Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

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 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.24/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −84.54 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$354.24

73 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.96

vs FL average

−33.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	363.95	2,000	45
Medium and Large 2	547	338.63	1,851	28

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $149 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 $385.38, 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 sale73 hd

354.24

—

FL average4 barns · 221 hd

356.20

−1.96

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−33.25

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−84.54

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	1,407	197.78	2,782	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	168.72	2,003	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	144.77	1,503	77

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	179.84/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,316	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	148.36/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,565	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	134.52/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,333	20
Bulls	—	—	1,379	189.90/cwt	180.00–196.00	2,619	7
Bulls	—	—	1,455	211.58/cwt	204.00–214.00	3,078	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	162.40/cwt	158.00–170.00	1,835	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	430.98/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,383	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	359.39/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,499	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	374.01/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,403	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	384.79/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,828	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	409.82/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,754	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	342.38/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,815	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	394.97/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,647	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	347.68/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,818	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	444.46/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,867	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	330.24/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,404	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	341.11/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,238	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	387.32/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,627	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	369.71/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,922	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	559.88/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,786	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	419.36/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,971	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	360.21/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	413.22/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,533	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	475.46/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,545	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	603.64/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,660	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	674.00/cwt	660.00–690.00	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	338.81/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,240	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	334.89/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,885	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	468.03/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,760	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	389.84/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,209	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	335.11/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,582	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	320.24/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,675	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	512.02/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,654	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	360.11/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,049	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	417.98/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,517	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	369.76/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,767	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	475.45/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,569	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	525.48/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,902	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	337.95/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,058	13

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 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 949Last week 742Year ago 1,197

Slaughter CattleReceipts 317Last week 186Year ago 497

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,288	175.00–186.00	179.84
58	—	1,130	158.00–170.00	162.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,055	142.00–155.00	148.36
20	—	991	130.00–139.00	134.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,379	180.00–196.00	189.90
4	—	1,455	204.00–214.00	211.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	420.00–440.00	430.98
19	350–400	375	360.00–390.00	374.01
17	400–450	417	345.00–375.00	359.39
21	450–500	472	330.00–340.00	335.11
44	500–550	523	310.00–330.00	320.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	330	460.00–490.00	475.45
15	350–400	363	400.00–440.00	417.98
25	400–450	417	380.00–410.00	394.97
16	450–500	478	355.00–385.00	369.76
36	500–550	523	340.00–355.00	347.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	310	380.00–400.00	389.84
11	350–400	363	330.00–350.00	341.11
10	400–450	425	320.00–340.00	330.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	323	500.00–525.00	512.02
17	350–400	376	450.00–490.00	468.03
14	400–450	428	400.00–420.00	409.82
20	450–500	475	375.00–395.00	384.79
14	500–550	530	330.00–355.00	342.38
14	550–600	563	330.00–340.00	334.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	225	660.00–690.00	674.00
14	250–300	275	580.00–630.00	603.64
19	300–350	319	540.00–580.00	559.88
15	350–400	362	510.00–540.00	525.48
22	400–450	420	430.00–460.00	444.46
20	450–500	470	400.00–440.00	419.36
18	500–550	520	360.00–380.00	369.71
27	550–600	569	350.00–370.00	360.11
13	600–650	609	330.00–345.00	337.95
12	650–700	661	330.00–345.00	338.81
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	325	460.00–490.00	475.46
11	350–400	371	400.00–425.00	413.22
10	400–450	420	380.00–395.00	387.32
10	450–500	475	350.00–370.00	360.21

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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