Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $374.40/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −63.45 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$374.40

8 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+26.19

vs FL average

+25.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	374.40	1,939	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

374.40

—

FL average4 barns · 34 hd

348.21

+26.19

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+25.12

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−63.45

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	—	High	1,574	183.42	2,887	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,397	155.33	2,170	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	134.48	1,350	18

Every lot, as filed

23 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	500–550	508	292.39/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	379.53/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,207	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	353.77/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,298	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	443.48/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	339.69/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	344.64/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,441	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	500.78/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,618	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	417.85/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,747	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	535.98/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,453	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	384.59/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,761	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	449.17/cwt	420.00–480.00	1,617	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	287.77/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	326.35/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,514	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	379.76/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	453.81/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,457	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	393.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,459	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	374.40/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,939	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	305.24/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,282	6
Bulls	—	—	1,644	191.01/cwt	184.00–200.00	3,140	4
Bulls	—	—	1,527	178.36/cwt	171.00–182.00	2,724	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	151.94/cwt	144.00–158.00	1,987	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,598	162.96/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,604	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	134.48/cwt	126.00–144.00	1,350	18

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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 596Last week 653Year ago 450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 206Year ago 313

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

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	276	420.00–460.00	443.48
12	300–350	318	360.00–400.00	379.53
13	350–400	367	330.00–375.00	353.77
8	400–450	418	325.00–365.00	344.64
9	450–500	464	310.00–340.00	326.35
4	500–550	508	285.00–300.00	292.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	330.00–350.00	339.69
6	400–450	420	295.00–315.00	305.24
6	450–500	465	275.00–300.00	287.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	271	520.00–550.00	535.98
6	300–350	323	480.00–520.00	500.78
12	350–400	360	420.00–480.00	449.17
7	400–450	418	400.00–440.00	417.85
10	450–500	458	360.00–410.00	384.59
8	500–550	518	350.00–400.00	374.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	440.00–465.00	453.81
7	350–400	371	380.00–410.00	393.35
6	400–450	415	370.00–390.00	379.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,644	184.00–200.00	191.01
6	—	1,527	171.00–182.00	178.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,308	144.00–158.00	151.94
12	—	1,598	161.00–169.00	162.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,004	126.00–144.00	134.48

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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