Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

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 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.59/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −40.76 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$396.59

37 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$46.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.35

vs FL average

−16.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	429.38	2,228	11thin
Medium and Large 2	548	382.71	2,099	26

One grade step is worth $46.67/cwt here — about $129 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 sale37 hd

396.59

—

FL average4 barns · 231 hd

404.93

−8.35

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−16.93

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−40.76

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	—	Low	1,577	183.51	2,894	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	166.19	1,986	23

Every lot, as filed

31 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%	—	1,195	166.19/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,986	23
Bulls	—	—	1,577	183.51/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	352.80/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	558.62/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,525	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	414.25/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,976	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	379.33/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,976	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	426.41/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,561	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	460.94/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,719	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	370.22/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,480	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	380.79/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,349	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	501.05/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,643	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	474.29/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,745	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	450.36/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,883	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	499.22/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	362.67/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,060	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	517.48/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,204	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	471.81/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,236	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	569.59/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,096	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	345.09/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	356.71/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,901	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	469.64/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,963	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	470.46/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,529	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	374.78/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,166	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	565.77/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,839	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	420.63/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,998	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	429.38/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,228	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	409.94/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,796	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	385.48/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,812	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	521.88/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,905	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	387.67/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,055	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	337.70/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,925	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 Sep 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 466Last week 250Year ago 624

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 22Year ago 156

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,195	160.00–172.00	166.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	180.00–185.00	183.51

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	530.00–590.00	558.62
15	300–350	328	490.00–510.00	501.05
14	350–400	368	460.00–490.00	474.29
20	400–450	418	430.00–470.00	450.36
11	450–500	477	405.00–425.00	414.25
11	500–550	521	370.00–390.00	379.33
12	550–600	568	350.00–375.00	362.67
7	600–650	618	350.00–355.00	352.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	325	460.00–480.00	470.46
15	350–400	366	410.00–440.00	426.41
12	400–450	438	400.00–420.00	409.94
14	450–500	470	370.00–400.00	385.48
11	500–550	533	350.00–365.00	356.71
10	550–600	570	330.00–345.00	337.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	480.00–520.00	499.22
10	350–400	373	440.00–480.00	460.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	368	550.00–590.00	569.59
11	400–450	426	500.00–540.00	517.48
11	450–500	474	450.00–500.00	471.81
11	500–550	519	420.00–440.00	429.38
11	600–650	617	370.00–390.00	380.79
6	650–700	670	360.00–380.00	370.22
6	700–750	723	340.00–350.00	345.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	325	540.00–590.00	565.77
14	350–400	365	500.00–545.00	521.88
14	400–450	418	450.00–490.00	469.64
18	450–500	475	400.00–440.00	420.63
16	500–550	530	370.00–405.00	387.67
10	550–600	578	365.00–385.00	374.78

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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