Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $406.60/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −31.25 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$406.60

69 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$46.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.31

vs FL average

−6.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	427.46	2,303	38
Medium and Large 2	542	381.03	2,065	31

One grade step is worth $46.42/cwt here — about $238 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 sale69 hd

406.60

—

FL average4 barns · 255 hd

403.29

+3.31

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−6.92

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−31.25

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	1,902	215.81	4,105	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,402	169.97	2,383	106
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	149.72	1,569	62

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	—	—	1,777	207.70/cwt	203.00–217.00	3,691	3
Bulls	—	—	2,027	223.92/cwt	219.00–226.00	4,539	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	151.35/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,574	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	138.73/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,526	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,419	166.16/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,358	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	180.57/cwt	177.00–191.00	2,447	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	470.62/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,184	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	580.55/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,119	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	499.70/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,649	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	440.30/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,862	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	544.56/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,438	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	380.48/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,975	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	424.52/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,995	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	531.47/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,982	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	560.63/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,794	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	463.94/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,995	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	609.82/cwt	590.00–630.00	1,964	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	440.38/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,286	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	423.44/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,546	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	385.06/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,798	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	465.14/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,512	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	520.38/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,707	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	344.88/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,804	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.71/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,683	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	389.26/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,814	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	354.04/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,678	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	478.39/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,808	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	429.65/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,826	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	364.87/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,098	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	391.24/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,038	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	424.17/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,349	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	389.73/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,461	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	411.49/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,317	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	509.54/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,150	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	649.13/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,714	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	357.83/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,240	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	469.86/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,734	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	409.39/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,904	25

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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,083Last week 768Year ago 735

Slaughter CattleReceipts 305Last week 230Year ago 232

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,777	203.00–217.00	207.70
3	—	2,027	219.00–226.00	223.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,040	145.00–157.00	151.35
8	—	1,100	135.00–143.00	138.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,419	160.00–175.00	166.16
28	—	1,355	177.00–191.00	180.57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	264	620.00–680.00	649.13
21	300–350	322	590.00–630.00	609.82
20	350–400	365	560.00–600.00	580.55
19	400–450	422	490.00–530.00	509.54
19	450–500	464	450.00–490.00	470.62
21	500–550	519	420.00–460.00	440.38
17	550–600	563	400.00–425.00	411.49
15	600–650	626	340.00–370.00	357.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	320	540.00–580.00	560.63
25	350–400	373	510.00–550.00	531.47
21	400–450	430	450.00–480.00	463.94
24	450–500	470	410.00–440.00	424.52
19	500–550	521	375.00–410.00	391.24
12	550–600	575	360.00–370.00	364.87
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	328	510.00–530.00	520.38
21	350–400	378	460.00–500.00	478.39
16	400–450	425	420.00–440.00	429.65
19	450–500	466	380.00–400.00	389.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	264	530.00–560.00	544.56
20	300–350	330	490.00–510.00	499.70
21	350–400	369	450.00–490.00	469.86
20	400–450	423	430.00–450.00	440.30
25	450–500	465	400.00–420.00	409.39
19	500–550	519	360.00–400.00	380.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	325	450.00–480.00	465.14
21	350–400	365	410.00–435.00	423.44
20	400–450	420	380.00–420.00	400.71
23	450–500	467	375.00–395.00	385.06
16	500–550	523	340.00–350.00	344.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	318	410.00–440.00	424.17
16	350–400	375	380.00–400.00	389.73
17	450–500	474	345.00–365.00	354.04

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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