Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.45/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −107.40 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$330.45

39 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$24.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs FL average

−47.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	336.70	1,832	29
Medium and Large 2	570	312.30	1,780	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.40/cwt here — about $51 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 sale39 hd

330.45

—

FL average4 barns · 114 hd

329.63

+0.82

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−47.60

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−107.40

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	—	Average	1,437	192.51	2,766	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	155.13	2,082	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	138.20	1,504	34

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	152.03/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,136	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	165.07/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,883	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	138.20/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,504	34
Bulls	—	—	1,344	184.29/cwt	180.00–194.00	2,477	7
Bulls	—	—	1,653	211.68/cwt	200.00–216.00	3,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	335.64/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,547	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	460.23/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,675	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	389.47/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,461	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	312.30/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	325.15/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,675	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	329.68/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,549	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	307.25/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,146	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	364.44/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,706	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	365.38/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,359	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	346.26/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,454	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	284.57/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,494	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	424.53/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,358	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	307.22/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,453	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	355.80/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,128	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	339.55/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,789	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	391.92/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,274	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	297.77/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,385	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	369.29/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,569	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	470.92/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	291.68/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,205	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	316.08/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	332.24/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,206	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	332.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	419.19/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,727	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	517.99/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	419.69/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,142	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	539.36/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,494	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	322.33/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,057	10

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 862Last week 693Year ago 749

Slaughter CattleReceipts 288Last week 244Year ago 404

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,405	145.00–160.00	152.03
20	—	1,141	164.00–170.00	165.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,088	131.00–143.00	138.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,344	180.00–194.00	184.29
3	—	1,653	200.00–216.00	211.68

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	272	410.00–430.00	419.69
14	300–350	325	380.00–405.00	391.92
17	350–400	372	350.00–380.00	365.38
17	400–450	420	330.00–365.00	346.26
11	450–500	461	325.00–345.00	335.64
16	500–550	515	310.00–340.00	325.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	315.00–330.00	322.33
12	350–400	373	300.00–315.00	307.25
11	400–450	413	285.00–300.00	291.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	317	340.00–370.00	355.80
10	350–400	363	320.00–345.00	332.24
11	400–450	433	305.00–325.00	316.08
12	450–500	465	285.00–310.00	297.77
10	500–550	525	270.00–300.00	284.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	277	520.00–560.00	539.36
13	300–350	313	500.00–540.00	517.99
19	350–400	364	440.00–480.00	460.23
17	400–450	412	400.00–440.00	419.19
20	450–500	468	350.00–380.00	364.44
17	500–550	527	330.00–350.00	339.55
12	550–600	568	325.00–340.00	332.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	450.00–490.00	470.92
16	350–400	375	370.00–410.00	389.47
16	400–450	425	350.00–390.00	369.29
14	450–500	470	320.00–340.00	329.68
10	550–600	570	305.00–320.00	312.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	410.00–440.00	424.53
10	450–500	473	300.00–315.00	307.22

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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