Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.70/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −130.08 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$308.70

13 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$44.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.21

vs FL average

−32.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	332.68	1,723	6thin
Medium and Large 2	514	288.14	1,481	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about $242 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

308.70

—

FL average4 barns · 42 hd

311.91

−3.21

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−32.51

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−130.08

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	1,657	181.98	3,015	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	153.24	1,873	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	131.47	1,337	7thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	350–400	359	344.40/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	324.58/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,357	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	308.76/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	287.77/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	280.19/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	304	341.27/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	375.84/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,402	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	308.15/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	350.36/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	288.14/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	429.46/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,589	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	329.20/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	535.71/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	484.40/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	332.68/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	345.41/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	399.29/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,697	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	373.94/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	267.20/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,261	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	295.26/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,367	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	429.22/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,386	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	295.12/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	277.76/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	255.24/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,322	6
Bulls	—	—	1,712	192.81/cwt	182.00–198.00	3,301	3
Bulls	—	—	1,615	173.86/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,808	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	145.90/cwt	135.00–151.00	1,580	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	162.58/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,276	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	131.47/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,337	7

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 611Last week 393Year ago 317

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 211Year ago 136

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

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	316	355.00–400.00	373.94
5	350–400	359	320.00–360.00	344.40
10	400–450	418	315.00–335.00	324.58
5	450–500	463	285.00–310.00	295.26
6	500–550	520	270.00–290.00	280.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	330.00–350.00	341.27
5	350–400	370	300.00–315.00	308.76
5	400–450	422	280.00–300.00	287.77
5	450–500	472	255.00–275.00	267.20
6	500–550	518	245.00–265.00	255.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	410.00–450.00	429.22
6	350–400	373	350.00–400.00	375.84
6	400–450	418	330.00–370.00	350.36
5	450–500	466	300.00–320.00	308.15
7	500–550	514	275.00–305.00	288.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	263	520.00–550.00	535.71
6	300–350	313	460.00–510.00	484.40
12	350–400	370	410.00–450.00	429.46
8	400–450	425	380.00–420.00	399.29
8	450–500	463	330.00–360.00	345.41
6	500–550	518	320.00–345.00	332.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	320.00–335.00	329.20
4	400–450	425	290.00–300.00	295.12
4	450–500	475	265.00–290.00	277.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,712	182.00–198.00	192.81
4	—	1,615	167.00–177.00	173.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,083	135.00–151.00	145.90
22	—	1,400	160.00–170.00	162.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,017	126.00–135.00	131.47

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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