Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.72/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −132.06 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$306.72

25 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$28.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.74

vs FL average

−35.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	318.27	1,713	15thin
Medium and Large 2	549	289.39	1,589	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.88/cwt here — about $124 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 sale25 hd

306.72

—

FL average4 barns · 57 hd

300.98

+5.74

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−35.73

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−132.06

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	1,619	152.85	2,475	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	129.65	1,495	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	115.84	1,222	10

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1	550–600	556	268.13/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	322.80/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	309.20/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	327.19/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,397	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	332.34/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	295.86/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	310.99/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	437.70/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,558	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	342.54/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	538.69/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,444	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	282.92/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	344.04/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,252	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	247.75/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,296	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	278.38/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	374.73/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,566	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	388.20/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,421	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	324.64/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	294.82/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,253	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	297.37/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,383	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	363.43/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,167	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	486.17/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	416.53/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,337	7
Bulls	—	—	1,597	143.47/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,291	5
Bulls	—	—	1,675	176.31/cwt	168.00–184.00	2,953	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	127.05/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,451	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	133.04/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,553	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	115.84/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,222	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 (Mon)

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 852Last week 732Year ago 916

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 231Year ago 244

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	350.00–380.00	363.43
11	350–400	364	330.00–360.00	344.04
9	400–450	427	310.00–340.00	327.19
6	450–500	465	285.00–310.00	297.37
7	500–550	521	270.00–290.00	278.38
5	550–600	556	260.00–280.00	268.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	310.00–340.00	322.80
5	350–400	367	300.00–315.00	309.20
6	400–450	425	290.00–300.00	294.82
6	500–550	523	240.00–255.00	247.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	400.00–440.00	416.53
5	350–400	366	380.00–400.00	388.20
5	400–450	423	320.00–350.00	332.34
5	500–550	522	290.00–300.00	295.86
5	550–600	576	275.00–295.00	282.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	520.00–560.00	538.69
8	300–350	320	460.00–510.00	486.17
5	350–400	356	420.00–450.00	437.70
8	400–450	418	360.00–390.00	374.73
5	450–500	469	330.00–360.00	342.54
8	500–550	518	310.00–340.00	324.64
7	550–600	561	300.00–325.00	310.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,597	137.00–146.00	143.47
2	—	1,675	168.00–184.00	176.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,142	122.00–129.00	127.05
10	—	1,167	130.00–137.00	133.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,055	111.00–120.00	115.84

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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