Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.23/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −97.55 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$341.23

33 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,808

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$30.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.96

vs FL average

−37.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	350.52	1,875	23
Medium and Large 2	518	319.86	1,657	10thin

One grade step is worth $30.66/cwt here — about $218 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 sale33 hd

341.23

—

FL average4 barns · 92 hd

350.19

−8.96

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−37.35

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−97.55

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	1,461	184.56	2,696	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,131	157.52	1,782	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	140.41	1,436	34

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,461	184.56/cwt	178.00–192.00	2,696	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	151.50/cwt	146.00–161.00	1,723	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	167.81/cwt	164.00–177.00	1,881	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	140.41/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,436	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	316.41/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	424.42/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,103	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	359.32/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,861	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	381.76/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	519.80/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,674	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	459.89/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,711	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	425.44/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,825	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	336.83/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,890	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	556.13/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,546	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.47/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,617	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	339.60/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,569	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	475.47/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,522	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	290.29/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,510	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	354.69/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,160	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	319.86/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,657	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	399.33/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,490	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	337.74/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,263	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	324.68/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,347	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	307.34/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,444	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	345.43/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,264	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	398.50/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,235	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	364.52/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,363	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	337.30/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,612	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	352.27/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,455	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	424.54/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,380	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	332.05/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,395	10

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 Jun 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 744Last week 806Year ago 855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 248Last week 313Year ago 214

No trends offered due to market closure last Monday in observance of Memorial Day.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,461	178.00–192.00	184.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,137	146.00–161.00	151.50
31	—	1,121	164.00–177.00	167.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,023	135.00–146.00	140.41

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	260	410.00–440.00	424.42
17	300–350	310	380.00–420.00	398.50
17	350–400	374	350.00–380.00	364.52
22	400–450	413	340.00–365.00	352.27
20	450–500	478	330.00–345.00	337.30
9	500–550	521	305.00–330.00	316.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	327	340.00–370.00	354.69
17	350–400	374	330.00–345.00	337.74
19	400–450	415	320.00–330.00	324.68
14	450–500	470	300.00–315.00	307.34
14	500–550	520	280.00–300.00	290.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	278	530.00–580.00	556.13
17	300–350	322	510.00–530.00	519.80
19	350–400	372	440.00–480.00	459.89
19	400–450	429	410.00–440.00	425.44
15	450–500	466	360.00–400.00	381.76
14	500–550	518	340.00–380.00	359.32
9	550–600	561	330.00–345.00	336.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	320	460.00–490.00	475.47
14	350–400	373	380.00–420.00	399.33
18	400–450	425	360.00–400.00	380.47
15	450–500	462	330.00–350.00	339.60
10	500–550	518	310.00–330.00	319.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	325	410.00–440.00	424.54
11	350–400	366	330.00–365.00	345.43
10	400–450	420	320.00–345.00	332.05

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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