Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.43/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −79.35 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$359.43

27 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$24.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.09

vs FL average

−21.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	365.82	1,967	20
Medium and Large 2	521	341.19	1,778	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.63/cwt here — about $189 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 sale27 hd

359.43

—

FL average4 barns · 114 hd

337.35

+22.09

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−21.58

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−79.35

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	1,530	186.48	2,853	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	158.59	2,022	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	140.17	1,511	17

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,530	186.48/cwt	183.00–189.00	2,853	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	154.68/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,964	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	168.53/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,171	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	140.17/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,511	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	323.87/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	360.48/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,496	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	369.54/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,933	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	531.42/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,706	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	358.91/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	440.84/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	316.53/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,475	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	497.02/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,581	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	386.50/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,646	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	405.30/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,532	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	341.19/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,778	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	375.66/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,198	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	436.88/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,197	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	325.83/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,355	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	343.73/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	444.43/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,458	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	370.96/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,354	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	339.82/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,420	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	343.65/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	415.69/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,347	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	390.80/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,462	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	589.25/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	384.08/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,821	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	358.08/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,328	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	459.19/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,699	12

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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 597Last week 744Year ago 950

Slaughter CattleReceipts 178Last week 248Year ago 268

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	183.00–189.00	186.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,270	150.00–159.00	154.68
13	—	1,288	164.00–174.00	168.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,078	135.00–145.00	140.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	420.00–460.00	436.88
13	300–350	324	400.00–430.00	415.69
15	350–400	374	370.00–410.00	390.80
8	400–450	415	340.00–380.00	360.48
9	450–500	464	330.00–360.00	343.65
7	500–550	515	310.00–335.00	323.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	360.00–390.00	375.66
9	350–400	371	350.00–365.00	358.08
7	400–450	416	320.00–330.00	325.83
7	450–500	466	305.00–325.00	316.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	570.00–610.00	589.25
9	300–350	321	520.00–540.00	531.42
12	350–400	370	440.00–480.00	459.19
8	400–450	418	420.00–460.00	440.84
9	450–500	474	365.00–400.00	384.08
13	500–550	523	365.00–375.00	369.54
7	550–600	565	345.00–370.00	358.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	480.00–510.00	497.02
16	350–400	378	390.00–420.00	405.30
13	400–450	426	370.00–400.00	386.50
7	450–500	461	335.00–350.00	343.73
7	500–550	521	330.00–350.00	341.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	430.00–460.00	444.43
7	350–400	365	360.00–380.00	370.96
6	400–450	418	330.00–350.00	339.82

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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