Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $394.51/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −43.34 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$394.51

41 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,070

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$29.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.88

vs FL average

−36.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	404.43	2,147	27
Medium and Large 2	513	375.37	1,926	14thin

One grade step is worth $29.06/cwt here — about $221 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 sale41 hd

394.51

—

FL average4 barns · 139 hd

387.63

+6.88

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−36.12

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−43.34

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	1,627	191.69	3,120	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,185	162.50	1,926	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	147.13	1,546	43

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	410.54/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,363	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	440.71/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,904	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	460.69/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,672	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	402.20/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,689	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	529.90/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,425	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	450.20/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,436	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	490.32/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,834	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	375.37/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	435.41/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,016	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	479.17/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,046	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	444.61/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,690	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	408.34/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,882	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	380.21/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,806	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	389.78/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,194	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	539.59/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,970	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	413.05/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,115	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	544.70/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,738	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	430.35/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,859	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	500.56/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,622	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	414.70/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,568	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	400.96/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,696	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	339.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	374.64/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,959	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	590.01/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,882	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	659.68/cwt	630.00–690.00	1,425	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	399.15/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,860	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	627.46/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,726	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	360.18/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,053	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	388.38/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,441	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	484.58/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,570	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	369.49/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,744	15
Bulls	—	—	1,602	190.79/cwt	185.00–196.00	3,056	13
Bulls	—	—	1,820	206.80/cwt	200.00–213.00	3,764	6
Bulls	—	—	1,490	178.55/cwt	173.00–181.00	2,660	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	173.84/cwt	170.00–186.00	2,030	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	147.13/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,546	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	160.09/cwt	152.00–169.00	1,903	80

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 Dec 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 758Last week 514Year ago 966

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 120Year ago 170

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	332	400.00–420.00	410.54
11	350–400	371	380.00–395.00	388.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	269	500.00–560.00	529.90
17	300–350	324	470.00–500.00	484.58
20	350–400	363	440.00–480.00	460.69
19	400–450	432	420.00–460.00	440.71
19	450–500	466	390.00–410.00	399.15
16	500–550	523	360.00–390.00	374.64
12	550–600	570	350.00–370.00	360.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	319	440.00–460.00	450.20
16	350–400	378	400.00–430.00	414.70
14	400–450	420	390.00–415.00	402.20
15	450–500	472	360.00–380.00	369.49
14	500–550	523	330.00–350.00	339.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	319	530.00–560.00	544.70
17	350–400	374	480.00–500.00	490.32
19	400–450	432	420.00–440.00	430.35
11	450–500	461	400.00–415.00	408.34
14	500–550	513	360.00–390.00	375.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	216	630.00–690.00	659.68
15	250–300	275	600.00–660.00	627.46
21	300–350	319	570.00–610.00	590.01
22	350–400	365	530.00–550.00	539.59
17	400–450	427	460.00–500.00	479.17
20	450–500	463	420.00–450.00	435.41
17	500–550	512	400.00–425.00	413.05
10	550–600	563	380.00–400.00	389.78
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	324	480.00–520.00	500.56
14	350–400	380	430.00–460.00	444.61
15	400–450	423	390.00–410.00	400.96
12	450–500	475	370.00–390.00	380.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,602	185.00–196.00	190.79
6	—	1,820	200.00–213.00	206.80
6	—	1,490	173.00–181.00	178.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,168	170.00–186.00	173.84
80	—	1,189	152.00–169.00	160.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,051	140.00–152.00	147.13

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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