Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

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 $393.99/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −43.36 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$393.99

29 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.85

vs FL average

−36.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	405.20	2,172	18thin
Medium and Large 2	545	375.66	2,049	11thin

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $123 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 sale29 hd

393.99

—

FL average4 barns · 134 hd

383.14

+10.85

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−36.64

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−43.36

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	1,550	173.23	2,685	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	153.38	1,765	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	146.41	1,641	12

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	374.71/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,930	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	488.77/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,520	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	457.64/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,675	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	384.86/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,405	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	394.56/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	451.51/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,467	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	546.45/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,738	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	454.38/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	271	547.68/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,484	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	416.71/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,775	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	509.76/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,116	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	639.66/cwt	630.00–650.00	1,394	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	389.87/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,175	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	619.43/cwt	610.00–630.00	1,691	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	385.29/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	416.76/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,546	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	410.21/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,928	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	499.13/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,857	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	460.22/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,094	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	364.11/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,075	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	595.58/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,924	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	434.65/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	457.76/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,950	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	381.22/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	554.49/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,041	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	409.69/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,331	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	377.14/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	339.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	423.62/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,953	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	515.83/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,393	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	412.86/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,168	12
Bulls	—	—	1,550	173.23/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,685	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	153.38/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,765	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	146.41/cwt	138.00–155.00	1,641	12

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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 469Last week 388Year ago 439

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 53Year ago 226

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	270	500.00–530.00	515.83
11	300–350	311	480.00–500.00	488.77
11	350–400	366	440.00–480.00	457.64
14	400–450	425	420.00–450.00	434.65
11	450–500	461	405.00–440.00	423.62
10	500–550	515	360.00–390.00	374.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	400.00–420.00	409.69
6	350–400	365	380.00–390.00	384.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	430.00–470.00	451.51
11	350–400	371	400.00–430.00	416.76
8	400–450	423	380.00–410.00	394.56
9	450–500	472	360.00–390.00	377.14
6	500–550	523	330.00–350.00	339.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	271	530.00–560.00	547.68
7	300–350	318	530.00–560.00	546.45
13	350–400	372	480.00–520.00	499.13
13	400–450	426	440.00–480.00	457.76
8	450–500	470	400.00–420.00	410.21
6	500–550	525	375.00–395.00	385.29
5	550–600	570	360.00–370.00	364.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	500.00	500.00
8	350–400	365	440.00–470.00	454.38
7	400–450	426	400.00–430.00	416.71
7	450–500	479	370.00–390.00	381.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	218	630.00–650.00	639.66
9	250–300	273	610.00–630.00	619.43
10	300–350	323	580.00–610.00	595.58
12	350–400	368	530.00–580.00	554.49
12	400–450	415	500.00–520.00	509.76
12	450–500	455	440.00–480.00	460.22
12	500–550	525	400.00–425.00	412.86
6	550–600	558	380.00–400.00	389.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,550	169.00–178.00	173.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,151	145.00–161.00	153.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,121	138.00–155.00	146.41

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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