Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 15.00 to 35.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.56/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −66.29 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$371.56

66 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$36.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.19

vs FL average

−58.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	387.22	2,099	38
Medium and Large 2	542	350.30	1,900	28

One grade step is worth $36.92/cwt here — about $199 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 sale66 hd

371.56

—

FL average4 barns · 181 hd

362.37

+9.19

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−58.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−66.29

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	—	Low	1,429	187.61	2,681	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,140	158.30	1,805	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	141.93	1,605	33

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	—	1,368	178.40/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,441	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	166.19/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,953	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	144.31/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,605	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	136.47/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,601	10
Bulls	—	—	1,354	190.05/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,573	7
Bulls	—	—	1,768	206.45/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	382.78/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,155	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	369.81/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,561	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	429.80/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,986	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	410.24/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,744	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	379.47/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,795	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	313.66/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	352.20/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,842	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	430.20/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,372	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	448.02/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,895	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	343.28/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,445	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	375.92/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,583	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	354.40/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,857	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	380.21/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,787	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	587.78/cwt	550.00–630.00	1,587	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	349.54/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,657	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	379.84/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,196	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	465.77/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,537	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	408.07/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,298	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	389.81/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,066	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	569.40/cwt	540.00–600.00	1,833	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	385.16/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,402	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	357.20/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,215	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	322.17/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,666	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	508.20/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,616	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	474.34/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,798	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	343.96/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,964	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	415.70/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,551	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	155.14/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,747	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	410.27/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,518	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	395.30/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,672	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	534.39/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,977	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	655.96/cwt	620.00–700.00	1,430	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	332.37/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,861	10

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 915Last week 1,095Year ago 1,079

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 178Year ago 304

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 15.00 to 35.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,368	175.00–182.00	178.40
7	—	1,354	188.00–197.00	190.05
3	—	1,768	200.00–210.00	206.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,175	163.00–170.00	166.19
30	—	1,126	151.00–161.00	155.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,112	140.00–147.00	144.31
10	—	1,173	135.00–139.00	136.47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	218	620.00–700.00	655.96
14	250–300	270	550.00–630.00	587.78
17	300–350	322	540.00–600.00	569.40
16	350–400	370	520.00–550.00	534.39
20	400–450	423	430.00–465.00	448.02
27	450–500	462	410.00–450.00	429.80
24	500–550	530	380.00–400.00	389.81
14	550–600	563	370.00–395.00	382.78
12	600–650	620	345.00–370.00	357.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	318	490.00–530.00	508.20
19	350–400	379	450.00–500.00	474.34
20	400–450	425	400.00–420.00	410.24
22	450–500	473	360.00–400.00	379.47
17	500–550	524	340.00–370.00	354.40
11	550–600	571	330.00–360.00	343.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	330	450.00–480.00	465.77
10	350–400	373	400.00–430.00	415.70
11	400–450	421	360.00–390.00	375.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	318	400.00–415.00	408.07
17	350–400	364	380.00–390.00	385.16
15	400–450	422	365.00–375.00	369.81
15	450–500	474	340.00–360.00	349.54
17	500–550	517	315.00–330.00	322.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	319	420.00–440.00	430.20
16	350–400	370	400.00–420.00	410.27
24	400–450	423	385.00–405.00	395.30
16	450–500	470	370.00–390.00	380.21
12	500–550	523	340.00–365.00	352.20
10	550–600	560	325.00–340.00	332.37
8	600–650	620	310.00–325.00	313.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	315	370.00–390.00	379.84
11	400–450	421	330.00–360.00	343.28

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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