Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.32/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −130.51 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$269.32

9 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$28.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs FL average

−29.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	285.07	1,477	4thin
Medium and Large 2	517	256.72	1,327	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.35/cwt here — about $149 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.

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 sale9 hd

269.32

—

FL average4 barns · 61 hd

270.65

−1.33

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−29.54

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−130.51

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	1,609	171.20	2,754	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	141.10	1,739	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	124.61	1,322	13

Every lot, as filed

27 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	423	315.30/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	307.81/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	256.72/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	340.39/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	295.26/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	393.65/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,638	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	410.27/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,497	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	288.78/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	492.54/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,556	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	444.50/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,867	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	440.94/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,411	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	464.06/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,230	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	381.46/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,236	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	284.37/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,189	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	361.90/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	327.62/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	297.86/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	285.07/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	345.50/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	267.22/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	534.60/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	453.35/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,682	7
Bulls	—	—	1,451	160.62/cwt	153.00–165.00	2,331	5
Bulls	—	—	1,766	181.78/cwt	176.00–195.00	3,210	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	136.35/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,449	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,487	148.22/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,204	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	124.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,322	13

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 846Last week 945Year ago 772

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 424Year ago 741

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	440.00–490.00	464.06
13	300–350	324	360.00–405.00	381.46
6	350–400	373	330.00–360.00	345.50
4	400–450	423	305.00–325.00	315.30
4	450–500	473	285.00–305.00	295.26
4	500–550	518	280.00–290.00	285.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	330.00–350.00	340.39
5	350–400	384	300.00–320.00	307.81
8	400–450	418	270.00–300.00	284.37
4	450–500	473	260.00–275.00	267.22
5	500–550	517	245.00–265.00	256.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	420.00–460.00	440.94
4	350–400	365	400.00–420.00	410.27
5	400–450	416	370.00–410.00	393.65
5	500–550	519	290.00–310.00	297.86
5	550–600	569	280.00–295.00	288.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	520.00–550.00	534.60
9	300–350	316	470.00–510.00	492.54
7	350–400	371	440.00–470.00	453.35
5	400–450	420	430.00–465.00	444.50
8	450–500	460	335.00–390.00	361.90
4	500–550	520	315.00–340.00	327.62

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,451	153.00–165.00	160.62
5	—	1,766	176.00–195.00	181.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,063	133.00–141.00	136.35
8	—	1,487	147.00–155.00	148.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,061	120.00–130.00	124.61

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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