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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Mar 18

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

390 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 281▲ 53 vs year ago 337 · +15.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

92 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 115▼ 33 vs year ago 125 · −26.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $328.28/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −102.55 against this barn's trailing median of $430.83.

Average price

$328.28

18 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$63.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.96

vs FL average

−15.48 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	370.63	1,549	6thin
Medium and Large 2	445	307.10	1,367	12thin

One grade step is worth $63.52/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

328.28

—

FL average4 barns · 125 hd

321.32

+6.96

National average176 barns · 10,190 hd

343.76

−15.48

This barn, trailing median33 sales

430.83

−102.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

33 sales

Heifers 400–500 lb: high $461.19, low $349.55, median $430.83 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,137	144.60	1,644	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	130.25	1,340	7thin

Every lot

19 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	549.25/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,456	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	450.16/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,418	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	491.05/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,576	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	388.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,415	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	449.19/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,662	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	411.30/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,703	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	370.40/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,545	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	366.54/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,715	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	449.46/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,249	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	399.37/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,258	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	350.23/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,149	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	384.48/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,396	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	332.39/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,240	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	370.63/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,549	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	321.77/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,361	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	296.63/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,367	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,029	130.25/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,340	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,092	142.07/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,551	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	150.68/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,876	5

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 281Year ago 337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 115Year ago 125

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	278	430.00–470.00	449.46
8	300–350	315	380.00–420.00	399.37
8	350–400	363	370.00–400.00	384.48
6	400–450	418	355.00–385.00	370.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	340.00–360.00	350.23
5	350–400	373	320.00–340.00	332.39
5	400–450	423	310.00–330.00	321.77
7	450–500	461	290.00–305.00	296.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	440.00–460.00	450.16
7	350–400	364	380.00–400.00	388.84
5	400–450	417	350.00–385.00	370.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	530.00–570.00	549.25
7	300–350	321	480.00–500.00	491.05
6	350–400	370	430.00–470.00	449.19
5	400–450	414	405.00–420.00	411.30
5	450–500	468	355.00–385.00	366.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,245	149.00–154.00	150.68
12	—	1,092	138.00–147.00	142.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,029	126.00–136.00	130.25

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.