Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $386.75/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −51.10 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$386.75

65 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$26.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.54

vs FL average

−17.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	403.08	2,198	25
Medium and Large 2	544	376.54	2,048	40

One grade step is worth $26.54/cwt here — about $150 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 sale65 hd

386.75

—

FL average4 barns · 237 hd

393.29

−6.54

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−17.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−51.10

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	—	High	1,551	200.57	3,112	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	160.72	2,052	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	144.43	1,583	41

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,745	214.80/cwt	210.00–225.00	3,748	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	158.75/cwt	150.00–170.00	2,007	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	182.14/cwt	176.00–183.00	2,583	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	144.43/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,583	41
Bulls	—	—	1,510	197.52/cwt	184.00–205.00	2,983	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	364.80/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,036	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	570.67/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,129	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	464.68/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,161	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	704.18/cwt	680.00–730.00	1,606	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	510.46/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,659	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	426.28/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,016	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	365.22/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,074	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	454.70/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,905	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	524.60/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,967	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	677.13/cwt	650.00–700.00	1,794	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	389.78/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,233	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	387.86/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,017	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	444.73/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,641	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	409.65/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,737	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	389.30/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,806	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	380.95/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,004	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	385.57/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,828	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	410.50/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,728	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	490.33/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,824	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	420.46/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,366	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	399.82/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,679	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	574.65/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,827	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	464.79/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,497	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	424.59/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,966	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	444.56/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,880	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	495.52/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,799	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	625.16/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,032	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	517.80/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,170	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	524.30/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,678	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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 874Last week 1,083Year ago 713

Slaughter CattleReceipts 246Last week 305Year ago 251

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	210.00–225.00	214.80
14	—	1,510	184.00–205.00	197.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,264	150.00–170.00	158.75
7	—	1,418	176.00–183.00	182.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,096	140.00–150.00	144.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	325	500.00–520.00	510.46
24	350–400	363	480.00–510.00	495.52
20	400–450	423	430.00–460.00	444.56
18	450–500	463	410.00–440.00	424.59
15	500–550	526	370.00–390.00	380.95
12	550–600	558	350.00–380.00	364.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	322	450.00–480.00	464.79
17	350–400	369	430.00–460.00	444.73
17	400–450	424	400.00–420.00	409.65
17	450–500	474	370.00–400.00	385.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	325	410.00–430.00	420.46
14	400–450	420	395.00–405.00	399.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	228	680.00–730.00	704.18
21	250–300	265	650.00–700.00	677.13
27	300–350	325	600.00–650.00	625.16
20	350–400	373	550.00–590.00	570.67
19	400–450	419	500.00–535.00	517.80
20	450–500	465	450.00–480.00	464.68
11	500–550	510	420.00	420.00
14	550–600	573	380.00–400.00	389.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	318	560.00–590.00	574.65
22	350–400	375	510.00–540.00	524.60
21	400–450	419	430.00–480.00	454.70
17	450–500	473	410.00–440.00	426.28
20	500–550	520	375.00–400.00	387.86
20	550–600	568	355.00–375.00	365.22
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	320	510.00–540.00	524.30
15	350–400	372	480.00–500.00	490.33
11	400–450	421	400.00–420.00	410.50
11	450–500	464	380.00–400.00	389.30

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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