Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.81/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −21.03 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$416.81

45 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$50.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.43

vs FL average

+0.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	438.26	2,374	26
Medium and Large 2	546	387.45	2,114	19thin

One grade step is worth $50.81/cwt here — about $260 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

416.81

—

FL average2 barns · 59 hd

410.38

+6.43

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+0.28

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−21.03

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	1,460	196.18	2,864	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	171.36	2,196	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	151.40	1,546	39

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,575	204.61/cwt	200.00–217.00	3,223	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	189.54/cwt	181.00–194.00	2,407	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	151.40/cwt	145.00–161.00	1,546	39
Bulls	—	—	1,345	187.75/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,525	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	165.82/cwt	158.00–176.00	2,131	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	569.35/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	368.20/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,110	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	412.39/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,371	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	578.81/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,817	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	360.11/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,406	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	465.54/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,141	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	490.92/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,023	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	623.30/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	698.30/cwt	680.00–720.00	1,969	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	429.45/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	460.44/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,362	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	555.30/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,277	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	670.91/cwt	640.00–700.00	2,214	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	738.85/cwt	720.00–760.00	1,611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	395.28/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,095	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	478.57/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,785	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	378.76/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,132	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	604.02/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,199	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	504.32/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,841	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	355.36/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,203	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	487.40/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,062	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	432.96/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,593	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	495.45/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,635	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	404.53/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,922	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	540.67/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,017	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	440.64/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,071	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	386.83/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	355.35/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,555	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	390.36/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	504.06/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,359	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	389.19/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	551.15/cwt	520.00–580.00	1,808	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	419.41/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,770	17

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 Sep 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 768Last week 1,035Year ago 824

Slaughter CattleReceipts 230Last week 309Year ago 320

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,575	200.00–217.00	204.61
4	—	1,345	180.00–190.00	187.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,270	181.00–194.00	189.54
59	—	1,285	158.00–176.00	165.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,021	145.00–161.00	151.40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	220	600.00–650.00	623.30
9	250–300	266	560.00–580.00	569.35
14	300–350	328	520.00–580.00	551.15
18	350–400	365	480.00–530.00	504.32
27	400–450	412	460.00–510.00	490.92
22	450–500	460	440.00–490.00	465.54
12	500–550	523	375.00–405.00	390.36
13	550–600	573	350.00–390.00	368.20
10	600–650	620	340.00–370.00	355.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	330	480.00–510.00	495.45
21	350–400	368	410.00–460.00	432.96
17	400–450	422	400.00–440.00	419.41
16	450–500	475	390.00–420.00	404.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	218	720.00–760.00	738.85
9	250–300	282	680.00–720.00	698.30
18	300–350	330	640.00–700.00	670.91
15	350–400	364	580.00–630.00	604.02
16	400–450	410	530.00–580.00	555.30
22	450–500	468	480.00–530.00	504.06
14	500–550	513	430.00–490.00	460.44
12	550–600	575	400.00–425.00	412.39
7	600–650	609	375.00–400.00	389.19
8	650–700	668	350.00–370.00	360.11
11	700–750	719	350.00–360.00	355.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	314	560.00–600.00	578.81
10	350–400	373	520.00–560.00	540.67
15	400–450	423	460.00–510.00	487.40
12	450–500	470	420.00–460.00	440.64
10	500–550	530	380.00–410.00	395.28
9	550–600	563	370.00–390.00	378.76
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	373	460.00–500.00	478.57
11	400–450	419	420.00–440.00	429.45
11	450–500	476	370.00–400.00	386.83

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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