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	399.73/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,479	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	412.66/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,919	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	326.51/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,371	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	346.00/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,768	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	358.54/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,682	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	349.82/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,994	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	360.35/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,531	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	349.30/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,621	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	390.20/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,475	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	459.54/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,494	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	324.91/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,852	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	327.60/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,861	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	364.50/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,360	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	327.70/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,550	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	423.21/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,566	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	335.10/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	395.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,680	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	368.32/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,569	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	403.15/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,294	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	500.28/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,611	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	379.79/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,804	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	315.19/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,655	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	545.46/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	434.37/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,816	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	324.89/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,157	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	363.57/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,912	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	334.21/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,092	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	578.91/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	450.78/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,456	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	489.44/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,312	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	145.10/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,516	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	166.34/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,788	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	151.96/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,881	20
Bulls	—	—	1,394	190.50/cwt	183.00–197.00	2,656	6

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 615Year ago 350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 100Year ago 105

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

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	275	560.00–600.00	578.91
14	300–350	325	530.00–560.00	545.46
15	350–400	371	460.00–515.00	484.93
10	400–450	418	420.00–450.00	434.37
10	450–500	465	405.00–420.00	412.66
15	500–550	526	350.00–380.00	363.57
10	550–600	570	340.00–360.00	349.82
7	600–650	626	330.00–340.00	334.21
7	650–700	664	320.00–330.00	324.89
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	450.00–470.00	459.54
10	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	390.20
10	400–450	425	350.00–370.00	360.35
11	450–500	464	340.00–360.00	349.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	490.00–510.00	500.28
10	350–400	370	405.00–440.00	423.21
10	400–450	425	380.00–410.00	395.35
14	450–500	475	370.00–390.00	379.79
10	500–550	520	330.00–340.00	335.10
10	550–600	570	320.00–330.00	324.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	470.00–510.00	489.44
10	300–350	323	430.00–470.00	450.78
10	350–400	370	390.00–410.00	399.73
13	400–450	426	355.00–385.00	368.32
11	450–500	469	340.00–375.00	358.54
11	500–550	511	330.00–360.00	346.00
10	550–600	568	320.00–335.00	327.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	390.00–415.00	403.15
16	350–400	373	350.00–380.00	364.50
11	400–450	420	315.00–340.00	326.51
14	450–500	473	320.00–335.00	327.70
10	500–550	525	305.00–325.00	315.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,045	141.00–149.00	145.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,075	163.00–170.00	166.34
20	—	1,238	147.00–158.00	151.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,394	183.00–197.00	190.50

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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