Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.42/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −102.36 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$336.42

11 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$41.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.49

vs FL average

−20.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	351.66	1,825	7thin
Medium and Large 2	528	309.76	1,636	4thin

One grade step is worth $41.90/cwt here — about $190 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 sale11 hd

336.42

—

FL average3 barns · 39 hd

324.93

+11.49

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−20.74

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−102.36

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	147.44	1,798	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	132.36	1,362	10

Every lot, as filed

20 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	340.54/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	403.31/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,307	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	393.26/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,431	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	416.04/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,556	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	541.58/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	380.26/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	466.88/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,699	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	351.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	383.16/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	309.76/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	436.45/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	494.06/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	306.19/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	353.02/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,493	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	304	348.73/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	268.93/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,396	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	350.16/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,656	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	155.40/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,919	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	132.36/cwt	126.00–141.00	1,362	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	144.03/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,747	14

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 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 477Last week 504Year ago 534

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 177Year ago 287

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

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	390.00–420.00	403.31
7	350–400	364	370.00–410.00	393.26
10	400–450	423	335.00–370.00	353.02
6	450–500	463	320.00–360.00	340.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	304	340.00–360.00	348.73
5	450–500	470	300.00–315.00	306.19
5	500–550	519	265.00–275.00	268.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	405.00–430.00	416.04
9	400–450	416	370.00–400.00	383.16
4	450–500	473	340.00–360.00	350.16
4	500–550	528	300.00–320.00	309.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	259	530.00–560.00	541.58
6	300–350	320	480.00–510.00	494.06
11	350–400	364	450.00–480.00	466.88
7	400–450	422	420.00–460.00	436.45
5	450–500	463	370.00–395.00	380.26
7	500–550	519	340.00–360.00	351.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,235	152.00–157.00	155.40
14	—	1,213	140.00–148.00	144.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,029	126.00–141.00	132.36

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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