Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.52/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −43.83 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$393.52

42 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$34.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.34

vs FL average

−11.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	411.56	2,233	20
Medium and Large 2	551	377.11	2,079	22

One grade step is worth $34.45/cwt here — about $154 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 sale42 hd

393.52

—

FL average4 barns · 241 hd

398.86

−5.34

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−11.12

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−43.83

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	1,659	198.33	3,290	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	157.43	1,949	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	142.21	1,544	26

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,659	198.33/cwt	193.00–203.00	3,290	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	142.21/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,544	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	157.43/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,949	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	374.38/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,108	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	385.14/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,003	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	481.11/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,746	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	365.24/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,283	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	350.39/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	428.00/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,226	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	475.54/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,211	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	342.29/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,132	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	439.07/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,809	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	424.68/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,017	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	512.74/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,933	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	619.52/cwt	610.00–630.00	1,629	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	507.72/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,148	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	395.13/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,232	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	584.48/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,122	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	465.57/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,527	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	516.69/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	384.84/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,790	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	367.40/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,105	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	564.54/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,835	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	385.21/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,053	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	420.24/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,336	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	409.73/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,496	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	394.65/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	471.10/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,026	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	445.77/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,667	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	354.64/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,837	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	378.40/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,616	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	609.69/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,951	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	506.26/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,625	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	422.70/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,936	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	426.01/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,806	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	389.74/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,843	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	475.61/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,760	12

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 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 641Last week 466Year ago 615

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 35Year ago 100

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,659	193.00–203.00	198.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,086	138.00–148.00	142.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,238	150.00–165.00	157.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	321	490.00–520.00	506.26
11	350–400	363	470.00–490.00	481.11
13	400–450	412	420.00–460.00	439.07
12	450–500	458	410.00–435.00	422.70
10	500–550	520	380.00–390.00	385.14
9	550–600	563	370.00–380.00	374.38
12	600–650	623	335.00–350.00	342.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	450.00–480.00	465.57
11	350–400	374	430.00–460.00	445.77
14	400–450	425	380.00–410.00	394.65
10	450–500	465	370.00–400.00	384.84
12	500–550	518	340.00–370.00	354.64
12	550–600	575	335.00–365.00	350.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	410.00–430.00	420.24
14	350–400	365	400.00–420.00	409.73
15	400–450	427	350.00–410.00	378.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	263	610.00–630.00	619.52
14	300–350	320	600.00–620.00	609.69
14	350–400	363	570.00–600.00	584.48
10	400–450	423	500.00–515.00	507.72
14	450–500	465	450.00–500.00	475.54
10	500–550	520	410.00–445.00	428.00
10	550–600	565	390.00–400.00	395.13
8	600–650	625	355.00–375.00	365.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	550.00–580.00	564.54
18	350–400	377	500.00–540.00	512.74
15	400–450	430	450.00–490.00	471.10
14	450–500	475	410.00–440.00	424.68
12	500–550	533	370.00–400.00	385.21
10	550–600	573	360.00–375.00	367.40
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	500.00–535.00	516.69
12	350–400	370	460.00–490.00	475.61
11	400–450	424	410.00–440.00	426.01
14	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	389.74

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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