Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.33/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −156.72 against this barn's trailing median of $405.05.

Average price

$248.33

10 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$27.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.29

vs FL average

−56.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	264.85	1,345	4thin
Medium and Large 2	523	237.32	1,241	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.53/cwt here — about $104 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

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.78, low $373.13, median $405.05 across 18 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

248.33

—

FL average3 barns · 26 hd

248.62

−0.29

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−56.09

This barn, trailing median18 sales

405.05

−156.72

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	1,474	166.38	2,453	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,152	135.33	1,559	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	118.75	1,209	13

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	378.17/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,388	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	264.85/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	287.72/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	293.84/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,355	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	305.32/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,435	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	530.39/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,352	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	237.32/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	293.24/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	324.92/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	369.69/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	419.54/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,145	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	416.09/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,336	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	367.91/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,564	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	457.20/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	317.36/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	260.28/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,213	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	302.61/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,129	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	339.34/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,283	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	328.29/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	408.24/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,486	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	314.12/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,297	5
Bulls	—	—	1,425	153.98/cwt	148.00–165.00	2,194	4
Bulls	—	—	1,573	191.19/cwt	188.00–195.00	3,007	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	146.72/cwt	142.00–153.00	1,743	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	118.75/cwt	113.00–126.00	1,209	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	130.95/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,490	13

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 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 930Last week 852Year ago 916

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 240Year ago 412

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	400.00–430.00	416.09
7	350–400	367	370.00–390.00	378.17
5	400–450	420	320.00–340.00	328.29
4	450–500	470	295.00–315.00	305.32
5	500–550	510	285.00–305.00	293.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	255	510.00–550.00	530.39
5	300–350	314	440.00–470.00	457.20
7	350–400	364	400.00–420.00	408.24
6	400–450	425	350.00–385.00	367.91
4	450–500	458	320.00–330.00	324.92
6	500–550	525	310.00–325.00	317.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	273	410.00–430.00	419.54
7	300–350	327	340.00–390.00	369.69
8	350–400	378	320.00–360.00	339.34
5	400–450	413	310.00–320.00	314.12
7	450–500	461	285.00–305.00	293.84
4	500–550	508	255.00–275.00	264.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	285.00–315.00	302.61
5	400–450	425	280.00–300.00	287.72
7	450–500	466	245.00–280.00	260.28
6	500–550	523	230.00–245.00	237.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	148.00–165.00	153.98
2	—	1,573	188.00–195.00	191.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,188	142.00–153.00	146.72
13	—	1,138	125.00–135.00	130.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,018	113.00–126.00	118.75

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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