Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.46/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −99.37 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$300.46

10 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$55.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.42

vs FL average

−14.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	322.64	1,694	6thin
Medium and Large 2	523	267.20	1,397	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.44/cwt here — about $296 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

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 sale10 hd

300.46

—

FL average3 barns · 33 hd

283.04

+17.42

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−14.50

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−99.37

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	1,368	171.79	2,350	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,112	150.64	1,674	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	137.03	1,465	19

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 2	300–350	316	335.60/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	326.65/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,212	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	311.76/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	322.64/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	368.08/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,343	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	345.44/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,461	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	315.29/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	389.66/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	357.34/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	435.83/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,390	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	394.56/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	462.29/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,498	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	347.73/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	337.75/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	288.80/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,328	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	307.28/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,315	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	375.23/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,201	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	267.20/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	357.46/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	418.90/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,554	7
Bulls	—	—	1,368	171.79/cwt	163.00–187.00	2,350	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	149.10/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,621	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	162.97/cwt	162.00–164.00	2,132	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	137.03/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,465	19

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 717Last week 596Year ago 521

Slaughter CattleReceipts 239Last week 280Year ago 257

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	330.00–340.00	335.60
7	350–400	371	310.00–340.00	326.65
6	400–450	428	300.00–315.00	307.28
5	450–500	460	280.00–295.00	288.80
4	500–550	523	255.00–280.00	267.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	360.00–390.00	375.23
7	350–400	365	350.00–390.00	368.08
8	400–450	423	330.00–360.00	345.44
5	450–500	459	300.00–330.00	311.76
6	500–550	525	315.00–330.00	322.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	430.00–440.00	435.83
6	350–400	368	380.00–400.00	389.66
5	400–450	423	345.00–375.00	357.34
8	500–550	520	300.00–330.00	315.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	450.00–480.00	462.29
7	350–400	371	410.00–430.00	418.90
6	400–450	423	380.00–410.00	394.56
5	450–500	469	340.00–370.00	357.46
5	500–550	528	340.00–360.00	347.73
5	550–600	568	320.00–350.00	337.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,368	163.00–187.00	171.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,087	144.00–155.00	149.10
2	—	1,308	162.00–164.00	162.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,069	130.00–143.00	137.03

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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