Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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 $353.86/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −83.98 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$353.86

81 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$24.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.14

vs FL average

−36.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	365.47	1,962	43
Medium and Large 2	539	340.72	1,836	38

One grade step is worth $24.75/cwt here — about $126 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 sale81 hd

353.86

—

FL average4 barns · 205 hd

352.73

+1.14

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−36.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−83.98

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,233	162.17	2,000	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	141.67	1,558	56

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%	—	1,183	176.17/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,084	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	146.01/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,727	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	135.45/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,329	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	158.38/cwt	153.00–168.00	1,975	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	545.93/cwt	520.00–570.00	1,474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	336.58/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,915	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	399.94/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,676	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	455.74/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,928	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	525.35/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,671	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	369.96/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,916	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	374.59/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,734	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	317.76/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,659	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	357.10/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,043	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	583.64/cwt	550.00–620.00	1,885	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	345.43/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,796	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	376.41/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,378	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	459.06/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,469	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	418.43/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,582	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	362.13/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,532	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	337.83/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,899	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	617.46/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,704	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	410.29/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,740	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	479.47/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,798	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	345.75/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,618	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	342.61/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,795	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	389.74/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,801	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	505.33/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,637	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	338.70/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,080	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	417.32/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,573	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	432.30/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,980	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	555.63/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,022	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	387.24/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,646	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	362.70/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,697	16

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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,008Last week 1,019Year ago 1,057

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 288Year ago 353

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and 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
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,183	173.00–181.00	176.17
74	—	1,247	153.00–168.00	158.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,183	140.00–154.00	146.01
23	—	981	133.00–139.00	135.45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	270	520.00–570.00	545.93
19	300–350	324	490.00–520.00	505.33
21	350–400	377	405.00–430.00	417.32
23	400–450	419	385.00–415.00	399.94
22	450–500	463	360.00–390.00	374.59
22	500–550	520	330.00–360.00	345.43
11	550–600	569	325.00–350.00	336.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	320	440.00–480.00	459.06
15	350–400	366	360.00–390.00	376.41
18	400–450	423	350.00–375.00	362.13
17	450–500	468	335.00–355.00	345.75
17	500–550	522	310.00–325.00	317.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	276	600.00–640.00	617.46
20	300–350	323	550.00–620.00	583.64
19	350–400	364	530.00–580.00	555.63
20	400–450	423	430.00–480.00	455.74
20	450–500	458	420.00–445.00	432.30
28	500–550	518	360.00–390.00	369.96
15	550–600	572	350.00–365.00	357.10
8	600–650	614	330.00–340.00	338.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	318	510.00–540.00	525.35
20	350–400	375	460.00–500.00	479.47
19	400–450	424	400.00–420.00	410.29
19	450–500	462	380.00–400.00	389.74
23	500–550	524	335.00–350.00	342.61
15	550–600	562	330.00–345.00	337.83
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	378	400.00–440.00	418.43
16	400–450	425	380.00–395.00	387.24
16	450–500	468	350.00–375.00	362.70

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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