Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

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 $398.40/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −38.95 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$398.40

32 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$17.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.77

vs FL average

−70.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	404.55	2,208	21
Medium and Large 2	524	386.64	2,026	11thin

One grade step is worth $17.91/cwt here — about $182 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 sale32 hd

398.40

—

FL average4 barns · 169 hd

392.63

+5.77

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−70.64

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−38.95

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	1,693	189.90	3,215	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,212	155.83	1,889	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	137.98	1,500	13

Every lot, as filed

38 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%	—	1,113	160.89/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,791	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	137.98/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,500	13
Bulls	—	—	1,693	189.90/cwt	188.00–193.00	3,215	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	151.79/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,961	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	768.57/cwt	740.00–800.00	1,614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	379.81/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,994	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	586.25/cwt	550.00–620.00	1,642	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	424.60/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,008	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	581.95/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,880	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	386.64/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,026	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	528.35/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,680	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	480.26/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,739	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	605.48/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,216	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	512.59/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,143	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	396.77/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,452	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	374.75/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,559	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	440.59/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,859	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	414.52/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,915	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	651.65/cwt	620.00–680.00	2,072	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	464.53/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,179	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	416.01/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,764	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	391.88/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,830	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	354.27/cwt	342.00–367.00	2,228	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	397.30/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,265	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	344.14/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,796	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	400.23/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,721	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	496.66/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	530.56/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,708	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	469.50/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,559	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	436.29/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,597	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	369.92/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,787	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	540.94/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,066	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	411.15/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,154	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	674.54/cwt	660.00–690.00	1,848	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	574.60/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	358.08/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,030	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	460.23/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,979	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	420.38/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,379	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 Oct 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 669Last week 440Year ago 329

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 44Year ago 72

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
8	—	1,113	160.00–167.00	160.89
10	—	1,292	145.00–156.00	151.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,087	135.00–142.00	137.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,693	188.00–193.00	189.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	210	740.00–800.00	768.57
11	250–300	271	560.00–590.00	574.60
20	300–350	318	500.00–560.00	528.35
21	350–400	362	460.00–500.00	480.26
17	400–450	422	420.00–460.00	440.59
17	450–500	462	400.00–430.00	414.52
10	500–550	525	370.00–390.00	379.81
11	550–600	567	350.00–365.00	358.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	410.00–430.00	420.38
11	350–400	366	380.00–410.00	396.77
11	400–450	416	370.00–380.00	374.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	332	450.00–490.00	469.50
17	350–400	366	420.00–450.00	436.29
16	400–450	430	390.00–410.00	400.23
18	450–500	483	365.00–375.00	369.92
15	500–550	522	325.00–365.00	344.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	280	550.00–620.00	586.25
17	300–350	323	560.00–600.00	581.95
15	350–400	382	520.00–560.00	540.94
12	400–450	430	440.00–480.00	460.23
14	450–500	473	410.00–440.00	424.60
11	500–550	524	380.00–395.00	386.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	274	660.00–690.00	674.54
16	300–350	318	620.00–680.00	651.65
15	350–400	366	580.00–630.00	605.48
15	400–450	418	490.00–540.00	512.59
19	450–500	469	450.00–480.00	464.53
11	500–550	524	400.00–420.00	411.15
10	550–600	570	390.00–405.00	397.30
7	600–650	629	342.00–367.00	354.27
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	510.00–550.00	530.56
13	350–400	368	480.00–510.00	496.66
11	400–450	424	400.00–430.00	416.01
12	450–500	467	380.00–400.00	391.88

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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