Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.33/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 6 of 21 comparable sales and sits −25.02 against this barn's trailing median of $437.35.

Average price

$412.33

26 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$24.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.18

vs FL average

−31.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	420.88	2,240	17thin
Medium and Large 2	521	396.17	2,064	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.71/cwt here — about $176 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 sale26 hd

412.33

—

FL average4 barns · 113 hd

399.15

+13.18

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−31.77

This barn, trailing median21 sales

437.35

−25.02

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	1,642	187.13	3,073	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,043	158.59	1,654	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	141.28	1,447	19

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	370.29/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,944	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	434.39/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,607	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	460.46/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	435.44/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,864	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	520.47/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,655	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	339.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,777	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	503.28/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,094	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	400.93/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,261	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	466.54/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	477.71/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,274	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	388.41/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	419.58/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,754	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	599.61/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	420.85/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,982	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	658.32/cwt	650.00–670.00	1,442	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	560.55/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,046	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	561.61/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,820	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	516.17/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,915	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	396.17/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	513.33/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	494.14/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	368.98/cwt	305.00–430.00	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	614.44/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,659	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	419.57/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,951	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	381.07/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,745	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	434.85/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	399.82/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	354.16/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	452.65/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,901	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	369.06/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	395.30/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,474	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	574.09/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,579	10
Bulls	—	—	1,800	192.63/cwt	189.00–197.00	3,467	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	178.89/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,513	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	144.51/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,507	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	136.84/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,366	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	158.59/cwt	152.00–166.00	1,654	24

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 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 437Last week 469Year ago 565

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 41Year ago 105

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	550.00–600.00	574.09
10	300–350	318	500.00–540.00	520.47
10	350–400	363	470.00–520.00	494.14
12	400–450	428	420.00–450.00	435.44
16	450–500	465	400.00–440.00	419.57
8	500–550	525	355.00–385.00	370.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	440.00–480.00	460.46
12	350–400	370	420.00–450.00	434.39
10	400–450	428	390.00–410.00	399.82
11	450–500	458	370.00–390.00	381.07
8	500–550	523	330.00–350.00	339.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	305.00–430.00	368.98
8	350–400	373	380.00–410.00	395.30
9	400–450	427	360.00–380.00	369.06
7	450–500	474	350.00–360.00	354.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	219	650.00–670.00	658.32
8	250–300	270	600.00–630.00	614.44
10	300–350	323	590.00–610.00	599.61
12	350–400	365	540.00–580.00	560.55
11	400–450	416	490.00–520.00	503.28
13	450–500	476	450.00–500.00	477.71
10	500–550	510	420.00–450.00	434.85
7	550–600	564	390.00–415.00	400.93
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	314	500.00–530.00	513.33
7	350–400	363	450.00–480.00	466.54
10	400–450	418	410.00–430.00	419.58
7	450–500	464	380.00–400.00	388.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	540.00–580.00	561.61
9	350–400	371	500.00–530.00	516.17
12	400–450	420	440.00–465.00	452.65
9	450–500	471	410.00–430.00	420.85
9	500–550	521	380.00–410.00	396.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,800	189.00–197.00	192.63
2	—	1,405	175.00–182.00	178.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,043	141.00–149.00	144.51
8	—	998	135.00–139.00	136.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,043	152.00–166.00	158.59

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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