Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.62/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −47.23 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$390.62

35 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$25.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.97

vs FL average

−55.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	405.16	2,091	15thin
Medium and Large 2	525	379.71	1,993	20

One grade step is worth $25.45/cwt here — about $97 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 sale35 hd

390.62

—

FL average4 barns · 145 hd

378.65

+11.97

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−55.23

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−47.23

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	1,533	185.83	2,848	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,493	155.44	2,320	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	138.72	1,612	80

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	—	—	1,483	197.30/cwt	194.00–200.00	2,926	4
Bulls	—	—	1,566	178.18/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,790	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	141.84/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,736	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	132.61/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,379	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	152.12/cwt	145.00–158.00	2,195	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,623	164.20/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,665	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	405.16/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,091	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	751.76/cwt	700.00–800.00	1,601	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	593.36/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,590	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	459.66/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,715	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	500.62/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,627	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	385.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,995	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	464.97/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,939	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	424.35/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,024	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	560.69/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,035	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	585.56/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,950	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	503.76/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,146	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	663.33/cwt	630.00–700.00	1,745	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	456.25/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,487	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	424.95/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,581	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	420.35/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,786	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	389.31/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,830	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	409.81/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,729	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	379.71/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,993	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	415.30/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,337	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	390.41/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,651	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	525.97/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,699	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	509.73/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,886	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	350.29/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,839	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	384.63/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,812	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	390.27/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,424	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	362.90/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,706	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	229	650.70/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,490	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	650.47/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,068	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	459.69/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,156	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	609.45/cwt	590.00–630.00	2,224	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	440.71/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,873	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	409.68/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,925	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 Oct 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 891Last week 882Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 251Last week 278Year ago 0

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	194.00–200.00	197.30
6	—	1,566	173.00–181.00	178.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,224	138.00–148.00	141.84
27	—	1,040	128.00–137.00	132.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,443	145.00–158.00	152.12
22	—	1,623	162.00–167.00	164.20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	213	700.00–800.00	751.76
24	250–300	263	630.00–700.00	663.33
30	300–350	318	630.00–670.00	650.47
20	350–400	365	590.00–630.00	609.45
21	400–450	426	490.00–520.00	503.76
19	450–500	469	450.00–470.00	459.69
15	500–550	516	400.00–410.00	405.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	333	560.00–610.00	585.56
18	350–400	363	540.00–580.00	560.69
25	400–450	417	450.00–480.00	464.97
17	450–500	477	410.00–440.00	424.35
20	500–550	525	365.00–395.00	379.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	500.00–550.00	525.97
14	350–400	370	500.00–520.00	509.73
14	400–450	425	410.00–430.00	420.35
21	450–500	470	380.00–400.00	389.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	229	620.00–680.00	650.70
16	250–300	268	570.00–620.00	593.36
20	300–350	325	480.00–520.00	500.62
16	350–400	373	450.00–470.00	459.66
16	400–450	425	420.00–460.00	440.71
16	450–500	470	400.00–420.00	409.68
14	500–550	518	380.00–390.00	385.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	326	440.00–470.00	456.25
27	350–400	372	410.00–440.00	424.95
15	400–450	422	405.00–415.00	409.81
19	450–500	471	380.00–390.00	384.63
18	500–550	525	335.00–365.00	350.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	400.00–430.00	415.30
12	350–400	365	380.00–400.00	390.27
20	400–450	423	380.00–400.00	390.41
16	450–500	470	350.00–375.00	362.90

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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