Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.72/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −124.12 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$313.72

57 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$25.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs FL average

−40.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	326.51	1,773	28
Medium and Large 2	550	301.38	1,657	29

One grade step is worth $25.13/cwt here — about $116 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 sale57 hd

313.72

—

FL average4 barns · 97 hd

314.60

−0.88

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−40.58

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−124.12

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	1,517	176.72	2,681	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	144.05	1,840	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	130.41	1,448	44

Every lot, as filed

29 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	600–650	618	261.63/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,617	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	379.77/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,200	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	267.72/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,397	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	284.89/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,325	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	313.21/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,131	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	310.85/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,268	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	455.60/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,426	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	295.22/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,514	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	359.60/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,661	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	343.98/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,465	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	414.60/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,555	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	324.86/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,504	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	295.80/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,695	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	335.21/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,079	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	388.35/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,635	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	414.82/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,323	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	307.36/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,614	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	515.41/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,407	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	368.45/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,367	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	304.73/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	350.84/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,467	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	350.26/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,349	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	330.24/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,727	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	322.78/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,817	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	290.98/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,804	10
Bulls	—	—	1,517	176.72/cwt	166.00–190.00	2,681	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	141.42/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,730	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,422	151.02/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,148	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	130.41/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,448	44

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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 844Last week 663Year ago 757

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 198Year ago 390

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	316	360.00–400.00	379.77
30	350–400	385	330.00–370.00	350.26
20	400–450	418	330.00–370.00	350.84
16	450–500	463	295.00–315.00	304.73
16	500–550	513	280.00–310.00	295.22
9	600–650	618	255.00–265.00	261.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	322	320.00–350.00	335.21
15	350–400	361	305.00–320.00	313.21
15	400–450	408	300.00–320.00	310.85
20	450–500	465	280.00–290.00	284.89
19	500–550	522	260.00–275.00	267.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	273	500.00–530.00	515.41
18	300–350	313	440.00–470.00	455.60
26	350–400	375	400.00–430.00	414.60
17	400–450	421	370.00–410.00	388.35
15	450–500	462	350.00–370.00	359.60
14	500–550	523	320.00–340.00	330.24
14	550–600	563	310.00–335.00	322.78
10	600–650	620	285.00–300.00	290.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	319	400.00–430.00	414.82
27	350–400	371	350.00–390.00	368.45
15	400–450	426	335.00–355.00	343.98
12	450–500	463	320.00–330.00	324.86
14	500–550	525	300.00–315.00	307.36
15	550–600	573	285.00–305.00	295.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,517	166.00–190.00	176.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,223	136.00–145.00	141.42
20	—	1,422	150.00–155.00	151.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,110	125.00–136.00	130.41

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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