Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $334.12/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −104.66 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$334.12

19 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$27.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.71

vs FL average

−50.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	341.29	1,778	14thin
Medium and Large 2	538	314.03	1,689	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.26/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

334.12

—

FL average4 barns · 71 hd

332.41

+1.71

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−50.48

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−104.66

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	1,657	182.50	3,023	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	145.52	1,808	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	128.67	1,333	22

Every lot, as filed

27 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 2	400–450	423	315.41/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,334	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	140.91/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,646	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	149.55/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,955	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	128.67/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,333	22
Bulls	—	—	1,663	173.79/cwt	167.00–182.00	2,890	4
Bulls	—	—	1,650	191.20/cwt	188.00–195.00	3,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	349.64/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,451	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	341.29/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,778	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	354.38/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,499	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	331.01/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,245	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	302.80/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	367.80/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,357	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	383.47/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	302.83/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	364.40/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,367	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	432.82/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,130	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	340.85/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,067	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	326.52/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,535	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	314.03/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	337.70/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	335.02/cwt	320.00–390.00	1,099	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	370.37/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,733	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	413.00/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,549	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	500.78/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,618	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	407.02/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	531.09/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,460	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	451.30/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,444	18

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 568Last week 779Year ago 417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 106Year ago 125

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	365.00–400.00	383.47
9	300–350	313	330.00–360.00	340.85
16	350–400	376	315.00–340.00	331.01
4	400–450	423	305.00–325.00	315.41
8	450–500	473	290.00–315.00	302.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	261	405.00–440.00	432.82
13	300–350	328	320.00–390.00	335.02
14	350–400	375	350.00–380.00	364.40
4	400–450	415	335.00–365.00	349.64
8	450–500	468	325.00–350.00	337.70
4	500–550	523	290.00–315.00	302.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	510.00–550.00	531.09
8	300–350	323	480.00–520.00	500.78
10	350–400	375	400.00–425.00	413.00
9	400–450	416	390.00–420.00	407.02
8	450–500	468	360.00–380.00	370.37
14	500–550	521	335.00–350.00	341.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	320	440.00–475.00	451.30
10	350–400	369	360.00–380.00	367.80
16	400–450	423	340.00–370.00	354.38
9	450–500	470	320.00–340.00	326.52
5	500–550	538	305.00–320.00	314.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,168	136.00–145.00	140.91
16	—	1,307	147.00–155.00	149.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,036	125.00–135.00	128.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	167.00–182.00	173.79
4	—	1,650	188.00–195.00	191.20

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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