Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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 $328.21/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −110.57 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$328.21

33 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$44.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.06

vs FL average

−35.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	345.61	1,813	20
Medium and Large 2	545	301.43	1,643	13thin

One grade step is worth $44.18/cwt here — about $169 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 sale33 hd

328.21

—

FL average3 barns · 60 hd

329.26

−1.06

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−35.77

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−110.57

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	1,415	156.47	2,214	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,126	148.30	1,670	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	132.20	1,401	15

Every lot, as filed

31 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	470	310.81/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,461	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	348.87/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,130	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	529.52/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	355.47/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,294	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	282.20/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,013	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	273.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	436.56/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	453.97/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,657	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	317.84/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	479.08/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	328.38/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,389	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	378.60/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	327.17/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	308.95/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	315.31/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,145	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	272.34/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	351.76/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,801	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	353.84/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,610	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	292.66/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	495.78/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,586	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	379.69/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,215	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	329.29/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,360	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	392.92/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	304.15/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	312.30/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	269.85/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,384	6
Bulls	—	—	1,434	163.28/cwt	156.00–176.00	2,341	7
Bulls	—	—	1,393	148.52/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,069	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	157.67/cwt	152.00–164.00	1,870	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	132.20/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,401	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	143.95/cwt	134.00–151.00	1,581	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 Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 477Year ago 561

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 127Year ago 289

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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
16	300–350	320	370.00–390.00	379.69
17	350–400	364	340.00–370.00	355.47
19	400–450	413	320.00–340.00	329.29
5	450–500	470	305.00–320.00	310.81
5	550–600	578	270.00–280.00	273.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	340.00–360.00	348.87
6	350–400	363	300.00–330.00	315.31
5	400–450	410	300.00–310.00	304.15
6	500–550	513	260.00–280.00	269.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	300.00–320.00	312.30
5	350–400	359	270.00–290.00	282.20
5	400–450	423	260.00–290.00	272.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	263	520.00–540.00	529.52
10	300–350	320	470.00–520.00	495.78
18	350–400	365	430.00–480.00	453.97
7	400–450	419	420.00–460.00	436.56
15	450–500	455	340.00–370.00	353.84
15	500–550	512	335.00–370.00	351.76
5	550–600	562	315.00–335.00	327.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	460.00–500.00	479.08
9	350–400	361	380.00–410.00	392.92
9	400–450	421	360.00–400.00	378.60
5	450–500	464	310.00–330.00	317.84
7	500–550	517	300.00–320.00	308.95
6	550–600	578	285.00–300.00	292.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	423	315.00–345.00	328.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,434	156.00–176.00	163.28
6	—	1,393	145.00–152.00	148.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,186	152.00–164.00	157.67
28	—	1,098	134.00–151.00	143.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,060	128.00–140.00	132.20

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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