Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $347.73/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −91.05 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$347.73

14 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$37.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.15

vs FL average

−24.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	366.60	1,910	7thin
Medium and Large 2	518	328.86	1,703	7thin

One grade step is worth $37.74/cwt here — about $206 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 sale14 hd

347.73

—

FL average4 barns · 132 hd

347.88

−0.15

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−24.19

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−91.05

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	1,499	195.92	2,937	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	163.40	1,955	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	152.58	1,610	14

Every lot, as filed

31 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%	—	1,183	158.79/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,878	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	174.35/cwt	171.00–177.00	2,141	8
Bulls	—	—	1,444	186.98/cwt	177.00–201.00	2,700	7
Bulls	—	—	1,628	216.79/cwt	214.00–220.00	3,529	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	152.58/cwt	144.00–158.00	1,610	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	328.36/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	608.24/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,362	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	360.92/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,729	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	340.84/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	403.96/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	388.24/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,646	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	474.14/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,721	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	390.53/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,484	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	313.34/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,466	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	365.80/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,551	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	569.05/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,497	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	350.29/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	420.34/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,568	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	485.77/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,603	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	449.61/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	342.84/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,282	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	369.77/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,213	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	341.13/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,105	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	328.86/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	321.26/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,385	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	531.00/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	430.36/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,808	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	366.60/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	429.73/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,195	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	403.23/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,319	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	305.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,275	6

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 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 351Last week 597Year ago 435

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 178Year ago 169

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,183	155.00–167.00	158.79
8	—	1,228	171.00–177.00	174.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,055	144.00–158.00	152.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,444	177.00–201.00	186.98
3	—	1,628	214.00–220.00	216.79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	278	420.00–440.00	429.73
9	300–350	327	385.00–425.00	403.23
22	350–400	380	370.00–410.00	390.53
13	400–450	424	350.00–380.00	365.80
9	450–500	461	330.00–350.00	340.84
7	500–550	518	320.00–335.00	328.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	360.00–380.00	369.77
9	350–400	374	330.00–360.00	342.84
7	400–450	431	315.00–330.00	321.26
7	450–500	468	305.00–320.00	313.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	330.00–350.00	341.13
6	400–450	418	300.00–310.00	305.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	224	600.00–620.00	608.24
8	250–300	263	550.00–590.00	569.05
13	300–350	318	520.00–540.00	531.00
12	350–400	363	450.00–500.00	474.14
14	400–450	420	420.00–440.00	430.36
7	450–500	471	390.00–415.00	403.96
7	500–550	521	360.00–375.00	366.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	330	470.00–500.00	485.77
14	350–400	373	410.00–430.00	420.34
9	400–450	424	370.00–410.00	388.24
9	450–500	479	345.00–380.00	360.92
7	500–550	518	320.00–340.00	328.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	440.00–460.00	449.61
6	400–450	428	340.00–360.00	350.29

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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