Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-14

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 $345.99/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −92.79 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$345.99

64 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$26.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.62

vs FL average

−26.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	354.31	1,927	44
Medium and Large 2	523	327.68	1,714	20

One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $214 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 sale64 hd

345.99

—

FL average4 barns · 218 hd

343.36

+2.62

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

−26.44

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−92.79

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	1,518	194.82	2,957	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	176.09	2,153	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	946	136.35	1,290	61

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,357	190.09/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,580	9
Bulls	—	—	1,724	200.90/cwt	200.00–206.00	3,464	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	140.37/cwt	138.00–155.00	1,303	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	129.70/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,267	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	169.13/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,847	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	180.48/cwt	176.00–186.00	2,355	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	470.81/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,309	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	440.24/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,404	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	467.28/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,752	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	430.13/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,785	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	339.62/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,756	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	322.40/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,799	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	389.22/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,257	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	327.68/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,714	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	387.79/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,648	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	417.29/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,523	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	559.47/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,583	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	360.58/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,875	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	329.82/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,379	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	315.12/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,648	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	353.56/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,347	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	314.63/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,482	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	607.27/cwt	570.00–650.00	1,336	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	534.88/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,647	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	444.42/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,435	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	392.75/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	358.44/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,527	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	337.66/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,570	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	367.97/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,704	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	489.22/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,580	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	340.46/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,117	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	292.62/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,384	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	389.59/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,414	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	332.70/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,046	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	414.53/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,944	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	348.04/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,977	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	344.44/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,598	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	364.57/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,509	19

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 Jul 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 864Last week 926Year ago 774

Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 261Year ago 316

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
9	—	1,357	180.00–195.00	190.09
7	—	1,724	200.00–206.00	200.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	928	138.00–155.00	140.37
23	—	977	127.00–135.00	129.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,092	168.00–171.00	169.13
27	—	1,305	176.00–186.00	180.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	278	440.00–500.00	470.81
17	300–350	319	420.00–460.00	440.24
14	350–400	363	370.00–410.00	389.59
19	400–450	414	350.00–380.00	364.57
17	450–500	464	330.00–360.00	344.44
19	500–550	517	330.00–350.00	339.62
10	550–600	558	315.00–330.00	322.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	370.00–410.00	389.22
17	350–400	381	340.00–365.00	353.56
10	400–450	418	320.00–340.00	329.82
19	450–500	471	310.00–320.00	314.63
12	500–550	523	310.00–320.00	315.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	320.00–360.00	340.46
14	450–500	473	285.00–300.00	292.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	220	570.00–650.00	607.27
20	250–300	283	540.00–580.00	559.47
16	300–350	308	520.00–550.00	534.88
27	350–400	375	450.00–500.00	467.28
27	400–450	415	420.00–440.00	430.13
19	450–500	469	400.00–430.00	414.53
22	500–550	520	340.00–380.00	360.58
22	550–600	568	330.00–365.00	348.04
16	600–650	615	320.00–345.00	332.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	470.00–510.00	489.22
16	350–400	365	410.00–425.00	417.29
22	400–450	425	375.00–400.00	387.79
16	450–500	463	350.00–385.00	367.97
20	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.68
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	430.00–460.00	444.42
10	350–400	378	385.00–400.00	392.75
11	400–450	426	350.00–365.00	358.44
14	450–500	465	330.00–345.00	337.66

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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