Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

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 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.06/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits −62.29 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$375.06

59 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$34.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.81

vs FL average

−24.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	388.48	2,133	36
Medium and Large 2	547	354.04	1,938	23

One grade step is worth $34.44/cwt here — about $195 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 sale59 hd

375.06

—

FL average4 barns · 267 hd

368.24

+6.81

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−24.83

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−62.29

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	1,385	199.89	2,768	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	165.55	2,064	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	146.69	1,628	11

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	—	—	1,385	199.89/cwt	195.00–202.00	2,768	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	160.51/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,958	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	175.63/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,283	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	146.69/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	334.47/cwt	328.00–340.00	2,064	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	494.46/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,602	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	395.27/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,925	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	491.96/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,066	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	409.62/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,130	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	352.29/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,195	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	367.34/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,123	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	432.68/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,021	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	344.91/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,304	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	553.49/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,037	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	645.98/cwt	610.00–680.00	1,731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	590.31/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,919	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	428.76/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,805	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	499.33/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,863	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	394.60/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,866	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	346.91/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	360.58/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,875	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	450.60/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,460	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	389.65/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,656	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	362.83/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,716	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	521.77/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,691	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	327.36/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	389.66/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,414	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	385.44/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	362.10/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,702	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	430.67/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,606	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	421.54/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,741	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	347.92/cwt	340.00–357.00	1,931	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	424.30/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,583	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	354.81/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,870	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	414.55/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,368	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	348.40/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,477	11

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 713Last week 599Year ago 676

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 74Year ago 84

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	195.00–202.00	199.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,220	154.00–166.00	160.51
6	—	1,300	172.00–179.00	175.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,110	142.00–151.00	146.69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	480.00–510.00	494.46
18	350–400	373	410.00–440.00	424.30
17	400–450	413	410.00–435.00	421.54
31	450–500	487	385.00–405.00	395.27
19	500–550	527	350.00–360.00	354.81
17	550–600	555	340.00–357.00	347.92
11	600–650	617	328.00–340.00	334.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	440.00–460.00	450.60
16	350–400	363	380.00–400.00	389.66
12	400–450	425	380.00–400.00	389.65
12	450–500	473	350.00–375.00	362.83
12	500–550	520	320.00–335.00	327.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	400.00–430.00	414.55
11	400–450	424	340.00–355.00	348.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	610.00–680.00	645.98
12	300–350	325	580.00–600.00	590.31
15	350–400	368	540.00–570.00	553.49
18	400–450	420	470.00–515.00	491.96
21	450–500	467	415.00–450.00	432.68
18	500–550	520	390.00–430.00	409.62
18	550–600	578	360.00–375.00	367.34
26	600–650	623	345.00–360.00	352.29
12	650–700	668	340.00–350.00	344.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	500.00–550.00	521.77
14	350–400	373	480.00–520.00	499.33
17	400–450	421	415.00–445.00	428.76
14	450–500	473	380.00–410.00	394.60
12	500–550	520	340.00–380.00	360.58
11	550–600	577	340.00–355.00	346.91
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	410.00–450.00	430.67
10	400–450	423	370.00–400.00	385.44
10	450–500	470	350.00–375.00	362.10

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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