Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $296.41/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −63.52 against this barn's trailing median of $359.93.

Average price

$296.41

17 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$44.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.64

vs FL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	314.88	1,641	10thin
Medium and Large 2	548	270.03	1,479	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about $161 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

3 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $372.74, low $328.45, median $359.93 across 3 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 sale17 hd

296.41

—

FL average2 barns · 32 hd

299.05

−2.64

This barn, trailing median3 sales

359.93

−63.52

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	1,499	170.76	2,560	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	144.33	1,697	10

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls	—	—	1,499	170.76/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,560	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	144.33/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,697	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	479.44/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	372.65/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	347.04/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	227	498.94/cwt	470.00–540.00	1,133	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	327.08/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	313.22/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	337.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	314.88/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,641	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	413.11/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	259.98/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,469	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	408.33/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	428.74/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,441	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	324.67/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	342.26/cwt	330.00–360.00	955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	323.21/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	359.21/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,189	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	364.80/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	249.78/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	391.09/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	418.35/cwt	390.00–450.00	954	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	344.21/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,095	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	307.70/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	283.43/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,488	3

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 231Last week 478Year ago 369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 131Year ago 98

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,499	168.00–185.00	170.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,176	143.00–149.00	144.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	227	470.00–540.00	498.94
2	250–300	270	470.00–490.00	479.44
9	300–350	336	390.00–440.00	428.74
5	350–400	378	395.00–430.00	408.33
4	400–450	410	360.00–385.00	372.65
4	450–500	473	330.00–365.00	347.04
10	500–550	521	295.00–345.00	314.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	228	390.00–450.00	418.35
4	300–350	318	325.00–365.00	344.21
5	450–500	478	300.00–320.00	307.70
3	500–550	525	280.00–290.00	283.43
4	550–600	565	255.00–265.00	259.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	405.00–430.00	413.11
4	500–550	523	315.00–340.00	327.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	360.00–420.00	391.09
8	300–350	331	350.00–390.00	359.21
2	350–400	380	360.00–370.00	364.80
2	400–450	413	335.00–340.00	337.45
3	450–500	477	310.00–320.00	313.22
3	500–550	528	245.00–260.00	249.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	279	330.00–360.00	342.26
4	300–350	338	320.00–340.00	324.67
3	350–400	358	310.00–350.00	323.21
2	450–500	470	270.00	270.00

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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