Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.56/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −83.49 against this barn's trailing median of $405.05.

Average price

$321.56

30 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.45

vs FL average

−14.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	325.46	1,770	23
Medium and Large 2	529	308.74	1,633	7thin

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $137 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

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.78, low $373.13, median $405.05 across 18 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 sale30 hd

321.56

—

FL average4 barns · 142 hd

326.00

−4.45

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−14.35

This barn, trailing median18 sales

405.05

−83.49

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	—	Low	1,619	182.58	2,955	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	162.27	2,029	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	148.13	1,669	26

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,533	166.83/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,558	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	157.89/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,945	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	174.46/cwt	169.00–182.00	2,270	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	148.13/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,669	26
Bulls	—	—	1,683	194.39/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	318.61/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	398.52/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,857	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	576.15/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,533	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	531.50/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,695	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	357.20/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,886	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	329.86/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,758	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	347.17/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,302	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	422.07/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,566	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	486.35/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,547	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	355.40/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,681	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	607.78/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,313	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	349.87/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,952	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	399.65/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,711	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	308.74/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,633	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	309.74/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,465	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	323.53/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,534	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	434.55/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,795	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	413.50/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,269	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	347.21/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,121	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	443.21/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,401	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	375.50/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,401	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	306.89/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,292	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	327.72/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,386	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	383.03/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,222	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	388.29/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,441	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	340.16/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,592	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	359.42/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,538	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	473.99/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,754	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	454.48/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,200	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	359.27/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,534	11

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 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 719Last week 351Year ago 865

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 113Year ago 230

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	162.00–170.00	166.83
4	—	1,683	193.00–198.00	194.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,232	150.00–164.00	157.89
14	—	1,301	169.00–182.00	174.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,127	145.00–151.00	148.13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	264	440.00–470.00	454.48
97	300–350	307	410.00–450.00	413.50
17	350–400	371	370.00–410.00	388.29
22	400–450	428	340.00–380.00	359.42
18	450–500	468	330.00–350.00	340.16
14	500–550	533	320.00–340.00	329.86
9	550–600	561	305.00–330.00	318.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	319	365.00–400.00	383.03
10	350–400	375	335.00–360.00	347.17
10	400–450	423	320.00–335.00	327.72
10	450–500	473	300.00–320.00	309.74
7	500–550	529	300.00–315.00	308.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	340.00–355.00	347.21
9	400–450	421	300.00–315.00	306.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	216	600.00–620.00	607.78
9	250–300	266	550.00–600.00	576.15
9	300–350	319	520.00–540.00	531.50
18	350–400	370	450.00–500.00	473.99
22	400–450	413	420.00–450.00	434.55
19	450–500	466	380.00–420.00	398.52
16	500–550	528	345.00–370.00	357.20
12	550–600	558	340.00–360.00	349.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	318	470.00–500.00	486.35
13	350–400	371	400.00–440.00	422.07
18	400–450	428	380.00–420.00	399.65
20	450–500	473	340.00–370.00	355.40
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	430.00–460.00	443.21
10	350–400	373	360.00–390.00	375.50
11	400–450	427	350.00–370.00	359.27
9	450–500	474	315.00–330.00	323.53

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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