Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.91/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −136.94 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$300.91

11 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$25.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.63

vs FL average

−41.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	317.25	1,643	4thin
Medium and Large 2	524	291.57	1,528	7thin

One grade step is worth $25.68/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.99, low $352.46, median $437.85 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

300.91

—

FL average4 barns · 43 hd

286.28

+14.63

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−41.17

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−136.94

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	High	1,638	164.84	2,700	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,307	125.38	1,639	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	112.53	1,194	15

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	364.24/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,364	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	112.53/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,194	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,489	130.48/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,943	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	123.11/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,509	18
Bulls	—	—	1,721	172.69/cwt	164.00–181.00	2,972	7
Bulls	—	—	1,493	151.09/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	311.58/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,324	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	401.34/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,316	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	304.89/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,402	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	344.19/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,274	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	357.55/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	269.82/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	384.49/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	422.50/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	291.57/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	325.58/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	317.25/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	297.17/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,114	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	294.92/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,380	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	310.44/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,313	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	321.55/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	264.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	249.89/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,419	4

How this sale compares

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 →

Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)

Wed Jan 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 642Last week 1,210Year ago 794

Slaughter CattleReceipts 302Last week 133Year ago 265

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	360	405.00–435.00	422.50
10	400–450	413	340.00–390.00	364.24
7	450–500	466	315.00–340.00	325.58
4	500–550	518	310.00–325.00	317.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	390.00–420.00	401.34
6	350–400	368	370.00–400.00	384.49
5	400–450	425	300.00–330.00	311.58
8	450–500	460	300.00–310.00	304.89
7	500–550	524	285.00–300.00	291.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	340.00–370.00	357.55
8	350–400	370	330.00–360.00	344.19
6	400–450	423	295.00–325.00	310.44
10	450–500	468	290.00–300.00	294.92
4	550–600	568	245.00–255.00	249.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	310.00–330.00	321.55
4	350–400	375	285.00–310.00	297.17
4	400–450	428	260.00–280.00	269.82
4	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	264.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,061	108.00–116.00	112.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,489	130.00–132.00	130.48
18	—	1,226	118.00–127.00	123.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	164.00–181.00	172.69
4	—	1,493	144.00–155.00	151.09

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.

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