Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter 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 $379.24/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −58.11 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$379.24

38 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$35.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.20

vs FL average

−30.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	396.99	2,091	19thin
Medium and Large 2	550	361.49	1,987	19thin

One grade step is worth $35.50/cwt here — about $104 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 sale38 hd

379.24

—

FL average4 barns · 161 hd

377.04

+2.20

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−30.84

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−58.11

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	1,644	173.00	2,845	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	150.06	1,863	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	139.22	1,458	10

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	147.89/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,806	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	156.59/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,039	3
Bulls	—	—	1,532	176.84/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,709	5
Bulls	—	—	1,785	168.21/cwt	165.00–169.00	3,003	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	139.22/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,458	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	555.65/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,278	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	616.13/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	407.68/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,071	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	628.67/cwt	610.00–650.00	1,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	454.68/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,137	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	524.69/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,878	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	350.12/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	462.08/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	349.06/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,004	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	560.71/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,063	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	472.94/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,991	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	422.98/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	608.65/cwt	590.00–630.00	1,929	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	430.44/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,821	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	390.36/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,640	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	319.76/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,656	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	469.08/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,281	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	349.89/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	554.19/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,790	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	372.68/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,968	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	480.67/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,793	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	469.54/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,526	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	416.06/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	366.77/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	374.84/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,754	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	553.87/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	515.78/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,650	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	378.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,117	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	359.71/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,853	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	409.57/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,925	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	525.67/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,425	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	386.71/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,628	7

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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 432Last week 382Year ago 553

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 89Year ago 105

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter 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
9	—	1,221	141.00–153.00	147.89
3	—	1,302	156.00–158.00	156.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,047	136.00–144.00	139.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,532	173.00–179.00	176.84
4	—	1,785	165.00–169.00	168.21

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	230	540.00–570.00	555.65
11	250–300	271	500.00–550.00	525.67
12	300–350	320	490.00–540.00	515.78
13	350–400	366	440.00–480.00	462.08
12	400–450	423	415.00–445.00	430.44
10	450–500	470	390.00–430.00	409.57
8	500–550	515	345.00–375.00	359.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	273	450.00–490.00	469.08
8	300–350	325	460.00–480.00	469.54
9	350–400	368	400.00–430.00	416.06
12	400–450	420	380.00–400.00	390.36
12	450–500	468	365.00–385.00	374.84
10	500–550	518	310.00–330.00	319.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	355.00–375.00	366.77
8	450–500	465	345.00–355.00	349.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	225	610.00–650.00	628.67
9	250–300	274	600.00–630.00	616.13
11	300–350	317	590.00–630.00	608.65
9	350–400	368	550.00–570.00	560.71
17	400–450	421	450.00–500.00	472.94
10	450–500	470	440.00–470.00	454.68
12	500–550	508	395.00–420.00	407.68
7	550–600	559	370.00–385.00	378.67
6	600–650	620	345.00–355.00	350.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	540.00–570.00	553.87
14	300–350	323	540.00–570.00	554.19
12	350–400	358	510.00–540.00	524.69
9	400–450	421	410.00–440.00	422.98
10	500–550	528	360.00–385.00	372.68
9	550–600	574	340.00–360.00	349.06
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	460.00–500.00	480.67
7	400–450	421	370.00–400.00	386.71

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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