Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.25/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −111.59 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$326.25

51 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$48.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

vs FL average

−37.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	340.33	1,812	28
Medium and Large 2	515	318.07	1,638	15thin
Medium and Large 3	523	292.32	1,529	8thin

One grade step is worth $48.01/cwt here — about $283 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd

326.25

—

FL average4 barns · 104 hd

327.32

−1.07

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−37.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−111.59

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	1,909	188.63	3,601	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	147.91	1,704	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	128.88	1,240	26

Every lot, as filed

36 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	263	440.95/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,160	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	295.69/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,082	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	296.86/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,419	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	318.34/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,031	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	271.47/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,287	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	320.85/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,200	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	517.75/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,688	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	360.34/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,344	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	320.82/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,517	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	318.07/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,638	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	389.54/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,465	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	389.18/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,666	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	349.73/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,637	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	427.13/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,807	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	438.34/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	342.24/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,455	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	292.32/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	295.42/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,391	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	474.33/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,537	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	330.83/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,393	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	325.22/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,512	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	535.34/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,467	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	452.36/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,692	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	345.67/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,791	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	329.05/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,853	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	308.03/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,297	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	275.34/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	343.42/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,109	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	295.10/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,535	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	360.94/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,379	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	389.69/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,247	12
Bulls	—	—	1,783	179.63/cwt	171.00–184.00	3,203	11
Bulls	—	—	2,035	197.63/cwt	192.00–203.00	4,022	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	144.37/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,608	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	152.82/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,841	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	128.88/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,240	26

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 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 677Last week 831Year ago 745

Slaughter CattleReceipts 214Last week 277Year ago 305

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	263	420.00–460.00	440.95
12	300–350	320	370.00–410.00	389.69
15	350–400	382	340.00–380.00	360.94
17	400–450	421	320.00–340.00	330.83
10	450–500	465	315.00–335.00	325.22
10	500–550	520	290.00–300.00	295.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	310.00–325.00	318.34
9	350–400	366	290.00–300.00	295.69
9	450–500	474	265.00–280.00	271.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	323	330.00–360.00	343.42
9	350–400	374	310.00–330.00	320.85
9	400–450	421	300.00–315.00	308.03
17	450–500	478	290.00–305.00	296.86
10	500–550	518	265.00–285.00	275.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	274	520.00–550.00	535.34
15	300–350	326	500.00–540.00	517.75
17	350–400	374	430.00–480.00	452.36
12	400–450	423	415.00–440.00	427.13
12	450–500	468	340.00–360.00	349.73
19	500–550	518	335.00–355.00	345.67
9	550–600	563	315.00–340.00	329.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	430.00–450.00	438.34
10	350–400	373	350.00–370.00	360.34
8	400–450	425	335.00–350.00	342.24
9	450–500	471	290.00–300.00	295.42
8	500–550	523	285.00–300.00	292.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	460.00–490.00	474.33
7	350–400	376	375.00–410.00	389.54
15	400–450	428	370.00–405.00	389.18
15	450–500	473	310.00–330.00	320.82
15	500–550	515	310.00–325.00	318.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,783	171.00–184.00	179.63
11	—	2,035	192.00–203.00	197.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,114	137.00–148.00	144.37
26	—	1,205	150.00–157.00	152.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	962	126.00–136.00	128.88

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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