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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, May 6

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

392 head

▲ 106 vs last sale 286▲ 142 vs year ago 250 · +56.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

111 head

▲ 64 vs last sale 47▲ 28 vs year ago 83 · +33.7%

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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 mostly steady.

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 $333.66/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −48.63 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$333.66

14 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.14

vs FL average

−45.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	348.43	1,791	7thin
Medium and Large 2	515	318.90	1,642	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $149 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 sale14 hd

333.66

—

FL average4 barns · 88 hd

328.53

+5.14

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−45.13

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−48.63

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	1,626	168.26	2,736	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	146.25	1,720	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	131.77	1,423	13

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	209	701.20/cwt	660.00–730.00	1,466	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	269	581.07/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,563	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	509.08/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,655	12
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	467.70/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,539	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	449.01/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,612	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	404.60/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,517	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	407.04/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,693	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	377.49/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,608	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	370.16/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,714	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	333.41/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,547	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	348.43/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,791	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	318.90/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,642	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	471.13/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,248	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	314	351.27/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,103	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	389.70/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,286	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	369.66/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,342	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	340.71/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,254	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	323.87/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,331	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	349.39/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,471	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	338.88/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,583	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	314.71/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,636	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,626	168.26/cwt	162.00–176.00	2,736	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	131.77/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,423	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	146.25/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,720	33

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 May 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 286Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 47Year ago 83

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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
10	250–300	265	440.00–500.00	471.13
12	300–350	330	370.00–410.00	389.70
12	350–400	363	360.00–380.00	369.66
11	400–450	421	340.00–360.00	349.39
11	450–500	467	325.00–355.00	338.88
10	500–550	520	305.00–325.00	314.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	314	340.00–360.00	351.27
9	350–400	368	330.00–350.00	340.71
7	400–450	411	315.00–335.00	323.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	209	660.00–730.00	701.20
9	250–300	269	560.00–610.00	581.07
12	300–350	325	490.00–530.00	509.08
13	350–400	359	430.00–470.00	449.01
11	400–450	416	400.00–415.00	407.04
10	450–500	463	360.00–380.00	370.16
7	500–550	514	340.00–360.00	348.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	450.00–480.00	467.70
10	350–400	375	390.00–420.00	404.60
7	400–450	426	360.00–390.00	377.49
7	450–500	464	325.00–345.00	333.41
7	500–550	515	310.00–330.00	318.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,626	162.00–176.00	168.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,176	140.00–152.00	146.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,080	127.00–138.00	131.77

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.