Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

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 $380.19/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −57.16 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$380.19

10 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.06

vs FL average

−29.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	525	380.19	1,996	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale10 hd

380.19

—

FL average4 barns · 152 hd

373.13

+7.06

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−29.11

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−57.16

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	1,530	197.26	3,018	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,180	165.98	1,959	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	148.08	1,614	8thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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%	—	1,299	174.02/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	389.64/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,636	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	637.89/cwt	620.00–660.00	1,684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	444.47/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,889	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	350.27/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	464.46/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,505	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	554.23/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,801	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	574.32/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	398.42/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	443.36/cwt	410.00–480.00	1,654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	500.67/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,587	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	475.94/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	497.48/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,119	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	609.06/cwt	590.00–630.00	1,949	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	515.71/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,898	10
Bulls	—	—	1,530	197.26/cwt	187.00–204.00	3,018	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	162.23/cwt	158.00–167.00	1,825	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	148.08/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	364.71/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,896	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	430.11/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	406.80/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,550	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	414.63/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	380.19/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,996	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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 261Last week 713Year ago 279

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 62Year ago 74

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,299	173.00–175.00	174.02
15	—	1,125	158.00–167.00	162.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,090	145.00–152.00	148.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	187.00–204.00	197.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	450.00–480.00	464.46
15	350–400	381	400.00–415.00	406.80
10	400–450	420	380.00–400.00	389.64
8	450–500	463	340.00–360.00	350.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	490.00–510.00	500.67
10	350–400	373	410.00–480.00	443.36
10	400–450	425	430.00–460.00	444.47
9	450–500	466	385.00–410.00	398.42
10	500–550	520	350.00–380.00	364.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	264	620.00–660.00	637.89
14	300–350	320	590.00–630.00	609.06
10	350–400	370	550.00–600.00	574.32
11	400–450	426	480.00–520.00	497.48
10	450–500	468	450.00–500.00	475.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	530.00–580.00	554.23
10	350–400	368	500.00–530.00	515.71
10	400–450	438	410.00–450.00	430.11
10	450–500	473	405.00–425.00	414.63
10	500–550	525	370.00–390.00	380.19

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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