Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

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 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.18/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −43.66 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$394.18

62 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$32.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs FL average

−63.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	405.22	2,185	41
Medium and Large 2	531	372.64	1,978	21

One grade step is worth $32.59/cwt here — about $207 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 sale62 hd

394.18

—

FL average4 barns · 151 hd

397.04

−2.85

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−63.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−43.66

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	1,512	194.51	2,941	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,373	160.03	2,198	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	141.68	1,578	25

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	145.28/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,708	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	136.28/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,391	10
Bulls	—	—	1,430	190.53/cwt	184.00–198.00	2,725	14
Bulls	—	—	1,704	203.79/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,473	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	157.02/cwt	149.00–165.00	2,205	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	168.84/cwt	166.00–174.00	2,166	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	422.35/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,753	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	479.69/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,559	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	370.37/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,719	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	322.34/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,847	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	369.76/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	350.24/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,171	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	339.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,794	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	571.16/cwt	540.00–600.00	1,845	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	412.20/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,156	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	659.62/cwt	640.00–680.00	1,728	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	395.37/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,222	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	561.09/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,543	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	450.29/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,472	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	490.53/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,839	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	420.22/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,996	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	435.36/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,829	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	613.55/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,632	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	540.24/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,993	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	390.40/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,819	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	340.32/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,617	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	379.71/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,974	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	389.96/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,634	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	384.60/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,442	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	419.21/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,321	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	425.60/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,592	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	528.16/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,680	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	405.31/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,706	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	460.21/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,671	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	392.66/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,826	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	648.59/cwt	620.00–680.00	2,075	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	483.22/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,030	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	594.81/cwt	570.00–620.00	2,183	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	460.43/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,141	22

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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,095Last week 686Year ago 1,206

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 121Year ago 320

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,176	140.00–149.00	145.28
10	—	1,021	135.00–138.00	136.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,404	149.00–165.00	157.02
14	—	1,283	166.00–174.00	168.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,430	184.00–198.00	190.53
6	—	1,704	200.00–210.00	203.79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	275	530.00–590.00	561.09
20	300–350	325	470.00–490.00	479.69
20	350–400	363	450.00–470.00	460.21
16	400–450	415	410.00–435.00	422.35
26	450–500	465	385.00–400.00	392.66
14	500–550	523	360.00–380.00	369.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	327	440.00–460.00	450.29
15	350–400	374	410.00–440.00	425.60
25	400–450	419	380.00–400.00	389.96
17	450–500	464	360.00–380.00	370.37
18	500–550	528	330.00–350.00	339.76
10	550–600	573	315.00–330.00	322.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	315	410.00–430.00	419.21
22	350–400	375	370.00–400.00	384.60
16	450–500	475	330.00–350.00	340.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	262	640.00–680.00	659.62
20	300–350	320	620.00–680.00	648.59
25	350–400	367	570.00–620.00	594.81
21	400–450	420	460.00–510.00	483.22
22	450–500	465	440.00–480.00	460.43
24	500–550	523	400.00–425.00	412.20
17	550–600	562	385.00–405.00	395.37
12	600–650	620	340.00–360.00	350.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	266	600.00–630.00	613.55
14	300–350	323	540.00–600.00	571.16
19	350–400	369	520.00–560.00	540.24
28	400–450	420	420.00–450.00	435.36
23	450–500	475	410.00–430.00	420.22
16	500–550	520	370.00–390.00	379.71
5	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	318	510.00–550.00	528.16
14	350–400	375	470.00–510.00	490.53
11	400–450	421	400.00–410.00	405.31
13	450–500	466	380.00–400.00	390.40

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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