Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.86/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −66.98 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$370.86

24 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$68.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.70

vs FL average

−3.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	390.75	2,108	17thin
Medium and Large 2	526	322.58	1,697	7thin

One grade step is worth $68.17/cwt here — about $411 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 sale24 hd

370.86

—

FL average2 barns · 31 hd

367.17

+3.70

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

−3.28

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−66.98

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	1,867	208.63	3,895	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,321	157.85	2,085	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	142.81	1,662	23

Every lot, as filed

34 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%	—	1,305	171.36/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,236	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	142.81/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,662	23
Bulls	—	—	1,410	182.76/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,577	3
Bulls	—	—	2,019	217.25/cwt	205.00–223.00	4,386	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	154.36/cwt	148.00–162.00	2,045	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	398.86/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	543.01/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,705	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	412.93/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	433.56/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,132	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	437.62/cwt	350.00–520.00	2,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	322.58/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,697	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	610.87/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	374.14/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,388	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	339.66/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,267	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	374.21/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,729	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	349.08/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,794	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	290.41/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	307.57/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	420.30/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,736	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	375.46/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,220	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	388.13/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,432	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	335.16/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,569	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	441.81/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,431	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	335.84/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,424	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	307.78/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,440	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	482.16/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,548	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	384.47/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	313.02/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,302	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	414.03/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,317	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	336.43/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	355.71/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,441	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	439.05/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,616	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	550.86/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,498	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	351.69/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,340	7

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 678Last week 862Year ago 659

Slaughter CattleReceipts 238Last week 288Year ago 325

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,305	165.00–177.00	171.36
62	—	1,325	148.00–162.00	154.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,164	138.00–146.00	142.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	180.00–184.00	182.76
9	—	2,019	205.00–223.00	217.25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	371	400.00–430.00	412.93
7	400–450	421	390.00–410.00	398.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	221	600.00–620.00	610.87
9	250–300	272	530.00–580.00	550.86
9	300–350	314	520.00–570.00	543.01
16	350–400	368	420.00–460.00	439.05
12	400–450	413	410.00–430.00	420.30
15	450–500	462	355.00–395.00	374.21
9	500–550	514	340.00–360.00	349.08
8	550–600	568	350.00–520.00	437.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	321	460.00–500.00	482.16
13	350–400	369	380.00–405.00	388.13
12	400–450	425	370.00–400.00	384.47
14	450–500	468	325.00–345.00	335.16
7	500–550	526	310.00–340.00	322.58
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	430.00–450.00	441.81
7	350–400	381	340.00–360.00	351.69
11	400–450	424	320.00–350.00	335.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	261	420.00–450.00	433.56
9	300–350	318	400.00–430.00	414.03
11	350–400	371	360.00–390.00	374.14
21	400–450	405	335.00–375.00	355.71
9	450–500	467	320.00–350.00	336.43
6	500–550	515	300.00–315.00	307.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	325	360.00–390.00	375.46
14	350–400	373	330.00–350.00	339.66
9	400–450	416	305.00–320.00	313.02
10	450–500	468	300.00–315.00	307.78
17	500–550	523	285.00–295.00	290.41

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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