Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.84/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −56.51 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$380.84

18 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$19.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.50

vs FL average

−48.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	389.66	2,018	10thin
Medium and Large 2	525	369.81	1,942	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.85/cwt here — about $77 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 sale18 hd

380.84

—

FL average3 barns · 60 hd

369.33

+11.50

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−48.31

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−56.51

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	1,668	175.12	2,921	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	153.76	1,806	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	131.42	1,436	13

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	416.17/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,973	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	509.20/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,910	16
Bulls	—	—	1,650	179.24/cwt	175.00–187.00	2,957	3
Bulls	—	—	1,695	168.93/cwt	166.00–171.00	2,863	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	151.52/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,729	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	157.59/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,942	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	138.64/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,452	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	125.24/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,418	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	474.46/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,993	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	626.12/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,396	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	589.62/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	350.21/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,663	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	427.21/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,401	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	463.24/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,719	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	424.56/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,796	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	535.81/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,752	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	389.02/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,832	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	369.81/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,942	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	401.01/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,456	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	383.56/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,622	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	478.39/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	421.83/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	370.78/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,376	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	394.42/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,274	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	434.69/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	420.29/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,769	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	474.42/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,532	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	386.55/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,809	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	575.46/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,870	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	389.66/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,018	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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 388Last week 432Year ago 437

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 43Year ago 103

No trends offered due to market closure last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	223	600.00–650.00	626.12
10	250–300	260	580.00–600.00	589.62
10	300–350	325	560.00–590.00	575.46
16	350–400	375	490.00–530.00	509.20
16	400–450	420	460.00–490.00	474.46
11	450–500	474	405.00–425.00	416.17
10	500–550	518	380.00–400.00	389.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	327	520.00–550.00	535.81
11	350–400	371	450.00–480.00	463.24
12	400–450	423	410.00–440.00	424.56
13	450–500	471	380.00–400.00	389.02
8	500–550	525	365.00–375.00	369.81
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	460.00–500.00	478.39
9	350–400	377	400.00–440.00	421.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	415.00–440.00	427.21
15	350–400	363	390.00–410.00	401.01
15	400–450	423	370.00–400.00	383.56
8	450–500	475	340.00–360.00	350.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	380.00–410.00	394.42
9	350–400	371	360.00–380.00	370.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	460.00–490.00	474.42
10	350–400	368	420.00–450.00	434.69
11	400–450	421	405.00–440.00	420.29
13	450–500	468	370.00–400.00	386.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	175.00–187.00	179.24
2	—	1,695	166.00–171.00	168.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,141	145.00–156.00	151.52
7	—	1,232	157.00–161.00	157.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,047	133.00–143.00	138.64
7	—	1,132	121.00–130.00	125.24

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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