Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.68/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −144.17 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$293.68

8 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.40

vs FL average

−54.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	293.68	1,587	8thin

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

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 sale8 hd

293.68

—

FL average4 barns · 66 hd

307.08

−13.40

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−54.98

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−144.17

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	1,689	175.26	2,961	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	141.47	1,692	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	124.91	1,387	9thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	344.69/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	313.48/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,201	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	430.37/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,162	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	255.33/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,335	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	297.68/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,265	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	332.44/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	395.45/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	476.62/cwt	450.00–510.00	1,544	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	337.23/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	535.57/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	341.30/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	421.61/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	392.19/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	339.08/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	398.20/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,246	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	427.01/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,379	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	304.92/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	299.76/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	287.60/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,605	4
Bulls	—	—	1,576	161.09/cwt	145.00–166.00	2,539	4
Bulls	—	—	1,727	179.98/cwt	174.00–192.00	3,108	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	137.16/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,606	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	150.09/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,872	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	124.91/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,387	9

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 945Last week 331Year ago 726

Slaughter CattleReceipts 424Last week 282Year ago 504

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter 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
6	250–300	270	420.00–440.00	430.37
6	300–350	313	380.00–415.00	398.20
4	350–400	358	330.00–360.00	344.69
5	400–450	410	320.00–350.00	332.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	320.00–360.00	339.08
9	350–400	383	305.00–320.00	313.48
6	400–450	425	290.00–305.00	297.68
4	500–550	523	245.00–265.00	255.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	520.00–550.00	535.57
7	300–350	324	450.00–510.00	476.62
5	350–400	367	410.00–440.00	421.61
6	400–450	413	380.00–410.00	395.45
6	450–500	470	325.00–350.00	337.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	323	410.00–440.00	427.01
5	350–400	379	380.00–400.00	392.19
5	400–450	414	320.00–355.00	341.30
4	450–500	468	300.00–310.00	304.92
4	500–550	523	290.00–310.00	299.76
4	550–600	558	280.00–295.00	287.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	145.00–166.00	161.09
12	—	1,727	174.00–192.00	179.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,171	131.00–146.00	137.16
9	—	1,247	148.00–154.00	150.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,110	122.00–128.00	124.91

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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