Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $436.08/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 15 of 33 comparable sales and sits −1.77 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$436.08

49 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

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

$57.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.43

vs FL average

−32.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	452.40	2,417	35
Medium and Large 2	525	395.29	2,075	14thin

One grade step is worth $57.11/cwt here — about $342 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 sale49 hd

436.08

—

FL average4 barns · 183 hd

404.65

+31.43

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−32.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−1.77

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	194.75	2,960	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	156.74	1,793	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,211	139.95	1,695	19

Every lot, as filed

37 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%	—	1,050	150.08/cwt	146.00–153.00	1,576	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	164.00/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,045	22
Bulls	—	—	1,471	191.68/cwt	181.00–199.00	2,820	8
Bulls	—	—	1,715	207.04/cwt	206.00–208.00	3,551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	139.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,695	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	363.59/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,069	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	387.72/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,427	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	584.03/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,886	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	478.21/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,214	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	659.37/cwt	620.00–700.00	2,077	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	439.68/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,644	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	751.61/cwt	700.00–800.00	1,751	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	435.66/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,483	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	550.27/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,008	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	598.26/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,172	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	459.09/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,387	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	463.53/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,488	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	503.81/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,126	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	454.64/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,887	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	413.90/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,767	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	395.29/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,075	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	385.68/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,790	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	389.41/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	628.78/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,723	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	395.56/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,677	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	525.69/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	419.68/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,972	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	345.24/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,823	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	394.70/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,492	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	350.27/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	360.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,531	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	708.85/cwt	680.00–740.00	1,843	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	437.95/cwt	415.00–465.00	1,853	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	427.60/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,005	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	384.64/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,012	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	503.74/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,617	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	500.80/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,878	8

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 686Last week 891Year ago 670

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 251Year ago 274

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,050	146.00–153.00	150.08
22	—	1,247	160.00–169.00	164.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,211	135.00–145.00	139.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,471	181.00–199.00	191.68
2	—	1,715	206.00–208.00	207.04

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	321	490.00–520.00	503.74
19	400–450	423	415.00–465.00	437.95
15	450–500	469	400.00–450.00	427.60
16	500–550	523	370.00–400.00	384.64
9	550–600	569	355.00–375.00	363.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	450.00–480.00	463.53
17	350–400	374	430.00–450.00	439.68
11	400–450	424	385.00–405.00	395.56
15	450–500	464	370.00–400.00	385.68
14	500–550	528	335.00–355.00	345.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	380.00–410.00	394.70
14	400–450	425	350.00–370.00	360.24
10	450–500	463	340.00–360.00	350.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	233	700.00–800.00	751.61
16	250–300	260	680.00–740.00	708.85
20	300–350	315	620.00–700.00	659.37
15	350–400	363	580.00–620.00	598.26
13	400–450	422	480.00–530.00	503.81
23	450–500	463	450.00–510.00	478.21
25	500–550	520	430.00–490.00	459.09
10	550–600	570	410.00–460.00	435.66
10	600–650	626	360.00–400.00	387.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	274	600.00–660.00	628.78
10	300–350	323	560.00–610.00	584.03
12	350–400	365	530.00–570.00	550.27
16	400–450	415	440.00–470.00	454.64
12	450–500	470	410.00–430.00	419.68
14	500–550	525	380.00–410.00	395.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	510.00–540.00	525.69
8	350–400	375	480.00–520.00	500.80
11	400–450	427	400.00–430.00	413.90
11	450–500	469	380.00–400.00	389.41

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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