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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

275 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 267▲ 11 vs year ago 264 · +4.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 59▼ 68 vs year ago 113 · −60.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

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 $309.49/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −72.80 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$309.49

11 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$23.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.21

vs FL average

−44.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	320.14	1,681	6thin
Medium and Large 2	517	296.72	1,534	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.42/cwt here — about $147 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

309.49

—

FL average4 barns · 80 hd

330.70

−21.21

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−44.81

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−72.80

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	1,484	154.57	2,294	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	138.93	1,663	16

Every lot

21 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	492.09/cwt	460.00–520.00	1,314	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	321	395.71/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,270	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	464.03/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,499	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	373.38/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,213	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	405.52/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,472	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	364.50/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,360	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	386.98/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,637	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	342.97/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,605	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	305.53/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,436	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	296.72/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,534	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	320.14/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,681	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	344.80/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,096	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	367.77/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,173	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	316.68/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,143	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	355.85/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,288	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	371	295.55/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,096	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	316.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,321	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	272.38/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,316	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	264.17/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,371	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,484	154.57/cwt	143.00–169.00	2,294	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	138.93/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,663	16

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 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 275Last week 267Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 59Year ago 113

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	360.00–380.00	367.77
13	350–400	362	335.00–375.00	355.85
7	400–450	418	305.00–325.00	316.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	340.00–350.00	344.80
7	350–400	361	310.00–325.00	316.68
8	450–500	483	265.00–280.00	272.38
7	500–550	519	260.00–270.00	264.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	290.00–300.00	295.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	267	460.00–520.00	492.09
12	300–350	323	440.00–490.00	464.03
12	350–400	363	390.00–420.00	405.52
6	400–450	423	375.00–400.00	386.98
6	450–500	468	330.00–355.00	342.97
6	500–550	525	315.00–325.00	320.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	340.00–410.00	373.38
10	350–400	373	350.00–380.00	364.50
7	450–500	470	300.00–310.00	305.53
5	500–550	517	285.00–305.00	296.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	390.00–400.00	395.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,484	143.00–169.00	154.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,197	135.00–145.00	138.93

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.