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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 15

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

318 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 275▼ 57 vs year ago 375 · −15.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 45▲ 7 vs year ago 77 · +9.1%

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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 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $353.70/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −115.69 against this barn's trailing median of $469.39.

Average price

$353.70

21 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$61.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.88

vs FL average

−43.54 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	442	371.31	1,640	15thin
Medium and Large 2	470	309.68	1,455	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.63/cwt here — about $185 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 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale21 hd

353.70

—

FL average4 barns · 141 hd

357.58

−3.88

National average167 barns · 8,743 hd

397.24

−43.54

This barn, trailing median33 sales

469.39

−115.69

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

Steers 400–500 lb: high $530.30, low $379.64, median $469.39 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,871	165.59	3,098	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	138.64	1,672	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	122.07	1,250	18

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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	534.07/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,442	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	316	412.92/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,305	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	505.66/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,613	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	450.47/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,455	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	364	351.45/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,279	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	390.55/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,426	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	435.50/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,624	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	387.91/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,649	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	352.33/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,624	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	309.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,455	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	384.15/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,214	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	345.97/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,100	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	369.58/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,323	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	328.56/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,229	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	344.37/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,439	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	313.70/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,314	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	329.73/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,527	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	287.11/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,364	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,871	165.59/cwt	161.00–171.00	3,098	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	122.07/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,250	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	135.49/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,481	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,457	145.65/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,122	9

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 318Last week 275Year ago 375

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 45Year ago 77

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	370.00–400.00	384.15
12	350–400	358	350.00–390.00	369.58
10	400–450	418	330.00–360.00	344.37
8	450–500	463	320.00–340.00	329.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	330.00–360.00	345.97
9	350–400	374	315.00–340.00	328.56
7	400–450	419	305.00–320.00	313.70
8	450–500	475	275.00–300.00	287.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	405.00–420.00	412.92
9	350–400	364	340.00–360.00	351.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	270	510.00–560.00	534.07
11	300–350	319	490.00–520.00	505.66
12	350–400	373	420.00–450.00	435.50
8	400–450	425	370.00–405.00	387.91
7	450–500	461	330.00–370.00	352.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	430.00–470.00	450.47
10	350–400	365	370.00–410.00	390.55
6	450–500	470	300.00–320.00	309.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,871	161.00–171.00	165.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,093	130.00–140.00	135.49
9	—	1,457	144.00–149.00	145.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,024	118.00–128.00	122.07

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.