Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.24/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −110.60 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$327.24

23 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$19.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs FL average

−51.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	333.32	1,793	16thin
Medium and Large 2	518	313.36	1,623	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $170 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 sale23 hd

327.24

—

FL average4 barns · 87 hd

327.38

−0.13

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−51.55

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−110.60

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	1,799	199.10	3,582	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	150.66	1,829	41

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	—	—	1,965	211.07/cwt	208.00–212.00	4,148	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	157.03/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,985	14
Bulls	—	—	1,578	183.14/cwt	175.00–190.00	2,890	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	147.36/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,751	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	397.02/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,263	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	368.62/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,349	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	515.60/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,614	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	289.79/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,377	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	315.27/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	418.55/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,544	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	330.65/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,871	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	349.88/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,116	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	397.88/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,647	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	308.14/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,451	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	538.20/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	313.36/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	365.44/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,546	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	426.73/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,378	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	368.72/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,350	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	322.79/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,043	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	329.63/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,559	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	382.46/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	309.88/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,317	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	335.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,256	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	287.13/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,229	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	335.39/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	462.99/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,495	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	357.62/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	330.18/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,380	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	329.77/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,418	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	315.59/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,187	11

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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 740Last week 613Year ago 610

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 144Year ago 261

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,965	208.00–212.00	211.07
3	—	1,578	175.00–190.00	183.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,264	155.00–161.00	157.03
27	—	1,188	142.00–151.00	147.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	390.00–405.00	397.02
9	350–400	366	360.00–380.00	368.62
10	400–450	418	320.00–340.00	330.18
10	450–500	463	305.00–325.00	315.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	319	340.00–360.00	349.88
9	350–400	366	350.00–390.00	368.72
14	400–450	425	305.00–315.00	309.88
10	450–500	475	280.00–300.00	289.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	315.00–330.00	322.79
11	350–400	376	310.00–320.00	315.59
12	400–450	428	275.00–300.00	287.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	266	530.00–550.00	538.20
14	300–350	313	500.00–530.00	515.60
9	350–400	369	410.00–430.00	418.55
15	400–450	414	385.00–410.00	397.88
10	450–500	458	350.00–365.00	357.62
9	500–550	516	330.00–340.00	335.39
7	550–600	566	325.00–335.00	330.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	323	410.00–440.00	426.73
7	350–400	374	330.00–340.00	335.88
12	400–450	430	320.00–340.00	329.77
9	450–500	471	300.00–315.00	308.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	323	450.00–480.00	462.99
7	350–400	371	360.00–400.00	382.46
8	400–450	423	350.00–380.00	365.44
8	450–500	473	320.00–340.00	329.63
7	500–550	518	305.00–320.00	313.36

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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