Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.39/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −112.44 against this barn's trailing median of $399.83.

Average price

$287.39

10 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,489

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.19

vs FL average

−42.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	287.39	1,489	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.47, low $343.85, median $399.83 across 31 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 sale10 hd

287.39

—

FL average4 barns · 42 hd

284.20

+3.19

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−42.56

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.83

−112.44

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	1,642	183.49	3,013	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	140.51	1,712	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	129.94	1,412	32

Every lot, as filed

30 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	450–500	465	332.77/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	293.74/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,093	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	309.83/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,304	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	310.47/cwt	300.00–320.00	994	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	287.39/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,489	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	349.54/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,136	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	430.12/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,587	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	345.30/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,288	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	320.19/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,498	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	317.90/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,659	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	450.20/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,450	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	390.27/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,464	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	354.00/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,519	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	510.36/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,403	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	500.24/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	342.86/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	397.91/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,667	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	346.86/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,606	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	410.61/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,351	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	281.73/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,183	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	289.63/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,370	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	325.20/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,203	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	350.27/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,278	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	341.54/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,411	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	399.22/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,289	20
Bulls	—	—	1,593	175.77/cwt	160.00–186.00	2,800	8
Bulls	—	—	1,740	198.93/cwt	193.00–209.00	3,461	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	139.10/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,689	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	148.96/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,856	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	129.94/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,412	32

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 684Last week 583Year ago 762

Slaughter CattleReceipts 216Last week 194Year ago 369

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	323	380.00–420.00	399.22
16	350–400	365	340.00–360.00	350.27
17	400–450	413	330.00–355.00	341.54
10	450–500	465	320.00–345.00	332.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	320	300.00–320.00	310.47
11	350–400	372	275.00–310.00	293.74
11	400–450	420	275.00–290.00	281.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	325	335.00–365.00	349.54
18	350–400	370	320.00–330.00	325.20
17	400–450	421	300.00–320.00	309.83
14	450–500	473	280.00–300.00	289.63
10	500–550	518	280.00–295.00	287.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	500.00–520.00	510.36
10	300–350	318	490.00–510.00	500.24
19	350–400	369	420.00–440.00	430.12
17	400–450	419	380.00–415.00	397.91
17	450–500	463	340.00–355.00	346.86
10	500–550	520	330.00–355.00	342.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	329	400.00–420.00	410.61
10	350–400	373	330.00–360.00	345.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	440.00–460.00	450.20
18	350–400	375	380.00–400.00	390.27
11	400–450	429	340.00–365.00	354.00
10	450–500	468	315.00–325.00	320.19
13	500–550	522	310.00–325.00	317.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,593	160.00–186.00	175.77
4	—	1,740	193.00–209.00	198.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,214	133.00–144.00	139.10
9	—	1,246	148.00–153.00	148.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,087	128.00–133.00	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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