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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 1

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

267 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 263▲ 50 vs year ago 217 · +23.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 70▼ 80 vs year ago 139 · −57.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.32/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −30.97 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$351.32

7 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.78

vs FL average

−17.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	351.32	1,806	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

351.32

—

FL average4 barns · 72 hd

328.54

+22.78

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−17.69

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−30.97

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 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $470.90, low $324.03, median $382.29 across 25 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,696	169.20	2,870	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	144.62	1,628	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	124.69	1,384	14

Every lot

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	595.97/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,311	7
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	553.15/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,494	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	515.96/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,610	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	484.65/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,565	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	477.82/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,725	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	416.17/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,544	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	404.59/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,711	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	440.24/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,871	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	383.26/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,790	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	351.32/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,806	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	439.07/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,177	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	415.25/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,267	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	372.69/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,185	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	391.90/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,442	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	350.22/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,303	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	366.94/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,515	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	332.78/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,557	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	287.34/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,350	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,696	169.20/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,870	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	139.33/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,463	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	124.69/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,384	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,182	148.59/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,756	8

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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 267Last week 263Year ago 217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 70Year ago 139

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 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
8	250–300	268	420.00–460.00	439.07
8	300–350	305	400.00–430.00	415.25
10	350–400	368	375.00–410.00	391.90
9	400–450	413	350.00–380.00	366.94
8	450–500	468	315.00–350.00	332.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	350.00–390.00	372.69
7	350–400	372	340.00–365.00	350.22
8	450–500	470	280.00–295.00	287.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	220	580.00–610.00	595.97
10	250–300	270	530.00–580.00	553.15
13	300–350	312	500.00–540.00	515.96
7	350–400	361	460.00–500.00	477.82
8	400–450	425	430.00–450.00	440.24
7	450–500	467	375.00–395.00	383.26
7	500–550	514	345.00–360.00	351.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	470.00–500.00	484.65
9	350–400	371	400.00–430.00	416.17
8	400–450	423	395.00–415.00	404.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,696	164.00–175.00	169.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,050	132.00–143.00	139.33
8	—	1,182	146.00–151.00	148.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,110	119.00–130.00	124.69

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.