Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.80/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −122.04 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$315.80

19 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$18.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

vs FL average

−26.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	323.71	1,740	11thin
Medium and Large 2	518	304.93	1,580	8thin

One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about $161 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 sale19 hd

315.80

—

FL average4 barns · 74 hd

310.18

+5.63

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−26.65

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−122.04

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	—	Average	1,695	178.54	3,027	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,285	131.64	1,691	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	115.60	1,102	9thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	438.77/cwt	415.00–460.00	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	280.25/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	331.08/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,394	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	247.43/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	376.77/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	387.16/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	373.96/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,556	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	477.20/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	423.29/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,371	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	316.74/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	330.24/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	304.93/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,580	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	315.87/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,791	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	349.46/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	335.40/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	327.71/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,216	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	435.31/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	339.69/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	346.96/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,457	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	398.26/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,486	5
Bulls	—	—	1,638	169.59/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,778	5
Bulls	—	—	1,731	184.13/cwt	181.00–194.00	3,187	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	136.89/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,892	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	115.60/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,102	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	128.41/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,573	26

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 888Last week 642Year ago 534

Slaughter CattleReceipts 457Last week 302Year ago 642

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	415.00–460.00	438.77
9	300–350	321	370.00–410.00	387.16
9	350–400	368	350.00–400.00	376.77
8	400–450	420	325.00–370.00	346.96
6	450–500	468	310.00–360.00	335.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	330.00–350.00	339.69
5	350–400	371	310.00–340.00	327.71
5	450–500	477	265.00–290.00	280.25
6	500–550	515	240.00–255.00	247.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	400.00–440.00	423.29
5	350–400	373	390.00–410.00	398.26
7	400–450	421	320.00–345.00	331.08
5	450–500	465	305.00–325.00	316.74
8	500–550	518	300.00–310.00	304.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	460.00–490.00	477.20
6	350–400	368	420.00–450.00	435.31
9	400–450	416	360.00–390.00	373.96
4	450–500	463	330.00–370.00	349.46
6	500–550	513	320.00–340.00	330.24
5	550–600	567	310.00–325.00	315.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,638	164.00–175.00	169.59
8	—	1,731	181.00–194.00	184.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,382	135.00–143.00	136.89
26	—	1,225	123.00–132.00	128.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	953	112.00–120.00	115.60

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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