Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.90/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −133.94 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$303.90

15 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$43.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.24

vs FL average

−37.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	329.76	1,708	6thin
Medium and Large 2	546	286.66	1,564	9thin

One grade step is worth $43.10/cwt here — about $144 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd

303.90

—

FL average4 barns · 56 hd

307.14

−3.24

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−37.31

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−133.94

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	1,576	173.57	2,736	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	153.87	1,819	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	130.54	1,342	10

Every lot, as filed

28 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	260	448.46/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	309.82/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	294.84/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	307.24/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,131	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	327.81/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,226	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	386.98/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,250	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	407.74/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	348.25/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	538.41/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,421	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	295.19/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	301.80/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	479.84/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	387.95/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	279.84/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	276.07/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	338.95/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	339.73/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	254.86/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	369.66/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,379	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	430.30/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	286.66/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,236	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	274.13/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	329.76/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,708	6
Bulls	—	—	1,442	159.01/cwt	154.00–170.00	2,293	3
Bulls	—	—	1,710	188.14/cwt	187.00–190.00	3,217	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	160.39/cwt	154.00–170.00	1,830	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	130.54/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,342	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	144.08/cwt	136.00–150.00	1,792	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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 717Last week 313Year ago 542

Slaughter CattleReceipts 307Last week 806Year ago 243

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	260	440.00–460.00	448.46
6	300–350	323	365.00–410.00	386.98
5	350–400	374	320.00–340.00	327.81
6	400–450	418	300.00–320.00	309.82
6	450–500	465	290.00–300.00	294.84
5	500–550	519	270.00–280.00	276.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	330.00–350.00	338.95
6	350–400	368	300.00–315.00	307.24
7	400–450	431	275.00–295.00	286.66
5	450–500	470	270.00–280.00	274.13
4	500–550	518	245.00–265.00	254.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	520.00–550.00	538.41
6	300–350	315	470.00–490.00	479.84
5	350–400	367	400.00–420.00	407.74
6	400–450	420	375.00–400.00	387.95
7	450–500	469	325.00–360.00	339.73
6	500–550	518	320.00–340.00	329.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	410.00–450.00	430.30
6	350–400	373	360.00–380.00	369.66
5	400–450	434	330.00–360.00	348.25
5	450–500	473	290.00–310.00	301.80
4	500–550	520	285.00–305.00	295.19
5	550–600	566	265.00–290.00	279.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	154.00–170.00	159.01
3	—	1,710	187.00–190.00	188.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,141	154.00–170.00	160.39
16	—	1,244	136.00–150.00	144.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,028	126.00–135.00	130.54

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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