Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.82/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −118.03 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$319.82

5 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.69

vs FL average

−18.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	319.82	1,634	5thin

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 sale5 hd

319.82

—

FL average4 barns · 33 hd

315.13

+4.69

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−18.85

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−118.03

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	1,433	173.08	2,480	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	141.58	1,891	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	129.43	1,395	16

Every lot, as filed

30 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 2	400–450	425	290.35/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,234	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	284.13/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	319.82/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	307.79/cwt	300.00–315.00	994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	282.24/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	341.10/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,265	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	441.12/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,182	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	307.30/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,423	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	287.42/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	309.84/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	395.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	380.53/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,446	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	502.93/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	319.82/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	452.56/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	341.14/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,453	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	334.83/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,249	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	440.43/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	553.15/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	339.79/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	365.15/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	311.09/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,123	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	394.41/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,254	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	344.42/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	410.39/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,326	6
Bulls	—	—	1,349	168.51/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,273	8
Bulls	—	—	1,768	191.37/cwt	188.00–195.00	3,383	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	137.27/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,817	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	146.88/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,983	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	129.43/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,395	16

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 313Last week 846Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 806Last week 282Year ago 440

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	330.00–360.00	344.42
7	350–400	361	300.00–320.00	311.09
8	400–450	425	280.00–300.00	290.35
5	450–500	460	280.00–290.00	284.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	268	420.00–460.00	441.12
8	300–350	318	380.00–410.00	394.41
7	350–400	371	330.00–350.00	341.10
4	400–450	413	310.00–330.00	319.82
6	450–500	463	300.00–315.00	307.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	300.00–315.00	307.79
4	350–400	368	270.00–295.00	282.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	400.00–420.00	410.39
4	350–400	373	330.00–340.00	334.83
7	400–450	426	330.00–350.00	341.14
4	450–500	470	280.00–295.00	287.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	440.00–470.00	452.56
8	350–400	380	360.00–400.00	380.53
4	400–450	428	360.00–370.00	365.15
4	450–500	468	300.00–320.00	309.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	270	530.00–580.00	553.15
5	300–350	314	480.00–520.00	502.93
5	350–400	370	420.00–455.00	440.43
4	400–450	425	380.00–410.00	395.35
4	450–500	470	330.00–350.00	339.79
5	500–550	511	305.00–330.00	319.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,349	160.00–178.00	168.51
2	—	1,768	188.00–195.00	191.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,324	130.00–142.00	137.27
13	—	1,350	144.00–151.00	146.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,078	120.00–136.00	129.43

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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