Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.30/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −111.48 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$327.30

19 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$26.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.12

vs FL average

−37.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	339.81	1,784	10thin
Medium and Large 2	516	313.41	1,617	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.40/cwt here — about $167 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 sale19 hd

327.30

—

FL average4 barns · 102 hd

316.19

+11.12

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−37.46

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−111.48

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	1,777	181.37	3,223	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	139.33	1,702	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,037	128.48	1,332	15

Every lot, as filed

30 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	500–550	521	328.99/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,714	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	365.26/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,582	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	344.58/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,589	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	408.93/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,120	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	347.93/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	319.23/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	332.74/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,238	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	320.85/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,511	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	313.41/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,617	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	445.81/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,440	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	359.70/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,522	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	394.43/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,294	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	380.65/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,397	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	378.58/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,215	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	480.56/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,519	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	353.65/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	339.81/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,784	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	435.59/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,586	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	389.58/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,628	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	286.47/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,344	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	263.19/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,358	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	300.29/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,237	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	349.52/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,286	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	309.78/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,440	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	322.37/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,348	16
Bulls	—	—	1,769	175.40/cwt	167.00–180.00	3,103	5
Bulls	—	—	1,790	191.33/cwt	190.00–194.00	3,425	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	136.82/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,651	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	153.80/cwt	148.00–160.00	2,007	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	128.48/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,332	15

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 626Last week 917Year ago 484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 176Last week 290Year ago 198

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	433	350.00–380.00	365.26
9	450–500	461	340.00–350.00	344.58
7	500–550	521	315.00–340.00	328.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	400.00–420.00	408.93
9	300–350	321	370.00–390.00	378.58
10	350–400	368	340.00–360.00	349.52
16	400–450	418	315.00–330.00	322.37
10	450–500	465	300.00–320.00	309.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	330.00–360.00	347.93
9	350–400	361	310.00–330.00	319.23
17	400–450	412	290.00–310.00	300.29
9	450–500	469	280.00–295.00	286.47
9	500–550	516	250.00–280.00	263.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	328	380.00–410.00	394.43
9	350–400	372	320.00–350.00	332.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	430.00–460.00	445.81
15	350–400	367	360.00–400.00	380.65
12	400–450	423	350.00–370.00	359.70
9	450–500	471	310.00–335.00	320.85
9	500–550	516	305.00–320.00	313.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	470.00–490.00	480.56
15	350–400	364	420.00–450.00	435.59
20	400–450	418	380.00–400.00	389.58
9	450–500	464	340.00–370.00	353.65
10	500–550	525	330.00–350.00	339.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,769	167.00–180.00	175.40
3	—	1,790	190.00–194.00	191.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,207	132.00–142.00	136.82
9	—	1,305	148.00–160.00	153.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,037	125.00–132.00	128.48

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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