Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.55/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −125.23 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$313.55

46 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$59.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.14

vs FL average

−64.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	351.35	1,841	9thin
Medium and Large 2	555	311.71	1,730	23
Medium and Large 3	520	292.28	1,520	14thin

One grade step is worth $59.07/cwt here — about $321 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 sale46 hd

313.55

—

FL average3 barns · 99 hd

325.69

−12.14

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−64.50

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−125.23

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	1,392	186.62	2,598	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,160	157.02	1,821	105
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	136.05	1,393	33

Every lot, as filed

34 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%	—	1,268	166.76/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,115	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	136.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,393	33
Bulls	—	—	1,392	186.62/cwt	181.00–204.00	2,598	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	152.75/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,699	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	303.79/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,735	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	365.31/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,344	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	351.35/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	300.37/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,406	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	329.67/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	317.26/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,650	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	310.22/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,778	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	469.29/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,497	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	344.46/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,447	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	519.45/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,657	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	398.47/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,666	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	391.69/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,226	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	348.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,293	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	430.46/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,399	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	314.88/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,319	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	314.03/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,655	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	339.79/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	354.73/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,483	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	292.28/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,520	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	320.76/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,389	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	396.41/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,451	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	349.61/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,129	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	327.75/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,223	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	275.29/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,432	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	538.57/cwt	510.00–570.00	1,416	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	445.29/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,630	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	374.68/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,742	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	411.24/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	319.62/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,048	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	295.15/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,248	14

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 806Last week 568Year ago 706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 313Last week 160Year ago 200

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,268	162.00–175.00	166.76
73	—	1,112	145.00–160.00	152.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,024	130.00–140.00	136.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,392	181.00–204.00	186.62

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	263	400.00–420.00	411.24
15	300–350	313	380.00–400.00	391.69
12	350–400	368	350.00–380.00	365.31
14	400–450	420	330.00–360.00	344.46
14	450–500	460	315.00–345.00	329.67
14	500–550	520	305.00–330.00	317.26
7	550–600	571	295.00–315.00	303.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	340.00–360.00	349.61
14	350–400	373	315.00–340.00	327.75
17	400–450	419	310.00–320.00	314.88
14	450–500	468	290.00–310.00	300.37
12	500–550	520	260.00–290.00	275.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	310.00–330.00	319.62
14	400–450	423	290.00–300.00	295.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	263	510.00–570.00	538.57
17	300–350	319	500.00–540.00	519.45
15	350–400	366	430.00–460.00	445.29
17	400–450	418	380.00–420.00	398.47
10	450–500	465	360.00–390.00	374.68
9	500–550	524	340.00–360.00	351.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	319	450.00–490.00	469.29
15	350–400	366	380.00–410.00	396.41
14	400–450	418	340.00–370.00	354.73
10	450–500	475	330.00–350.00	339.79
9	500–550	527	305.00–325.00	314.03
14	550–600	573	300.00–320.00	310.22
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	420.00–440.00	430.46
9	350–400	371	340.00–360.00	348.62
17	400–450	433	310.00–330.00	320.76
14	500–550	520	285.00–300.00	292.28

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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