Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $341.41/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −97.37 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$341.41

17 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+8.45

vs FL average

−33.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	341.41	1,844	17thin

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 sale17 hd

341.41

—

FL average4 barns · 81 hd

332.96

+8.45

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−33.02

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−97.37

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	—	Average	1,467	174.22	2,556	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	143.61	1,784	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	125.35	1,259	7thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	141.37/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,760	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	152.27/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,874	7
Bulls	—	—	1,467	174.22/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,556	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	125.35/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	297.36/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,546	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	314.36/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,455	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	626.29/cwt	610.00–640.00	1,353	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	394.65/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,456	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	359.64/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,503	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	534.67/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,433	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	349.13/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	464.78/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,478	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	509.39/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,681	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	294.21/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,365	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	332.73/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,907	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	440.40/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,643	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	442.46/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,186	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	338.67/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,446	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	344.48/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,250	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	348.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,293	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	318.79/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,352	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	329.73/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,527	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	376.63/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,555	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	309.50/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,158	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	354.66/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,163	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	362.16/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,677	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	404.71/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,275	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	410.96/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,730	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	390.01/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,455	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	292.01/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,259	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	426.69/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,382	7

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 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 590Last week 316Year ago 753

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 123Year ago 251

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,245	135.00–148.00	141.37
7	—	1,231	150.00–154.00	152.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,004	121.00–132.00	125.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,467	168.00–180.00	174.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	268	420.00–460.00	442.46
23	300–350	315	380.00–430.00	404.71
11	350–400	373	370.00–415.00	390.01
12	400–450	418	340.00–380.00	359.64
9	450–500	463	310.00–320.00	314.36
8	500–550	520	290.00–305.00	297.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	340.00–370.00	354.66
16	350–400	363	330.00–360.00	344.48
7	400–450	424	310.00–325.00	318.79
7	450–500	464	290.00–300.00	294.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	300.00–320.00	309.50
9	400–450	431	275.00–305.00	292.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	216	610.00–640.00	626.29
8	250–300	268	530.00–540.00	534.67
20	300–350	330	490.00–530.00	509.39
14	350–400	373	420.00–460.00	440.40
9	400–450	421	400.00–425.00	410.96
14	450–500	463	350.00–375.00	362.16
9	500–550	511	340.00–360.00	349.13
8	550–600	573	315.00–350.00	332.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	318	450.00–480.00	464.78
7	350–400	369	380.00–415.00	394.65
11	400–450	413	360.00–390.00	376.63
12	450–500	463	320.00–340.00	329.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	410.00–440.00	426.69
9	350–400	371	340.00–360.00	348.62
9	400–450	427	325.00–350.00	338.67

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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