Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.43/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −101.42 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$336.43

14 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$31.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.78

vs FL average

−20.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	347.84	1,823	9thin
Medium and Large 2	514	315.89	1,624	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.95/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd

336.43

—

FL average3 barns · 35 hd

326.65

+9.78

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−20.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−101.42

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	1,515	176.70	2,677	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,341	147.43	1,977	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	131.38	1,390	12

Every lot, as filed

26 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	550–600	565	280.09/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	342.37/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,113	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	353.16/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,293	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	392.19/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	469.45/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,493	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	315.81/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,168	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	315.89/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,624	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	412.43/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,732	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	372.51/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	369.61/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,194	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	317.66/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	439.12/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,414	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	419.80/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,566	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	368.26/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	347.84/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,823	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	308.31/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,289	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	284.13/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,355	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	334.59/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	319.81/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	520.28/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,394	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	299.07/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,543	5
Bulls	—	—	1,467	164.79/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,417	5
Bulls	—	—	1,563	188.62/cwt	186.00–199.00	2,948	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	152.55/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,805	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	131.38/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,390	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	143.91/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,087	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 Mar 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 831Last week 717Year ago 564

Slaughter CattleReceipts 277Last week 239Year ago 303

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	360.00–380.00	369.61
7	350–400	366	340.00–370.00	353.16
9	400–450	421	330.00–340.00	334.59
8	450–500	465	310.00–325.00	317.66
5	500–550	516	290.00–305.00	299.07
4	550–600	565	275.00–285.00	280.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	330.00–350.00	342.37
6	350–400	370	300.00–330.00	315.81
7	400–450	418	300.00–315.00	308.31
7	450–500	477	280.00–290.00	284.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	430.00–450.00	439.12
5	350–400	374	380.00–400.00	392.19
7	400–450	421	350.00–390.00	372.51
5	450–500	464	310.00–335.00	319.81
5	500–550	514	310.00–325.00	315.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	268	510.00–530.00	520.28
12	300–350	318	460.00–480.00	469.45
8	350–400	373	410.00–430.00	419.80
5	400–450	420	400.00–430.00	412.43
5	450–500	460	360.00–380.00	368.26
9	500–550	524	335.00–365.00	347.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,467	160.00–174.00	164.79
5	—	1,563	186.00–199.00	188.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,183	150.00–156.00	152.55
16	—	1,450	138.00–148.00	143.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,058	126.00–137.00	131.38

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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