Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.13/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −79.65 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$359.13

55 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,957

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$25.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.99

vs FL average

−22.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	365.71	2,026	41
Medium and Large 2	518	339.86	1,760	14thin

One grade step is worth $25.85/cwt here — about $265 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 sale55 hd

359.13

—

FL average4 barns · 196 hd

351.14

+7.99

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−22.55

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−79.65

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	1,584	183.33	2,904	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	166.97	2,057	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	140.91	1,411	46

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,584	183.33/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,904	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	145.37/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,512	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	132.54/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,231	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	162.48/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,922	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	178.96/cwt	173.00–185.00	2,437	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	539.27/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,483	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	386.79/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,431	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	360.74/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,053	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	469.61/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	455.89/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,915	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	394.20/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,671	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	425.32/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,999	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	349.04/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,812	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	397.90/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	404.39/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,496	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	339.86/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,760	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	375.29/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,970	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	368.14/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,741	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	520.34/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,889	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	415.83/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,322	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	329.74/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,560	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	504.17/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,603	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	315.29/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	355.53/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,511	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	381.76/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	361.29/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,510	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	464.29/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,518	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	335.76/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,941	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	614.17/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,658	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	560.62/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,822	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	439.19/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,665	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	462.75/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,731	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 Jul 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 678Last week 909Year ago 1,024

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 354Year ago 167

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 6.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,584	179.00–188.00	183.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,040	140.00–151.00	145.37
16	—	929	127.00–138.00	132.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,183	153.00–169.00	162.48
15	—	1,362	173.00–185.00	178.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	275	520.00–560.00	539.27
15	300–350	327	440.00–490.00	464.29
15	350–400	379	420.00–460.00	439.19
13	400–450	424	380.00–410.00	394.20
15	450–500	473	350.00–390.00	368.14
13	500–550	519	330.00–370.00	349.04
14	550–600	578	325.00–347.00	335.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	318	400.00–430.00	415.83
10	350–400	370	370.00–405.00	386.79
10	400–450	425	340.00–370.00	355.53
12	450–500	473	320.00–340.00	329.74
10	500–550	520	305.00–325.00	315.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	270	600.00–630.00	614.17
14	300–350	325	540.00–580.00	560.62
14	350–400	363	510.00–530.00	520.34
14	400–450	420	430.00–480.00	455.89
14	450–500	470	410.00–440.00	425.32
14	500–550	525	360.00–390.00	375.29
27	550–600	569	350.00–380.00	360.74
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	460.00–480.00	469.61
10	350–400	370	390.00–420.00	404.39
9	400–450	418	350.00–370.00	361.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	318	490.00–520.00	504.17
11	350–400	374	440.00–480.00	462.75
9	400–450	429	385.00–415.00	397.90
15	450–500	466	360.00–400.00	381.76
14	500–550	518	330.00–350.00	339.86

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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