Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.80/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −107.99 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$330.80

10 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$33.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.68

vs FL average

−38.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	347.73	1,836	5thin
Medium and Large 2	528	313.86	1,657	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.87/cwt here — about $179 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 sale10 hd

330.80

—

FL average4 barns · 72 hd

327.11

+3.68

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−38.21

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−107.99

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	1,533	169.89	2,604	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	140.11	1,844	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	126.50	1,294	10

Every lot, as filed

28 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	250–300	263	430.48/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	342.25/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	304.05/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	325.20/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,229	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	309.12/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,311	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	328.80/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,552	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	474.15/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,745	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	347.73/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	438.77/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,847	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	517.99/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,647	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	450.24/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,432	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	367.45/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,338	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	336.63/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	313.86/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	480.31/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	410.80/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	426.38/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	288.70/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,210	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	298.27/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,098	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	390.43/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	529.35/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,419	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	395.27/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	401.20/cwt	370.00–440.00	1,480	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	362.27/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,188	11
Bulls	—	—	1,533	169.89/cwt	160.00–179.00	2,604	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	138.59/cwt	132.00–146.00	1,834	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	154.15/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,935	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	126.50/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,294	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 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 478Last week 403Year ago 280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 159Last week 135Year ago 165

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	263	420.00–440.00	430.48
12	300–350	318	400.00–450.00	426.38
13	350–400	369	370.00–440.00	401.20
7	400–450	425	330.00–360.00	342.25
7	450–500	472	320.00–335.00	328.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	340.00–380.00	362.27
6	350–400	378	315.00–335.00	325.20
9	400–450	424	300.00–320.00	309.12
5	450–500	479	300.00–310.00	304.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	290.00–305.00	298.27
5	400–450	419	280.00–295.00	288.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	268	520.00–540.00	529.35
13	300–350	318	500.00–540.00	517.99
14	350–400	368	450.00–500.00	474.15
11	400–450	421	420.00–460.00	438.77
6	450–500	470	370.00–410.00	390.43
5	500–550	528	340.00–360.00	347.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	440.00–460.00	450.24
7	350–400	364	350.00–380.00	367.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	470.00–490.00	480.31
6	350–400	375	390.00–430.00	410.80
6	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	395.27
7	450–500	479	320.00–360.00	336.63
5	500–550	528	310.00–320.00	313.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,533	160.00–179.00	169.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,323	132.00–146.00	138.59
4	—	1,255	152.00–156.00	154.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,023	122.00–130.00	126.50

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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