Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.43/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −147.35 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$291.43

10 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$35.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.97

vs FL average

−50.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	312.64	1,641	4thin
Medium and Large 2	525	277.29	1,456	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.35/cwt here — about $186 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

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $482.99, low $369.20, median $438.78 across 25 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 sale10 hd

291.43

—

FL average2 barns · 27 hd

284.46

+6.97

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−50.65

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−147.35

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	—	High	1,562	144.15	2,252	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,118	126.93	1,418	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	116.53	1,196	9thin

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

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	290.78/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,079	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	124.19/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,321	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	116.53/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,196	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	135.14/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,727	6
Bulls	—	—	1,545	158.54/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,449	3
Bulls	—	—	1,569	138.75/cwt	133.00–145.00	2,177	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	312.80/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,282	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	269.27/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,123	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	283.81/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	521.45/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	257.80/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,217	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	312.64/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	412.68/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,312	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	454.32/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,427	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	359.39/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	302.26/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,406	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	377.78/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,409	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	427.61/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	328.41/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	319.75/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,148	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	303.12/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	234.86/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	277.29/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	313.01/cwt	305.00–320.00	992	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	346.29/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,073	5

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 (Mon)

Mon Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 732Last week 1,423Year ago 901

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 141Year ago 184

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	305.00–320.00	313.01
9	350–400	371	280.00–305.00	290.78
11	400–450	417	260.00–280.00	269.27
5	450–500	472	250.00–270.00	257.80
4	500–550	525	230.00–240.00	234.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	340.00–355.00	346.29
5	350–400	359	310.00–335.00	319.75
7	400–450	416	290.00–320.00	303.12
5	450–500	475	275.00–290.00	283.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	405.00–420.00	412.68
11	350–400	373	360.00–400.00	377.78
4	400–450	410	300.00–325.00	312.80
6	450–500	465	295.00–310.00	302.26
6	500–550	525	270.00–285.00	277.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	262	510.00–530.00	521.45
13	300–350	314	440.00–470.00	454.32
5	350–400	368	420.00–440.00	427.61
10	400–450	413	340.00–380.00	359.39
7	450–500	459	320.00–340.00	328.41
4	500–550	525	305.00–320.00	312.64

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,064	118.00–129.00	124.19
6	—	1,278	132.00–140.00	135.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,026	112.00–122.00	116.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,545	154.00–163.00	158.54
8	—	1,569	133.00–145.00	138.75

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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