Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.60/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 5 of 21 comparable sales and sits −50.75 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$386.60

32 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$26.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.44

vs FL average

−32.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	395.67	2,145	21
Medium and Large 2	524	369.28	1,935	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.39/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

386.60

—

FL average4 barns · 187 hd

377.16

+9.44

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−32.50

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−50.75

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	1,500	181.88	2,728	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	151.56	1,784	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	139.38	1,438	27

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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	144.14/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,508	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	151.56/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,784	16
Bulls	—	—	1,500	181.88/cwt	175.00–192.00	2,728	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	133.44/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,352	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	503.83/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	435.52/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,581	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	575.58/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	544.82/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,466	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	419.77/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,805	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	612.79/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,342	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	387.37/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	389.65/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,656	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	403.21/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,121	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	539.61/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	580.46/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,585	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	460.54/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,132	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	449.38/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,460	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	509.69/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	377.30/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,785	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	410.55/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,720	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	505.62/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,846	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	408.52/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	394.51/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,456	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	378.33/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,392	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	369.28/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	544.50/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,031	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	450.47/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	510.60/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,134	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	404.75/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	460.40/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	375.40/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,776	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 Nov 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 510Year ago 532

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 97Year ago 73

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,046	141.00–147.00	144.14
12	—	1,013	131.00–138.00	133.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,177	149.00–155.00	151.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	175.00–192.00	181.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	480.00–530.00	503.83
12	350–400	363	420.00–450.00	435.52
14	400–450	430	410.00–430.00	419.77
12	450–500	458	390.00–420.00	404.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	325	430.00–470.00	449.38
9	350–400	369	390.00–400.00	394.51
12	400–450	425	380.00–400.00	389.65
16	450–500	473	370.00–385.00	377.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	368	370.00–385.00	378.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	219	600.00–630.00	612.79
10	250–300	273	570.00–590.00	580.46
14	300–350	323	560.00–590.00	575.58
10	350–400	373	530.00–560.00	544.50
12	400–450	418	490.00–530.00	510.60
10	450–500	463	440.00–480.00	460.54
11	500–550	526	390.00–420.00	403.21
10	550–600	560	380.00–395.00	387.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	269	540.00–550.00	544.82
10	300–350	323	530.00–550.00	539.61
20	350–400	365	490.00–520.00	505.62
10	400–450	430	430.00–470.00	450.47
9	450–500	474	400.00–420.00	408.52
11	500–550	524	360.00–380.00	369.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	500.00–520.00	509.69
10	350–400	378	440.00–480.00	460.40
11	400–450	419	400.00–420.00	410.55
10	450–500	473	360.00–390.00	375.40

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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