Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.01/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −87.83 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$350.01

66 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$25.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.55

vs FL average

−25.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	361.67	1,975	36
Medium and Large 2	534	336.02	1,795	30

One grade step is worth $25.66/cwt here — about $180 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 sale66 hd

350.01

—

FL average4 barns · 237 hd

349.46

+0.55

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−25.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−87.83

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	1,426	199.22	2,840	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	160.65	1,942	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	145.53	1,556	44

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	—	—	1,577	215.82/cwt	213.00–221.00	3,403	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	156.41/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,786	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	168.65/cwt	164.00–178.00	2,251	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	145.53/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,556	44
Bulls	—	—	1,350	190.92/cwt	181.00–200.00	2,577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	510.67/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,399	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	370.48/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,941	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	495.68/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,809	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	212	636.83/cwt	600.00–680.00	1,350	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	606.39/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,637	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	344.83/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,772	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	545.71/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,435	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	400.83/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,687	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	390.32/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,815	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	430.69/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,563	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	415.32/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,952	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	439.52/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,846	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	418.43/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,360	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	505.57/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	353.20/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,498	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	365.54/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,352	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	379.47/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,795	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	340.21/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,616	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	360.36/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,514	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	380.67/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,420	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	332.75/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,241	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	370.47/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,186	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	340.19/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,769	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	327.67/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,845	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	476.17/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,524	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	425.86/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,546	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	399.42/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	355.38/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,997	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	552.17/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,772	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	464.42/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,500	14

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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 886Last week 899Year ago 904

Slaughter CattleReceipts 295Last week 254Year ago 351

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	213.00–221.00	215.82
6	—	1,350	181.00–200.00	190.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,142	151.00–162.00	156.41
36	—	1,335	164.00–178.00	168.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,069	140.00–150.00	145.53

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	274	480.00–540.00	510.67
20	300–350	320	450.00–500.00	476.17
20	350–400	363	400.00–450.00	425.86
20	400–450	428	380.00–420.00	399.42
16	450–500	473	360.00–400.00	379.47
19	500–550	514	340.00–350.00	344.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	325	400.00–440.00	418.43
14	350–400	370	345.00–385.00	365.54
11	400–450	424	340.00–370.00	353.20
14	450–500	475	330.00–350.00	340.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	360.00–380.00	370.47
14	350–400	373	325.00–340.00	332.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	212	600.00–680.00	636.83
10	250–300	270	580.00–630.00	606.39
15	300–350	321	530.00–580.00	552.17
16	350–400	365	470.00–520.00	495.68
14	400–450	420	420.00–460.00	439.52
16	450–500	470	405.00–425.00	415.32
15	500–550	524	360.00–380.00	370.48
21	550–600	562	340.00–370.00	355.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	263	530.00–560.00	545.71
14	300–350	328	490.00–520.00	505.57
20	350–400	363	410.00–450.00	430.69
17	400–450	421	390.00–410.00	400.83
18	450–500	465	380.00–400.00	390.32
20	500–550	520	330.00–350.00	340.19
10	550–600	563	320.00–335.00	327.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	450.00–480.00	464.42
14	350–400	373	360.00–400.00	380.67
14	400–450	420	350.00–370.00	360.36

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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