Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.40/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −76.44 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$361.40

45 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$24.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.85

vs FL average

−26.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	369.67	2,028	30
Medium and Large 2	545	344.86	1,879	15thin

One grade step is worth $24.81/cwt here — about $149 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 sale45 hd

361.40

—

FL average4 barns · 173 hd

357.55

+3.85

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−26.09

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−76.44

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	1,405	195.52	2,747	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	164.93	2,082	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	147.58	1,560	33

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	390.36/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,640	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	444.00/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,665	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	424.34/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,600	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	344.73/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	461.66/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,967	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	415.24/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,765	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	324.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,699	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	355.70/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,327	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,989	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	395.65/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,662	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	506.06/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	352.79/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,499	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	392.90/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,862	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	352.16/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	430.76/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,413	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	347.29/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,823	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	356.86/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,670	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	385.34/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,264	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	388.64/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,877	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	386.14/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,645	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	427.18/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,974	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	627.64/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,996	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	670.23/cwt	660.00–680.00	1,475	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	390.99/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,451	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	556.45/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,009	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	537.96/cwt	510.00–570.00	1,759	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	355.87/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	625.93/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,690	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	360.35/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,054	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	345.04/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	377.83/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,002	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	485.34/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	556.19/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,463	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	147.58/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,560	33
Bulls	—	—	1,405	195.52/cwt	185.00–205.00	2,747	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	179.56/cwt	175.00–187.00	2,356	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	161.55/cwt	154.00–171.00	2,021	65

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 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 749Last week 1,008Year ago 855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 211Last week 284Year ago 349

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	420.00–470.00	444.00
10	400–450	420	380.00–400.00	390.36
10	450–500	463	340.00–365.00	352.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	220	660.00–680.00	670.23
14	250–300	270	600.00–650.00	625.93
15	300–350	318	600.00–650.00	627.64
11	350–400	361	530.00–590.00	556.45
21	400–450	426	440.00–480.00	461.66
19	450–500	462	415.00–440.00	427.18
16	500–550	530	360.00–395.00	377.83
14	550–600	570	350.00–370.00	360.35
8	600–650	610	340.00–350.00	345.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	327	510.00–570.00	537.96
11	350–400	367	490.00–520.00	506.06
20	400–450	420	370.00–425.00	395.65
19	450–500	474	380.00–405.00	392.90
10	500–550	525	340.00–355.00	347.29
5	550–600	585	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	263	530.00–580.00	556.19
10	300–350	328	470.00–500.00	485.34
13	350–400	377	410.00–440.00	424.34
14	400–450	425	405.00–425.00	415.24
19	450–500	483	370.00–410.00	388.64
13	500–550	524	340.00–370.00	355.87
10	550–600	560	330.00–360.00	344.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	410.00–450.00	430.76
17	350–400	371	380.00–400.00	390.99
19	400–450	426	370.00–400.00	386.14
17	450–500	468	350.00–365.00	356.86
10	500–550	523	320.00–330.00	324.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	370.00–400.00	385.34
10	350–400	373	340.00–370.00	355.70
10	400–450	425	340.00–365.00	352.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,057	142.00–158.00	147.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,312	175.00–187.00	179.56
65	—	1,251	154.00–171.00	161.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,405	185.00–205.00	195.52

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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