Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.31/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −50.05 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$387.31

20 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$39.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.65

vs FL average

−58.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	407.25	2,130	10thin
Medium and Large 2	530	367.36	1,947	10thin

One grade step is worth $39.89/cwt here — about $183 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 sale20 hd

387.31

—

FL average4 barns · 154 hd

380.65

+6.65

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−58.55

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−50.05

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	1,570	186.26	2,924	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,153	152.15	1,755	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	137.07	1,439	9thin

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%	—	1,208	163.44/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,974	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	137.07/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,439	9
Bulls	—	—	1,602	190.99/cwt	186.00–200.00	3,060	5
Bulls	—	—	1,490	174.43/cwt	169.00–180.00	2,599	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	146.51/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	499.54/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	350.83/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,835	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	439.41/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,832	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	465.17/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,758	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	450.11/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,899	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	380.25/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,814	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	355.64/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,219	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	384.28/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,014	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	404.37/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,723	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	571.71/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,075	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	541.19/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,450	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	520.76/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,708	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	431.18/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,578	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	578.20/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,839	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	490.87/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,797	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	461.15/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,490	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	569.77/cwt	530.00–600.00	1,561	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	375.30/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,588	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	410.82/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	528.62/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,935	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	367.36/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,947	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	422.30/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,019	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	351.47/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,666	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	651.68/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	444.89/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,046	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	635.96/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,048	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	483.86/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,023	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	407.25/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,130	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	390.20/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,475	8

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 440Last week 640Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 79Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 8.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,208	157.00–165.00	163.44
10	—	1,126	141.00–153.00	146.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,050	132.00–140.00	137.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,602	186.00–200.00	190.99
2	—	1,490	169.00–180.00	174.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	268	530.00–550.00	541.19
10	300–350	328	480.00–520.00	499.54
14	350–400	378	460.00–470.00	465.17
13	400–450	417	430.00–450.00	439.41
11	500–550	524	375.00–395.00	384.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	323	450.00–470.00	461.15
11	350–400	366	420.00–440.00	431.18
11	400–450	426	400.00–410.00	404.37
13	450–500	477	375.00–385.00	380.25
9	500–550	523	340.00–360.00	350.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	380.00–400.00	390.20
10	400–450	423	365.00–385.00	375.30
9	450–500	474	345.00–360.00	351.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	274	530.00–600.00	569.77
15	300–350	318	560.00–600.00	578.20
9	350–400	366	520.00–540.00	528.62
19	400–450	422	440.00–460.00	450.11
12	450–500	478	415.00–430.00	422.30
10	500–550	530	360.00–375.00	367.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	268	620.00–680.00	651.68
13	300–350	322	610.00–660.00	635.96
9	350–400	363	550.00–600.00	571.71
9	400–450	418	470.00–500.00	483.86
14	450–500	460	440.00–450.00	444.89
10	500–550	523	400.00–415.00	407.25
7	600–650	624	350.00–360.00	355.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	500.00–540.00	520.76
11	350–400	366	470.00–510.00	490.87
9	400–450	421	400.00–420.00	410.82

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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