Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.71/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −93.14 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$344.71

49 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$22.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.15

vs FL average

−27.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	349.21	1,936	39
Medium and Large 2	520	327.14	1,701	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.07/cwt here — about $235 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 sale49 hd

344.71

—

FL average4 barns · 196 hd

348.86

−4.15

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−27.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−93.14

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	1,565	185.54	2,904	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,190	163.19	1,942	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	143.20	1,561	19

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%	—	1,172	157.01/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,840	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	172.02/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,092	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	143.20/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,561	19
Bulls	—	—	1,729	193.63/cwt	187.00–203.00	3,348	5
Bulls	—	—	1,360	175.42/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	324.54/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,843	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	334.81/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,724	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	324.76/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,348	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	327.14/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,701	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	573.36/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,537	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	490.31/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,569	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	350.32/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	460.92/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,258	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	360.58/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,529	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	384.59/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,423	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	315.21/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,497	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	375.65/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,397	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	349.71/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,497	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	434.63/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,573	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.24/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	504.32/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,841	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	385.63/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,612	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	349.13/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,313	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	307.75/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	371.95/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,201	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	341.80/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,620	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	385.24/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,803	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	626.40/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,397	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	354.71/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,862	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	345.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,986	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	525.58/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,698	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	414.30/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,326	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	388.46/cwt	310.00–460.00	1,262	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 Jun 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 933Last week 672Year ago 432

Slaughter CattleReceipts 279Last week 262Year ago 204

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,172	151.00–163.00	157.01
35	—	1,216	168.00–180.00	172.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,090	137.00–148.00	143.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,729	187.00–203.00	193.63
4	—	1,360	173.00–182.00	175.42

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	273	440.00–480.00	460.92
14	300–350	320	400.00–430.00	414.30
20	350–400	370	375.00–395.00	384.59
19	400–450	424	340.00–380.00	360.58
13	450–500	474	330.00–355.00	341.80
24	500–550	515	325.00–345.00	334.81
10	550–600	568	310.00–340.00	324.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	323	350.00–390.00	371.95
11	350–400	376	335.00–365.00	349.13
10	400–450	415	315.00–335.00	324.76
10	450–500	475	305.00–325.00	315.21
10	500–550	523	300.00–315.00	307.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	480.00–500.00	490.31
17	350–400	362	420.00–450.00	434.63
14	400–450	418	370.00–400.00	385.63
12	450–500	465	335.00–365.00	350.32
10	500–550	520	315.00–340.00	327.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	223	600.00–650.00	626.40
14	250–300	268	550.00–600.00	573.36
12	300–350	323	510.00–540.00	525.58
10	350–400	365	480.00–530.00	504.32
10	400–450	415	410.00–430.00	420.24
16	450–500	468	370.00–400.00	385.24
16	500–550	525	345.00–365.00	354.71
23	550–600	575	330.00–360.00	345.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	310.00–460.00	388.46
13	350–400	372	360.00–390.00	375.65
14	400–450	428	340.00–360.00	349.71

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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