Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.54/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −67.24 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$371.54

66 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$43.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.67

vs FL average

−28.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	387.34	2,090	42
Medium and Large 2	551	343.88	1,896	24

One grade step is worth $43.46/cwt here — about $194 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 sale66 hd

371.54

—

FL average4 barns · 240 hd

364.87

+6.67

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−28.35

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−67.24

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	1,381	189.33	2,615	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	165.26	2,052	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	147.26	1,526	40

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%	—	1,278	159.04/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,033	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	177.27/cwt	175.00–183.00	2,078	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	147.26/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,526	40
Bulls	—	—	1,381	189.33/cwt	187.00–195.00	2,615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	598.64/cwt	570.00–630.00	1,317	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	545.14/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,515	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	397.18/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,085	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	668.90/cwt	650.00–690.00	1,525	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	355.83/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,647	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	584.54/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,900	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	460.48/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,934	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	449.22/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,451	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	423.65/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,580	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	412.41/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,728	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	494.66/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,622	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	554.58/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,035	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	390.16/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,834	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	389.21/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,238	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	353.21/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,858	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	335.99/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,925	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	339.87/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,913	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	420.30/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,778	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	499.31/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,812	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	437.52/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,636	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	325.72/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	385.30/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,630	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	430.22/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,979	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	393.80/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,855	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	532.73/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,737	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	347.04/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,461	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	390.30/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,651	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	471.95/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	389.74/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,438	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	604.11/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,692	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	351.22/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	354.88/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,874	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	369.64/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,092	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	360.58/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,338	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	360.21/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,711	10

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 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 970Last week 949Year ago 1,182

Slaughter CattleReceipts 228Last week 317Year ago 459

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,278	154.00–165.00	159.04
29	—	1,172	175.00–183.00	177.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,036	142.00–155.00	147.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,381	187.00–195.00	189.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	220	570.00–630.00	598.64
12	250–300	278	530.00–560.00	545.14
22	300–350	328	480.00–510.00	494.66
23	350–400	373	410.00–440.00	423.65
21	400–450	419	405.00–420.00	412.41
28	450–500	470	375.00–405.00	390.16
16	500–550	528	350.00–360.00	354.88
16	550–600	563	330.00–350.00	339.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	323	430.00–470.00	449.22
15	350–400	369	380.00–400.00	389.74
18	400–450	423	375.00–395.00	385.30
15	450–500	463	345.00–365.00	355.83
11	500–550	524	315.00–335.00	325.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	318	370.00–410.00	389.21
11	350–400	371	350.00–370.00	360.58
11	400–450	421	340.00–355.00	347.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	228	650.00–690.00	668.90
12	250–300	280	580.00–630.00	604.11
16	300–350	325	570.00–600.00	584.54
27	350–400	367	530.00–580.00	554.58
30	400–450	420	440.00–480.00	460.48
18	450–500	460	420.00–440.00	430.22
27	500–550	525	380.00–415.00	397.18
15	550–600	566	360.00–380.00	369.64
8	600–650	620	350.00–355.00	351.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	510.00–550.00	532.73
18	350–400	363	480.00–520.00	499.31
14	400–450	423	410.00–430.00	420.30
17	450–500	471	380.00–410.00	393.80
11	500–550	526	340.00–370.00	353.21
13	550–600	573	325.00–345.00	335.99
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	450.00–500.00	471.95
11	350–400	374	420.00–460.00	437.52
14	400–450	423	380.00–400.00	390.30
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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