Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.81/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −155.02 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$244.81

4 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.48

vs FL average

−59.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	244.81	1,273	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.47, low $343.85, median $399.83 across 31 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 sale4 hd

244.81

—

FL average3 barns · 24 hd

248.29

−3.48

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−59.61

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−155.02

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	1,489	166.58	2,480	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	141.27	1,773	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	983	122.17	1,201	25

Every lot, as filed

22 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	400–450	410	331.71/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	244.81/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,273	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	297.23/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	345.45/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,140	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	320.12/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	297.61/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	480.78/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	427.80/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	380.81/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	391.45/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,257	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	297.37/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	390.27/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	325.43/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	295.88/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,284	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	384.56/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	545.96/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,419	6
Bulls	—	—	1,489	166.58/cwt	151.00–178.00	2,480	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	130.39/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,253	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	113.00/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,086	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	137.20/cwt	128.00–144.00	1,641	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	152.66/cwt	148.00–160.00	2,168	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	122.09/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,256	8

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 331Last week 888Year ago 872

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 457Year ago 410

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 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
9	300–350	321	370.00–410.00	391.45
6	350–400	370	360.00–400.00	380.81
5	400–450	410	320.00–340.00	331.71
4	450–500	470	285.00–310.00	297.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	330.00–360.00	345.45
5	350–400	370	305.00–340.00	325.43
5	400–450	434	290.00–305.00	295.88
4	500–550	520	235.00–255.00	244.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	520.00–570.00	545.96
6	300–350	323	460.00–500.00	480.78
5	350–400	369	420.00–440.00	427.80
6	400–450	423	370.00–400.00	384.56
4	500–550	513	315.00–325.00	320.12
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	380.00–400.00	390.27
4	500–550	518	290.00–305.00	297.61
4	550–600	565	290.00–305.00	297.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,489	151.00–178.00	166.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	961	128.00–135.00	130.39
8	—	961	110.00–115.00	113.00
8	—	1,029	118.00–127.00	122.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,196	128.00–144.00	137.20
10	—	1,420	148.00–160.00	152.66

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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