Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.83/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −159.22 against this barn's trailing median of $405.05.

Average price

$245.83

7 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−24.44

vs FL average

−53.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	245.83	1,288	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale7 hd

245.83

—

FL average4 barns · 55 hd

270.27

−24.44

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−53.03

This barn, trailing median18 sales

405.05

−159.22

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	1,392	162.58	2,263	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	139.02	1,618	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	124.14	1,332	11

Every lot, as filed

24 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	450–500	459	297.84/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	318.39/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,302	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	245.83/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,288	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	327.78/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,092	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	310.34/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,127	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	343.74/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,251	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	315.19/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	287.26/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	417.50/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,737	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	495.35/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	324.83/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	354.73/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,667	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	451.59/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,418	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	400.20/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,513	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	448.62/cwt	420.00–480.00	1,225	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	367.31/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,168	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	276.62/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	286.09/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,199	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	359.55/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	442.18/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,596	7
Bulls	—	—	1,392	162.58/cwt	156.00–170.00	2,263	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	136.80/cwt	128.00–145.00	1,581	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	157.56/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,938	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	124.14/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,332	11

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 Feb 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 888Last week 951Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 265Last week 407Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	273	420.00–480.00	448.62
9	300–350	318	350.00–390.00	367.31
9	350–400	364	330.00–360.00	343.74
7	400–450	409	310.00–330.00	318.39
5	450–500	459	290.00–310.00	297.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	315.00–340.00	327.78
8	350–400	363	300.00–320.00	310.34
5	400–450	419	280.00–290.00	286.09
7	450–500	471	270.00–285.00	276.62
7	500–550	524	240.00–250.00	245.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	430.00–470.00	451.59
4	350–400	378	390.00–410.00	400.20
6	400–450	413	335.00–385.00	359.55
5	450–500	474	300.00–325.00	315.19
4	500–550	515	275.00–300.00	287.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	480.00–510.00	495.35
7	350–400	361	420.00–460.00	442.18
7	400–450	416	400.00–440.00	417.50
10	450–500	470	330.00–380.00	354.73
7	500–550	511	310.00–345.00	324.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,392	156.00–170.00	162.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,156	128.00–145.00	136.80
3	—	1,230	156.00–161.00	157.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,073	120.00–127.00	124.14

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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