Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower, with instances on plainer cattle 20.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.43/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −113.35 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$325.43

18 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.24

vs FL average

−28.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	325.43	1,692	18thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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

325.43

—

FL average4 barns · 76 hd

335.67

−10.24

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−28.87

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−113.35

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	1,518	155.09	2,354	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	135.50	1,594	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	123.07	1,377	29

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	317.38/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,501	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	389.14/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,405	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	356.62/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,491	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	348.77/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,276	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	326.80/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,402	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	307.26/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,444	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	445.23/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,425	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	368.05/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,181	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	328.80/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	325.43/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,692	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	409.11/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,354	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	499.68/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,384	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	300.88/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,291	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	311.37/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,186	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	318.95/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,040	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	285.13/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,334	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	399.73/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,459	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	360.21/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,322	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	343.40/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,590	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	340.21/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,218	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	296.15/cwt	290.00–305.00	974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	255.19/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,340	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	371.08/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,592	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	280.62/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,456	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	314.70/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	286.38/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	290.85/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,216	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	350.20/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,128	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	308.49/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,453	9
Bulls	—	—	1,518	155.09/cwt	146.00–166.00	2,354	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	132.58/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,535	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	145.30/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,800	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	123.07/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,377	29

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 Apr 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 917Last week 478Year ago 775

Slaughter CattleReceipts 290Last week 159Year ago 287

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower, with instances on plainer cattle 20.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	361	380.00–400.00	389.14
19	400–450	418	345.00–370.00	356.62
16	450–500	473	310.00–325.00	317.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	340.00–360.00	348.77
7	400–450	429	310.00–340.00	326.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	340.00–360.00	350.20
16	350–400	358	330.00–350.00	340.21
12	400–450	423	305.00–325.00	314.70
18	450–500	470	300.00–315.00	307.26
11	500–550	519	270.00–290.00	280.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	326	310.00–330.00	318.95
9	350–400	381	300.00–320.00	311.37
15	400–450	418	280.00–300.00	290.85
8	450–500	468	280.00–290.00	285.13
18	500–550	525	245.00–265.00	255.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	290.00–305.00	296.15
7	350–400	358	280.00–295.00	286.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	277	490.00–510.00	499.68
22	300–350	320	430.00–460.00	445.23
12	350–400	365	380.00–420.00	399.73
13	400–450	429	350.00–390.00	371.08
11	450–500	463	330.00–360.00	343.40
18	500–550	520	310.00–340.00	325.43
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	350.00–390.00	368.05
9	400–450	429	290.00–310.00	300.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	331	400.00–420.00	409.11
7	350–400	367	350.00–375.00	360.21
7	400–450	424	320.00–340.00	328.80
9	450–500	471	300.00–315.00	308.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,518	146.00–166.00	155.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,158	126.00–139.00	132.58
17	—	1,239	143.00–148.00	145.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,119	118.00–128.00	123.07

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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