Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.41/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −95.37 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$343.41

15 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$28.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.28

vs FL average

−30.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	358.86	1,859	7thin
Medium and Large 2	515	329.90	1,699	8thin

One grade step is worth $28.96/cwt here — about $160 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 sale15 hd

343.41

—

FL average3 barns · 48 hd

334.13

+9.28

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−30.61

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−95.37

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	—	High	1,468	155.03	2,276	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,364	140.98	1,923	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	128.82	1,425	8thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	300–350	318	380.24/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	337.06/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,433	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	309.13/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	319.80/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	349.66/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,287	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	288.83/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,236	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	474.95/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	440.53/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	333.73/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,555	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	460.78/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,488	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	414.65/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	329.90/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,699	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	391.28/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	344.06/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	358.86/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,859	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	319.58/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,473	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	380.30/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,609	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	285.41/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	295.41/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	256.49/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,344	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	348.52/cwt	330.00–360.00	965	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	291.25/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	364.76/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,707	8
Bulls	—	—	1,675	180.39/cwt	175.00–186.00	3,022	2
Bulls	—	—	1,462	142.65/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,086	7
Bulls	—	—	1,375	164.02/cwt	156.00–169.00	2,255	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	139.85/cwt	134.00–149.00	1,915	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	151.11/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,995	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	128.82/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,425	8

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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 316Last week 626Year ago 657

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 176Year ago 255

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	370.00–390.00	380.24
6	350–400	368	340.00–360.00	349.66
6	400–450	425	325.00–350.00	337.06
9	450–500	461	315.00–325.00	319.58
5	500–550	514	285.00–300.00	291.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	277	330.00–360.00	348.52
6	350–400	378	310.00–330.00	319.80
5	400–450	414	300.00–315.00	309.13
6	450–500	463	280.00–310.00	295.41
9	500–550	524	250.00–265.00	256.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	275.00–300.00	285.41
5	400–450	428	285.00–295.00	288.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	273	460.00–500.00	474.95
12	300–350	323	440.00–480.00	460.78
9	350–400	366	370.00–410.00	391.28
6	400–450	423	370.00–390.00	380.30
7	450–500	466	325.00–340.00	333.73
8	500–550	515	320.00–340.00	329.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	420.00–460.00	440.53
10	400–450	430	400.00–430.00	414.65
8	450–500	468	350.00–380.00	364.76
7	500–550	518	350.00–370.00	358.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	340.00–350.00	344.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	175.00–186.00	180.39
7	—	1,462	138.00–148.00	142.65
4	—	1,375	156.00–169.00	164.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,369	134.00–149.00	139.85
4	—	1,320	150.00–155.00	151.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,106	123.00–132.00	128.82

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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