Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.12/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −114.66 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$324.12

30 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$55.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.44

vs FL average

−54.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	349.57	1,818	10thin
Medium and Large 2	521	325.55	1,696	11thin
Medium and Large 3	524	294.08	1,541	9thin

One grade step is worth $55.49/cwt here — about $277 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 sale30 hd

324.12

—

FL average3 barns · 74 hd

327.55

−3.44

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−54.67

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−114.66

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	1,598	181.74	2,905	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	145.87	1,801	48

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	—	—	1,527	172.92/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,640	3
Bulls	—	—	1,705	194.97/cwt	194.00–196.00	3,324	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	145.87/cwt	137.00–155.00	1,801	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	298.12/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,544	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	419.44/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,132	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	389.62/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,255	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	553.36/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,483	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	349.57/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	425.54/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,787	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	319.48/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,514	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	360.05/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,321	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	327.67/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,383	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	325.55/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	324.68/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,542	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	375.99/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,624	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	465.42/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,508	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	394.93/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,457	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	274.37/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,421	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	305.05/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,434	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	355.34/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,166	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	309.85/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,311	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	329.59/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,219	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	305.26/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,160	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	321.07/cwt	310.00–330.00	995	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	290.43/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,231	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	329.11/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,376	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	298.13/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,374	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	499.32/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	359.85/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,680	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	449.33/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,676	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	294.08/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	346.06/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,274	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	283.57/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,338	9

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 May 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 779Last week 590Year ago 572

Slaughter CattleReceipts 106Last week 104Year ago 223

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,527	168.00–175.00	172.92
2	—	1,705	194.00–196.00	194.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,235	137.00–155.00	145.87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	270	410.00–430.00	419.44
13	300–350	322	380.00–400.00	389.62
19	350–400	367	350.00–370.00	360.05
19	400–450	422	320.00–335.00	327.67
15	450–500	474	315.00–325.00	319.48
9	500–550	518	290.00–305.00	298.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	340.00–370.00	355.34
20	350–400	370	320.00–340.00	329.59
16	400–450	423	305.00–315.00	309.85
10	450–500	470	300.00–310.00	305.05
9	500–550	518	270.00–280.00	274.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	310	310.00–330.00	321.07
10	350–400	380	295.00–315.00	305.26
15	400–450	424	280.00–300.00	290.43
9	450–500	472	275.00–290.00	283.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	530.00–580.00	553.36
19	300–350	320	490.00–510.00	499.32
22	350–400	373	430.00–470.00	449.33
14	400–450	420	410.00–440.00	425.54
19	450–500	467	350.00–370.00	359.85
10	500–550	520	335.00–365.00	349.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	324	450.00–480.00	465.42
17	350–400	369	380.00–410.00	394.93
15	400–450	432	355.00–395.00	375.99
14	450–500	475	310.00–340.00	324.68
11	500–550	521	320.00–330.00	325.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	368	330.00–360.00	346.06
9	400–450	418	315.00–340.00	329.11
9	450–500	461	290.00–305.00	298.13
9	500–550	524	285.00–305.00	294.08

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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