Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.50/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −81.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$355.50

32 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$33.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs FL average

−31.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	373.52	1,916	15thin
Medium and Large 2	524	339.60	1,780	17thin

One grade step is worth $33.92/cwt here — about $137 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 sale32 hd

355.50

—

FL average4 barns · 209 hd

355.29

+0.21

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−31.99

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−81.85

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	1,575	194.89	3,069	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	162.49	1,867	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	141.06	1,571	13

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	171.88/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,071	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	141.06/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,571	13
Bulls	—	—	1,468	189.30/cwt	187.00–193.00	2,779	5
Bulls	—	—	1,708	201.88/cwt	200.00–204.00	3,448	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	159.07/cwt	152.00–167.00	1,796	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	231	579.63/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,339	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	559.06/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,789	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	473.83/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	430.42/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,541	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	320.17/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,674	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	425.58/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,375	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	551.92/cwt	500.00–600.00	1,435	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	373.52/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,916	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	479.91/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,747	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	585.93/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	340.48/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,767	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	415.76/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,534	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	454.55/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,918	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	345.40/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,661	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	335.15/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	339.60/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,780	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	385.21/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,807	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	386.83/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,242	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	479.68/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	409.64/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,720	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	510.46/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,654	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	370.55/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,353	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	364.04/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,558	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	392.95/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,650	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	670.87/cwt	650.00–690.00	1,462	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	409.63/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,913	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	543.74/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,006	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	370.27/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,714	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	375.55/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,566	15

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 599Last week 526Year ago 467

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 93Year ago 76

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,205	170.00–174.00	171.88
22	—	1,129	152.00–167.00	159.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,114	138.00–147.00	141.06
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,468	187.00–193.00	189.30
4	—	1,708	200.00–204.00	201.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	231	550.00–600.00	579.63
12	250–300	260	500.00–600.00	551.92
14	300–350	320	450.00–500.00	473.83
16	350–400	358	410.00–450.00	430.42
16	400–450	420	380.00–405.00	392.95
20	450–500	463	360.00–380.00	370.27
13	500–550	519	330.00–350.00	340.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	410.00–440.00	425.58
14	350–400	365	350.00–390.00	370.55
15	400–450	428	355.00–375.00	364.04
17	450–500	481	340.00–350.00	345.40
10	500–550	523	315.00–325.00	320.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	370.00–400.00	386.83
10	400–450	428	330.00–340.00	335.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	218	650.00–690.00	670.87
12	250–300	270	560.00–610.00	585.93
14	300–350	320	530.00–590.00	559.06
11	350–400	369	520.00–570.00	543.74
21	400–450	422	430.00–480.00	454.55
19	450–500	467	400.00–420.00	409.63
15	500–550	513	360.00–385.00	373.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	324	500.00–520.00	510.46
17	350–400	364	450.00–500.00	479.91
14	400–450	420	400.00–420.00	409.64
19	450–500	469	375.00–395.00	385.21
17	500–550	524	330.00–350.00	339.60
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	315	470.00–490.00	479.68
11	350–400	369	400.00–430.00	415.76
15	400–450	417	360.00–390.00	375.55

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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