Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $343.88/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −93.96 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$343.88

59 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$24.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

vs FL average

−25.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	351.21	1,877	41
Medium and Large 2	523	327.20	1,711	18thin

One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about $166 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 sale59 hd

343.88

—

FL average4 barns · 155 hd

346.28

−2.39

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−25.70

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−93.96

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	1,527	199.31	3,044	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,124	168.55	1,895	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	148.62	1,666	17

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,632	210.82/cwt	205.00–222.00	3,441	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	165.34/cwt	153.00–171.00	1,829	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	177.97/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,096	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	148.62/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,666	17
Bulls	—	—	1,464	192.41/cwt	190.00–194.00	2,817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	320.51/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	430.74/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,818	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	384.44/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,807	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	545.58/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,762	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	355.35/cwt	345.00–367.00	1,830	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	353.26/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,505	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	496.47/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,569	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	389.09/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	414.62/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,542	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	384.30/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,230	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	344.73/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,948	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	333.85/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,073	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	332.68/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,397	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	351.47/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,698	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	307.86/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,613	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	375.41/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,370	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	390.55/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,426	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	352.16/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,285	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	453.49/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,442	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	345.58/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,116	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	323.81/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,182	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	309.76/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,316	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	327.20/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,711	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	312.26/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,483	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	284.30/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,768	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	337.26/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,602	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	434.65/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,400	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	470.57/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,751	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	327.32/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,712	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	358.98/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,529	15

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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 790Last week 933Year ago 856

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 279Year ago 333

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,632	205.00–222.00	210.82
5	—	1,464	190.00–194.00	192.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,106	153.00–171.00	165.34
15	—	1,178	175.00–185.00	177.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,121	145.00–155.00	148.62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	322	410.00–460.00	434.65
20	350–400	365	370.00–410.00	390.55
15	400–450	426	345.00–360.00	353.26
18	450–500	475	330.00–345.00	337.26
14	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.32
13	550–600	569	310.00–330.00	320.51
15	600–650	622	270.00–300.00	284.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	370.00–400.00	384.30
14	350–400	365	340.00–365.00	352.16
16	400–450	420	325.00–340.00	332.68
14	450–500	475	305.00–320.00	312.26
15	500–550	524	300.00–315.00	307.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	330.00–360.00	345.58
11	350–400	365	310.00–335.00	323.81
10	400–450	425	300.00–320.00	309.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	323	530.00–560.00	545.58
19	350–400	372	440.00–500.00	470.57
15	400–450	422	410.00–450.00	430.74
15	450–500	470	375.00–395.00	384.44
25	500–550	515	345.00–367.00	355.35
16	550–600	565	330.00–360.00	344.73
19	600–650	621	320.00–350.00	333.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	316	480.00–510.00	496.47
17	350–400	372	400.00–430.00	414.62
15	400–450	416	380.00–400.00	389.09
15	450–500	483	340.00–365.00	351.47
18	500–550	523	315.00–340.00	327.20
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	318	440.00–470.00	453.49
10	350–400	365	360.00–390.00	375.41
15	400–450	426	350.00–370.00	358.98

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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