Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.43/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −21.42 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$416.43

52 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$46.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.50

vs FL average

−27.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	439.88	2,341	26
Medium and Large 2	534	392.98	2,100	26

One grade step is worth $46.90/cwt here — about $241 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 sale52 hd

416.43

—

FL average4 barns · 124 hd

407.93

+8.50

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−27.67

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−21.42

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	1,548	188.86	2,923	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,381	159.87	2,207	96
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	146.30	1,503	55

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	447.67/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,661	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	473.83/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,516	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	420.22/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,773	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	393.14/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	404.60/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,914	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	453.03/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,143	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	455.22/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,335	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	564.40/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,117	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	472.61/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,777	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	485.68/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,254	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	444.52/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,054	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	400.35/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,090	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	528.24/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,224	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	370.08/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,276	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	415.33/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,338	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	622.60/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,619	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	417.97/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	317	513.99/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,629	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	395.51/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,049	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	538.06/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	379.05/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	514.50/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,914	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	610.02/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,934	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	710.56/cwt	700.00–720.00	1,585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	425.35/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,353	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	360.83/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,869	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	565.46/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,838	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	475.74/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,012	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	598.18/cwt	550.00–650.00	1,645	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	505.69/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,820	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	383.14/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,157	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	472.77/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,938	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	666.78/cwt	630.00–710.00	1,454	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	355.42/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,214	8
Bulls	—	—	1,453	174.01/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,528	9
Bulls	—	—	1,608	189.12/cwt	183.00–194.00	3,041	6
Bulls	—	—	1,602	203.54/cwt	200.00–207.00	3,261	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	159.29/cwt	153.00–166.00	2,198	92
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,398	173.24/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,422	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	146.30/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,503	55

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 822Last week 758Year ago 1,210

Slaughter CattleReceipts 259Last week 266Year ago 133

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	320	450.00–500.00	473.83
15	350–400	371	420.00–470.00	447.67
19	400–450	422	400.00–440.00	420.22
10	450–500	473	390.00–420.00	404.60
9	500–550	518	350.00–370.00	360.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	318	410.00–440.00	425.35
11	350–400	374	380.00–410.00	393.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	218	630.00–710.00	666.78
14	250–300	275	550.00–650.00	598.18
15	300–350	331	520.00–560.00	538.06
14	350–400	360	480.00–530.00	505.69
13	400–450	410	450.00–500.00	472.77
19	450–500	473	430.00–480.00	453.03
14	500–550	518	380.00–410.00	395.51
9	550–600	563	370.00–400.00	383.14
8	600–650	623	340.00–370.00	355.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	223	700.00–720.00	710.56
13	250–300	260	600.00–650.00	622.60
19	300–350	317	600.00–620.00	610.02
14	350–400	375	550.00–580.00	564.40
19	400–450	421	510.00–550.00	528.24
15	450–500	464	470.00–500.00	485.68
16	500–550	513	440.00–470.00	455.22
10	550–600	563	400.00–430.00	415.33
12	600–650	615	360.00–380.00	370.08
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	500.00–530.00	513.99
11	350–400	376	450.00–490.00	472.61
15	400–450	426	400.00–440.00	417.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	325	550.00–580.00	565.46
15	350–400	372	500.00–530.00	514.50
14	400–450	423	450.00–500.00	475.74
17	450–500	462	430.00–460.00	444.52
17	500–550	522	390.00–410.00	400.35
9	550–600	558	365.00–390.00	379.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,453	170.00–180.00	174.01
6	—	1,608	183.00–194.00	189.12
9	—	1,602	200.00–207.00	203.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,380	153.00–166.00	159.29
4	—	1,398	168.00–180.00	173.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,027	142.00–151.00	146.30

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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