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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Apr 22

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

366 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 318▲ 102 vs year ago 264 · +38.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 84▼ 20 vs year ago 70 · −28.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $334.07/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −48.22 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$334.07

21 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$26.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.04

vs FL average

−39.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	344.13	1,755	13thin
Medium and Large 2	520	317.72	1,652	8thin

One grade step is worth $26.41/cwt here — about $103 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 sale21 hd

334.07

—

FL average4 barns · 69 hd

334.11

−0.04

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−39.95

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−48.22

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	1,170	162.24	1,898	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	137.19	1,679	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,097	124.11	1,361	6thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	599.76/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,259	6
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	556.17/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,491	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	457.30/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,431	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	520.63/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,640	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	460.69/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,672	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	401.94/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,479	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	415.18/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,744	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	374.38/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,584	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	360.33/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,650	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	325.70/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,528	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	344.13/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,755	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	317.72/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,652	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	356.09/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,143	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	404.42/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,306	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	373.81/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,376	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	339.04/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,275	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	316.63/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,317	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	360.71/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,533	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	308.73/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,414	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	346.98/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,617	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	326.72/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,692	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	162.24/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,898	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	124.11/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,361	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	137.19/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,679	22

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 318Year ago 264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 84Year ago 70

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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
8	300–350	323	390.00–420.00	404.42
17	350–400	368	360.00–390.00	373.81
12	400–450	425	340.00–380.00	360.71
9	450–500	466	330.00–360.00	346.98
7	500–550	518	310.00–340.00	326.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	340.00–370.00	356.09
7	350–400	376	325.00–350.00	339.04
9	400–450	416	305.00–330.00	316.63
9	450–500	458	300.00–320.00	308.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	210	590.00–610.00	599.76
10	250–300	268	530.00–580.00	556.17
12	300–350	315	500.00–540.00	520.63
12	350–400	363	440.00–480.00	460.69
12	400–450	420	400.00–430.00	415.18
12	450–500	458	340.00–380.00	360.33
13	500–550	510	335.00–355.00	344.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	313	440.00–480.00	457.30
13	350–400	368	380.00–420.00	401.94
12	400–450	423	360.00–390.00	374.38
11	450–500	469	315.00–335.00	325.70
8	500–550	520	310.00–325.00	317.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	160.00–166.00	162.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,224	130.00–143.00	137.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,097	122.00–125.00	124.11

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.