Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.20/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −41.15 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$396.20

47 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$37.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.92

vs FL average

−26.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	417.55	2,261	20
Medium and Large 2	546	380.39	2,076	27

One grade step is worth $37.16/cwt here — about $185 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 sale47 hd

396.20

—

FL average4 barns · 158 hd

405.12

−8.92

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−26.45

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−41.15

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	1,724	183.81	3,169	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,184	154.95	1,835	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	140.43	1,347	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%	—	1,270	161.58/cwt	161.00–163.00	2,052	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	140.43/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,347	13
Bulls	—	—	1,724	183.81/cwt	179.00–189.00	3,169	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	151.96/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,741	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	378.00/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,969	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	555.82/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,529	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	455.22/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,335	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	382.17/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,789	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	524.50/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,673	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	443.77/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,890	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	580.23/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,834	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	396.79/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,063	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	489.80/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,851	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	425.75/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,967	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	488.30/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,290	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	502.27/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,074	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	354.74/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,678	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	409.78/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,905	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	449.36/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,072	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	470.47/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,023	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	359.89/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,080	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	545.67/cwt	520.00–570.00	2,046	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	530.61/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,751	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	495.40/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,858	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	462.01/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,446	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	439.54/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,618	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	357.36/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,876	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	411.15/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	634.40/cwt	610.00–660.00	1,986	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	651.54/cwt	640.00–660.00	1,785	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	379.87/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,165	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	600.38/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,197	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	374.65/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,592	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	400.57/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,510	13

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 640Last week 636Year ago 344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 104Year ago 65

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,270	161.00–163.00	161.58
20	—	1,146	145.00–159.00	151.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	959	137.00–144.00	140.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,724	179.00–189.00	183.81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	275	540.00–570.00	555.82
15	300–350	319	500.00–550.00	524.50
12	350–400	378	480.00–500.00	489.80
17	400–450	426	430.00–460.00	443.77
13	450–500	462	410.00–440.00	425.75
11	500–550	521	370.00–385.00	378.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	313	440.00–480.00	462.01
13	350–400	368	420.00–460.00	439.54
11	400–450	416	400.00–420.00	411.15
18	450–500	468	370.00–395.00	382.17
10	500–550	525	350.00–365.00	357.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	377	390.00–410.00	400.57
12	400–450	425	360.00–390.00	374.65
10	450–500	473	345.00–365.00	354.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	274	640.00–660.00	651.54
18	300–350	313	610.00–660.00	634.40
15	350–400	366	580.00–620.00	600.38
16	400–450	413	490.00–515.00	502.27
15	450–500	469	470.00–505.00	488.30
10	500–550	513	440.00–470.00	455.22
10	550–600	570	375.00–385.00	379.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	316	560.00–600.00	580.23
14	350–400	375	520.00–570.00	545.67
18	400–450	430	450.00–490.00	470.47
11	450–500	461	440.00–460.00	449.36
15	500–550	520	385.00–410.00	396.79
12	550–600	578	355.00–365.00	359.89
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	330	510.00–550.00	530.61
12	350–400	375	480.00–510.00	495.40
10	450–500	465	400.00–420.00	409.78

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc