Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $350.15/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −88.63 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$350.15

47 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$34.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.95

vs FL average

−39.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	367.89	2,002	23
Medium and Large 2	545	333.15	1,817	24

One grade step is worth $34.74/cwt here — about $186 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 sale47 hd

350.15

—

FL average4 barns · 190 hd

352.10

−1.95

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−39.87

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−88.63

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	1,583	184.14	2,915	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	169.62	2,088	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	142.52	1,486	36

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	—	—	1,583	184.14/cwt	180.00–199.00	2,915	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	145.30/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,537	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	136.95/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,386	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	162.15/cwt	154.00–170.00	1,836	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	181.42/cwt	175.00–191.00	2,518	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	350.34/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	515.31/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,670	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	353.73/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,059	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	372.11/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,559	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	377.00/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,960	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	339.69/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	428.03/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,016	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	207	653.12/cwt	630.00–680.00	1,352	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	344.54/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,630	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	390.46/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,269	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	384.76/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,839	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	619.07/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,659	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	415.39/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,554	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	543.65/cwt	510.00–580.00	1,413	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	382.31/cwt	310.00–440.00	1,246	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	340.34/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,269	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	328.21/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	524.39/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,940	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	324.86/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,706	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	315.18/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,781	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	354.28/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,672	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	410.27/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,518	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	459.39/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	416.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,774	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	455.68/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	338.99/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,746	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	375.35/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,595	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	464.07/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,958	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	480.46/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,576	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	574.51/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,821	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	379.58/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,803	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	409.73/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,713	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	374.71/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,371	15

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 Aug 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 742Last week 678Year ago 275

Slaughter CattleReceipts 186Last week 170Year ago 73

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,583	180.00–199.00	184.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,058	141.00–150.00	145.30
12	—	1,012	135.00–138.00	136.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,132	154.00–170.00	162.15
31	—	1,388	175.00–191.00	181.42

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	260	510.00–580.00	543.65
14	300–350	328	460.00–500.00	480.46
19	350–400	374	400.00–430.00	415.39
18	400–450	418	395.00–425.00	409.73
14	450–500	475	360.00–400.00	379.58
10	500–550	518	340.00–360.00	350.34
10	550–600	568	330.00–350.00	339.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	326	310.00–440.00	382.31
15	350–400	366	360.00–390.00	374.71
15	400–450	419	360.00–385.00	372.11
13	450–500	473	340.00–350.00	344.54
14	500–550	525	320.00–330.00	324.86
10	550–600	565	305.00–325.00	315.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	380.00–400.00	390.46
12	350–400	373	330.00–350.00	340.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	500.00–530.00	515.31
16	350–400	365	430.00–480.00	455.68
15	400–450	426	400.00–430.00	416.35
16	450–500	478	370.00–400.00	384.76
11	500–550	515	330.00–350.00	338.99
13	550–600	571	320.00–335.00	328.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	207	630.00–680.00	653.12
10	250–300	268	600.00–640.00	619.07
17	300–350	317	550.00–600.00	574.51
14	350–400	370	510.00–540.00	524.39
15	400–450	422	440.00–490.00	464.07
15	450–500	471	410.00–450.00	428.03
14	500–550	520	360.00–395.00	377.00
9	550–600	582	340.00–365.00	353.73
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	440.00–480.00	459.39
10	350–400	370	400.00–420.00	410.27
10	400–450	425	360.00–390.00	375.35
9	450–500	472	340.00–365.00	354.28

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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