Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $359.99/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −77.36 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$359.99

44 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$34.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.69

vs FL average

−30.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	375.73	2,023	24
Medium and Large 2	544	341.11	1,856	20

One grade step is worth $34.63/cwt here — about $168 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 sale44 hd

359.99

—

FL average4 barns · 207 hd

353.31

+6.69

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−30.03

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−77.36

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	1,485	175.51	2,606	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	158.82	1,866	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	142.66	1,566	26

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,485	175.51/cwt	171.00–190.00	2,606	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	156.38/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,825	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	167.87/cwt	167.00–172.00	2,021	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	142.66/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,566	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	551.38/cwt	520.00–580.00	1,505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	350.29/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,822	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	360.73/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,035	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	583.68/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,903	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	452.19/cwt	435.00–470.00	1,935	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	608.86/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,650	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	388.43/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,008	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	434.52/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,021	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	708.92/cwt	680.00–730.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	506.17/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,620	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	556.09/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,035	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	464.40/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,742	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	334.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	388.82/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	424.85/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,797	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	347.28/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	525.81/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	379.47/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,442	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	357.34/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	327.64/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	362.87/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	439.44/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,415	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	490.39/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,584	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	424.60/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	391.29/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,616	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	328.80/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	335.17/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,927	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	370.70/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	400.35/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,701	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	437.78/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,589	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	399.61/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,291	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	334.39/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,237	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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 526Last week 329Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 53Year ago 53

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	171.00–190.00	175.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,167	150.00–163.00	156.38
7	—	1,204	167.00–172.00	167.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,098	138.00–146.00	142.66

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	273	520.00–580.00	551.38
16	300–350	320	480.00–530.00	506.17
13	350–400	363	420.00–460.00	437.78
12	400–450	425	385.00–415.00	400.35
11	450–500	479	360.00–380.00	370.70
10	500–550	520	340.00–360.00	350.29
10	550–600	575	325.00–345.00	335.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	420.00–460.00	439.44
10	350–400	380	360.00–400.00	379.47
14	400–450	423	350.00–375.00	362.87
10	450–500	480	350.00–365.00	357.34
10	500–550	525	320.00–335.00	327.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	390.00–410.00	399.61
10	350–400	370	320.00–350.00	334.39
11	400–450	429	320.00–340.00	328.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	216	680.00–730.00	708.92
13	250–300	271	600.00–620.00	608.86
11	300–350	326	560.00–610.00	583.68
11	350–400	366	530.00–580.00	556.09
18	400–450	428	435.00–470.00	452.19
10	450–500	465	420.00–450.00	434.52
13	500–550	517	370.00–405.00	388.43
11	550–600	564	350.00–370.00	360.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	510.00–540.00	525.81
16	350–400	375	450.00–480.00	464.40
10	400–450	423	420.00–430.00	424.85
11	450–500	469	370.00–410.00	388.82
10	500–550	520	340.00–355.00	347.28
10	550–600	568	330.00–340.00	334.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	480.00–500.00	490.39
10	350–400	375	410.00–440.00	424.60
9	400–450	413	380.00–400.00	391.29

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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