Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.61/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −92.17 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$346.61

78 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$30.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.97

vs FL average

−29.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	360.15	1,944	43
Medium and Large 2	543	329.97	1,791	35

One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $153 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 sale78 hd

346.61

—

FL average4 barns · 232 hd

347.58

−0.97

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

−29.13

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−92.17

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	1,371	177.19	2,429	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	163.55	1,957	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	147.17	1,401	60

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	320.41/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,692	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	409.19/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,514	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	449.76/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,884	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	454.03/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,467	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	335.17/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,750	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	365.56/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,714	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	395.96/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	499.55/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,664	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	329.81/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,227	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	360.82/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,147	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	360.41/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,525	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	458.95/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,496	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	349.43/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,939	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	428.62/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,963	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	335.27/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,569	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	326.90/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,873	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	396.46/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,281	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	332.28/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,728	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	626.39/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,691	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	330.11/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	433.99/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,654	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	380.85/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,790	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	364.59/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,331	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	339.76/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,090	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	378.00/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,603	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	555.16/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,799	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	636.02/cwt	610.00–670.00	1,437	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	370.38/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,944	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	483.81/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,780	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	519.25/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,376	14
Bulls	—	—	1,448	185.91/cwt	180.00–200.00	2,692	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	147.17/cwt	142.00–154.00	1,401	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	178.28/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,414	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	159.49/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,839	98
Bulls	—	—	1,268	165.56/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,099	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 Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 909Last week 864Year ago 784

Slaughter CattleReceipts 354Last week 244Year ago 138

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	323	380.00–410.00	396.46
16	350–400	365	350.00–380.00	364.59
14	450–500	468	325.00–345.00	335.27
17	500–550	528	315.00–325.00	320.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	265	500.00–540.00	519.25
20	300–350	323	430.00–480.00	454.03
20	350–400	370	390.00–430.00	409.19
17	400–450	424	360.00–400.00	378.00
17	450–500	469	350.00–380.00	365.56
17	500–550	522	330.00–340.00	335.17
14	550–600	563	325.00–335.00	330.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	318	350.00–370.00	360.82
19	350–400	372	320.00–340.00	329.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	226	610.00–670.00	636.02
16	250–300	270	600.00–650.00	626.39
19	300–350	324	530.00–580.00	555.16
20	350–400	368	460.00–510.00	483.81
21	400–450	419	430.00–470.00	449.76
19	450–500	458	410.00–450.00	428.62
22	500–550	525	350.00–390.00	370.38
21	550–600	555	340.00–360.00	349.43
14	600–650	615	330.00–350.00	339.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	333	480.00–520.00	499.55
17	350–400	381	415.00–450.00	433.99
18	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	395.96
22	450–500	470	360.00–400.00	380.85
20	500–550	520	325.00–340.00	332.28
15	550–600	573	320.00–335.00	326.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	326	450.00–470.00	458.95
14	400–450	423	350.00–370.00	360.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,448	180.00–200.00	185.91
6	—	1,268	160.00–172.00	165.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	952	142.00–154.00	147.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,354	175.00–181.00	178.28
98	—	1,153	150.00–170.00	159.49

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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