Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.44/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −108.40 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$329.44

32 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$17.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs FL average

−35.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	334.82	1,832	22
Medium and Large 2	518	317.61	1,645	10thin

One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $187 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 sale32 hd

329.44

—

FL average3 barns · 66 hd

325.85

+3.59

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−35.32

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−108.40

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	—	High	1,527	176.68	2,698	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,302	140.86	1,833	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,258	127.41	1,603	29

Every lot, as filed

35 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	300–350	324	400.62/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,298	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	280.29/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,458	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	294.89/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,660	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	362.06/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,503	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	442.12/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,154	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	305.26/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,307	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	545.56/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	330.26/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,882	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	356.14/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,489	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	317.61/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,645	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	419.61/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,355	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	345.50/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,289	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	320.30/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,355	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	465.35/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,503	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	319.01/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,978	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	211	621.69/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,312	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	450.63/cwt	420.00–480.00	1,613	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	400.36/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,653	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	340.29/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,770	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	395.52/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,436	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.32/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,699	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	354.44/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,106	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	330.96/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,569	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	289.26/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,362	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	305.07/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,611	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	323.20/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,496	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	325.71/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,199	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	384.15/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,414	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	509.24/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,670	10
Bulls	—	—	1,673	192.87/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,227	3
Bulls	—	—	1,393	157.77/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,198	3
Bulls	—	—	1,521	178.03/cwt	174.00–182.00	2,708	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	136.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,550	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	145.78/cwt	142.00–151.00	2,165	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	127.41/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,603	29

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 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 583Last week 844Year ago 571

Slaughter CattleReceipts 194Last week 266Year ago 281

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	261	420.00–470.00	442.12
13	300–350	324	380.00–420.00	400.62
12	350–400	368	360.00–410.00	384.15
11	400–450	415	340.00–380.00	362.06
13	450–500	463	315.00–330.00	323.20
10	500–550	528	300.00–310.00	305.07
8	550–600	563	290.00–300.00	294.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	312	340.00–370.00	354.44
8	350–400	368	310.00–340.00	325.71
18	400–450	428	290.00–320.00	305.26
19	450–500	471	280.00–300.00	289.26
10	500–550	520	270.00–290.00	280.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	211	600.00–640.00	621.69
10	250–300	270	530.00–560.00	545.56
10	300–350	328	490.00–530.00	509.24
12	350–400	358	420.00–480.00	450.63
10	400–450	413	380.00–420.00	400.36
12	450–500	465	350.00–380.00	365.32
10	500–550	520	330.00–350.00	340.29
12	550–600	570	320.00–340.00	330.26
11	600–650	620	310.00–330.00	319.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	450.00–480.00	465.35
12	350–400	363	380.00–410.00	395.52
9	400–450	418	340.00–370.00	356.14
17	450–500	474	320.00–340.00	330.96
10	500–550	518	310.00–325.00	317.61
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	410.00–430.00	419.61
8	350–400	373	330.00–360.00	345.50
8	400–450	423	310.00–330.00	320.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,673	190.00–199.00	192.87
3	—	1,393	156.00–161.00	157.77
6	—	1,521	174.00–182.00	178.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,136	130.00–140.00	136.42
28	—	1,485	142.00–151.00	145.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,258	120.00–131.00	127.41

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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