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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
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Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lakeland, Florida · Tue, Oct 28

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1607

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

510 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 542▼ 47 vs year ago 557 · −8.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

97 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 54▲ 14 vs year ago 83 · +16.9%

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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 20.00 to 40.00 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 $351.69/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −30.61 against this barn's trailing median of $382.29.

Average price

$351.69

36 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$53.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.40

vs FL average

−78.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	384.40	1,991	14thin
Medium and Large 2	542	330.87	1,792	22

One grade step is worth $53.53/cwt here — about $199 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 sale36 hd

351.69

—

FL average4 barns · 177 hd

370.09

−18.40

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−78.03

This barn, trailing median25 sales

382.29

−30.61

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	1,702	185.51	3,157	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	155.49	1,875	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	139.64	1,496	18

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	219	613.67/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,344	9
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	545.57/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,446	10
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	281	583.11/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,639	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	544.17/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,730	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	489.08/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,590	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	494.15/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,784	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	459.66/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,669	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	409.80/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,508	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	359.76/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,511	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	430.83/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,814	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	394.47/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,676	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	408.30/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,882	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	379.60/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,754	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	478	339.76/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,624	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	384.40/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,991	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	340.14/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,762	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	319.74/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,823	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	474.44/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,281	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	429.76/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,367	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	465.58/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,504	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	433.49/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,574	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	349.08/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,470	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	404.13/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,734	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	339.74/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,607	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	359.89/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,709	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	310.10/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,597	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	334.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,751	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	330.47/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,864	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,638	175.86/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,881	5
Bulls	—	—	1,726	189.22/cwt	181.00–195.00	3,266	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	130.77/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,357	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,088	144.08/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,568	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	155.49/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,875	31

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 Oct 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 510Last week 542Year ago 557

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 54Year ago 83

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 20.00 to 40.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,206	150.00–160.00	155.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,088	140.00–148.00	144.08
6	—	1,038	126.00–135.00	130.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,726	181.00–195.00	189.22
5	—	1,638	171.00–177.00	175.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	270	460.00–490.00	474.44
12	300–350	323	450.00–480.00	465.58
15	350–400	363	420.00–450.00	433.49
15	400–450	429	385.00–425.00	404.13
12	450–500	475	355.00–365.00	359.89
14	500–550	523	330.00–340.00	334.88
9	550–600	564	325.00–335.00	330.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	420.00–440.00	429.76
11	400–450	421	335.00–365.00	349.08
16	450–500	473	330.00–350.00	339.74
12	500–550	515	300.00–320.00	310.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	219	600.00–630.00	613.67
11	250–300	281	570.00–600.00	583.11
14	300–350	318	530.00–560.00	544.17
11	350–400	361	480.00–510.00	494.15
17	400–450	421	420.00–440.00	430.83
11	450–500	461	395.00–420.00	408.30
14	500–550	518	360.00–410.00	384.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	265	530.00–560.00	545.57
10	300–350	325	470.00–510.00	489.08
14	350–400	363	450.00–470.00	459.66
12	400–450	425	380.00–410.00	394.47
15	450–500	462	370.00–390.00	379.60
12	500–550	518	330.00–350.00	340.14
10	550–600	570	310.00–330.00	319.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	400.00–420.00	409.80
10	400–450	420	350.00–370.00	359.76
10	450–500	478	325.00–355.00	339.76

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.