Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

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 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.76/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −106.02 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$332.76

18 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$21.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.19

vs FL average

−25.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	338.71	1,817	13thin
Medium and Large 2	528	317.27	1,675	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.44/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale18 hd

332.76

—

FL average4 barns · 42 hd

337.94

−5.19

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−25.91

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−106.02

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	1,559	179.46	2,798	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,126	156.96	1,768	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	141.45	1,564	12

Every lot, as filed

22 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	463	306.16/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,418	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	344.69/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	307.68/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,138	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	299.70/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	340.97/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	348.40/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,460	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	384.38/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,476	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	317.27/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	357.46/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	346.07/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	439.45/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,397	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	428.26/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	397.57/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	475.81/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	330.13/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	317.38/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	373.31/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,210	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	331.55/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,386	9
Bulls	—	—	1,559	179.46/cwt	162.00–190.00	2,798	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	164.74/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,077	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	141.45/cwt	134.00–148.00	1,564	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	978	148.41/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,451	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 Mar 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 504Last week 391Year ago 556

Slaughter CattleReceipts 177Last week 145Year ago 287

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

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	324	360.00–390.00	373.31
6	350–400	368	330.00–360.00	344.69
9	400–450	418	320.00–345.00	331.55
5	450–500	463	300.00–315.00	306.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	318	330.00–350.00	340.97
5	350–400	370	300.00–320.00	307.68
6	400–450	423	290.00–310.00	299.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	430.00–450.00	439.45
5	350–400	384	360.00–400.00	384.38
7	400–450	419	340.00–360.00	348.40
4	450–500	468	310.00–325.00	317.38
5	500–550	528	305.00–325.00	317.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	470.00–480.00	475.81
5	350–400	373	420.00–440.00	428.26
5	400–450	420	380.00–410.00	397.57
7	450–500	466	340.00–370.00	357.46
7	500–550	518	335.00–360.00	346.07
6	550–600	558	320.00–340.00	330.13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,559	162.00–190.00	179.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,261	159.00–170.00	164.74
10	—	978	143.00–155.00	148.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,106	134.00–148.00	141.45

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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