Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher, with instances 10.00 higher on quality lightweight calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.93/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −137.85 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$300.93

13 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$29.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.24

vs FL average

−47.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	318.79	1,648	5thin
Medium and Large 2	523	289.76	1,515	8thin

One grade step is worth $29.03/cwt here — about $133 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 sale13 hd

300.93

—

FL average4 barns · 71 hd

308.16

−7.24

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−47.73

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−137.85

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	1,568	164.80	2,585	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	143.07	1,725	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	123.73	1,284	17

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 1	400–450	417	325.83/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	313.42/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,147	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	345.44/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	339.70/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,121	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	348.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,293	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	387.46/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,224	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	500.47/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,591	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	318.79/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	393.74/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,433	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	309.08/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,425	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	561.38/cwt	530.00–590.00	1,493	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	289.76/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	445.40/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,670	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	332.84/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	295.88/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	272.77/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	385.35/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	298.44/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	267.25/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,384	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	449.54/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,461	4
Bulls	—	—	1,455	158.71/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,309	6
Bulls	—	—	1,795	176.98/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,177	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	159.47/cwt	152.00–166.00	1,906	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	123.73/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,284	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	139.55/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,686	28

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 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 951Last week 930Year ago 839

Slaughter CattleReceipts 407Last week 278Year ago 326

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	370.00–410.00	387.46
9	350–400	371	340.00–360.00	348.62
5	400–450	417	320.00–330.00	325.83
5	450–500	469	290.00–305.00	295.88
6	500–550	518	260.00–275.00	267.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	320.00–360.00	339.70
7	350–400	366	305.00–320.00	313.42
7	400–450	416	290.00–305.00	298.44
6	450–500	465	260.00–285.00	272.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	440.00–460.00	449.54
9	350–400	364	380.00–410.00	393.74
6	400–450	428	330.00–360.00	345.44
5	450–500	461	300.00–315.00	309.08
8	500–550	523	280.00–300.00	289.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	266	530.00–590.00	561.38
14	300–350	318	480.00–520.00	500.47
6	350–400	375	430.00–460.00	445.40
6	400–450	425	370.00–400.00	385.35
5	450–500	464	325.00–345.00	332.84
5	500–550	517	310.00–325.00	318.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,455	155.00–167.00	158.71
3	—	1,795	170.00–180.00	176.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,195	152.00–166.00	159.47
28	—	1,208	132.00–149.00	139.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,038	118.00–128.00	123.73

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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