Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

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 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.55/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −92.30 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$345.55

40 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$37.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.94

vs FL average

−23.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	359.74	1,896	25
Medium and Large 2	518	321.89	1,667	15thin

One grade step is worth $37.85/cwt here — about $228 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 sale40 hd

345.55

—

FL average4 barns · 61 hd

341.61

+3.94

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−23.46

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−92.30

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	1,707	182.97	3,122	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,136	147.17	1,672	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,149	129.94	1,493	23

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	250–300	268	429.72/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,152	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	299.52/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,408	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	289.50/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,500	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	435.62/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,843	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	359.74/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,896	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	317.76/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,630	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	515.40/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,593	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	400.40/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,493	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	391.61/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,829	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	384.52/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,430	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	399.08/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,297	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	356.82/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,153	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	395.63/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	346.58/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,632	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	453.56/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,646	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	368.07/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,539	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	333.15/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,246	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	338.70/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,626	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	321.89/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,667	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	480.52/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	319.24/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,382	17
Bulls	—	—	1,545	171.08/cwt	162.00–179.00	2,643	6
Bulls	—	—	1,845	193.16/cwt	183.00–203.00	3,564	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	158.71/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,003	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	142.19/cwt	136.00–151.00	1,538	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	129.94/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,493	23

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 663Last week 677Year ago 782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 214Year ago 403

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	420.00–440.00	429.72
14	300–350	325	380.00–420.00	399.08
19	350–400	372	360.00–410.00	384.52
15	400–450	418	350.00–390.00	368.07
21	450–500	480	320.00–355.00	338.70
14	500–550	513	300.00–335.00	317.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	340.00–370.00	356.82
13	350–400	374	320.00–350.00	333.15
17	400–450	433	310.00–330.00	319.24
10	450–500	470	285.00–315.00	299.52
13	500–550	518	285.00–295.00	289.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	309	500.00–530.00	515.40
27	350–400	363	430.00–480.00	453.56
22	400–450	423	420.00–450.00	435.62
15	450–500	467	375.00–410.00	391.61
25	500–550	527	350.00–370.00	359.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	470.00–490.00	480.52
10	350–400	373	380.00–420.00	400.40
11	400–450	426	390.00–400.00	395.63
11	450–500	471	340.00–355.00	346.58
15	500–550	518	315.00–330.00	321.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,545	162.00–179.00	171.08
7	—	1,845	183.00–203.00	193.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,262	154.00–163.00	158.71
44	—	1,082	136.00–151.00	142.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,149	126.00–133.00	129.94

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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