Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $396.46/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −41.39 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$396.46

67 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$41.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.94

vs FL average

−12.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	415.76	2,209	36
Medium and Large 2	546	374.05	2,044	31

One grade step is worth $41.71/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale67 hd

396.46

—

FL average4 barns · 157 hd

382.52

+13.94

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−12.84

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−41.39

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	1,520	199.15	3,028	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,284	167.03	2,145	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,240	147.95	1,835	44

Every lot, as filed

34 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%	—	1,338	180.81/cwt	176.00–196.00	2,419	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	147.95/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,835	44
Bulls	—	—	1,417	192.56/cwt	185.00–200.00	2,729	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	209.04/cwt	208.00–210.00	3,501	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	162.89/cwt	154.00–171.00	2,065	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	535.40/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,515	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	463.00/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,181	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	417.79/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,751	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	371.15/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,923	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	435.99/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,866	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	403.74/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,498	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	417.76/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,143	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	610.61/cwt	590.00–630.00	2,015	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	376.44/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,592	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	484.58/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,570	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	494.85/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,019	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	409.61/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,323	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	335.19/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,760	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	499.66/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,844	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	393.46/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,633	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	369.60/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,748	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	413.81/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,990	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	365.33/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,381	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	505.42/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,627	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	379.71/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,993	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	557.26/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,761	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	369.38/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,083	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	446.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,432	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	434.59/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,586	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	574.21/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,090	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	663.81/cwt	640.00–690.00	1,746	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	409.60/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,933	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	412.61/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,311	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	379.12/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,767	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 Aug 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,035Last week 879Year ago 909

Slaughter CattleReceipts 309Last week 277Year ago 389

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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
24	—	1,338	176.00–196.00	180.81
80	—	1,268	154.00–171.00	162.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,240	140.00–154.00	147.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	185.00–200.00	192.56
2	—	1,675	208.00–210.00	209.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	283	520.00–550.00	535.40
17	300–350	324	470.00–500.00	484.58
22	350–400	365	420.00–450.00	434.59
17	400–450	419	405.00–430.00	417.79
15	450–500	472	400.00–420.00	409.60
19	500–550	518	355.00–385.00	371.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	321	430.00–460.00	446.26
17	350–400	371	390.00–415.00	403.74
15	400–450	423	360.00–390.00	376.44
16	450–500	473	355.00–385.00	369.60
14	500–550	525	325.00–345.00	335.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	400.00–420.00	409.61
14	350–400	378	355.00–375.00	365.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	250–300	263	640.00–690.00	663.81
22	300–350	330	590.00–630.00	610.61
17	350–400	364	550.00–600.00	574.21
22	400–450	408	470.00–520.00	494.85
17	450–500	471	440.00–490.00	463.00
22	500–550	513	400.00–435.00	417.76
14	550–600	560	400.00–425.00	412.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	316	530.00–580.00	557.26
27	350–400	369	480.00–520.00	499.66
27	400–450	428	420.00–450.00	435.99
17	450–500	481	400.00–430.00	413.81
14	500–550	525	370.00–390.00	379.71
17	550–600	564	355.00–385.00	369.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	490.00–520.00	505.42
11	400–450	415	380.00–410.00	393.46
15	450–500	466	370.00–390.00	379.12

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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