Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $375.70/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −63.08 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$375.70

56 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$35.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

vs FL average

−33.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	393.21	2,113	28
Medium and Large 2	538	358.19	1,927	28

One grade step is worth $35.02/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 sale56 hd

375.70

—

FL average4 barns · 201 hd

373.34

+2.36

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−33.60

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−63.08

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	—	High	1,570	201.57	3,164	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	169.04	2,025	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	148.10	1,656	43

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,665	208.88/cwt	207.00–212.00	3,478	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	148.10/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,656	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	190.13/cwt	184.00–198.00	2,257	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	163.84/cwt	155.00–173.00	1,968	73
Bulls	—	—	1,498	196.08/cwt	191.00–198.00	2,937	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	544.19/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,464	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	395.70/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,476	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	327.68/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	499.55/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,664	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	369.40/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,751	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	401.32/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,890	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	494.33/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,854	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	384.04/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,624	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	404.86/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,097	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	555.54/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,844	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	365.36/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,911	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	435.47/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,064	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	352.56/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,830	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	358.18/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,687	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	357.04/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,210	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	453.53/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,456	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	420.96/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	602.54/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,964	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	460.35/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,938	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	631.67/cwt	600.00–670.00	1,661	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	674.00/cwt	660.00–690.00	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	377.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,126	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	571.03/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,073	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	388.35/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,817	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	493.54/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,594	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	419.52/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,762	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	430.67/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,606	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	345.27/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,951	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	359.50/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,341	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	407.68/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,276	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	390.96/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,654	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	442.83/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,607	19

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 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,002Last week 970Year ago 723

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 228Year ago 254

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,665	207.00–212.00	208.88
4	—	1,498	191.00–198.00	196.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,118	143.00–153.00	148.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,187	184.00–198.00	190.13
73	—	1,201	155.00–173.00	163.84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	269	530.00–560.00	544.19
17	300–350	323	480.00–510.00	493.54
19	350–400	363	420.00–470.00	442.83
18	400–450	420	400.00–440.00	419.52
15	450–500	468	370.00–410.00	388.35
27	500–550	519	345.00–360.00	352.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	440.00–470.00	453.53
16	350–400	373	380.00–410.00	395.70
15	400–450	423	375.00–395.00	384.04
17	450–500	471	350.00–365.00	358.18
10	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	313	400.00–415.00	407.68
14	350–400	373	345.00–375.00	359.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	333	480.00–520.00	499.55
12	350–400	373	410.00–450.00	430.67
15	400–450	423	380.00–400.00	390.96
11	450–500	474	360.00–380.00	369.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	332	540.00–570.00	555.54
18	350–400	375	470.00–520.00	494.33
15	400–450	423	410.00–430.00	420.96
15	450–500	471	385.00–415.00	401.32
18	500–550	523	350.00–380.00	365.36
10	550–600	565	335.00–355.00	345.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	225	660.00–690.00	674.00
15	250–300	263	600.00–670.00	631.67
19	300–350	326	580.00–630.00	602.54
16	350–400	363	540.00–600.00	571.03
17	400–450	421	440.00–480.00	460.35
19	450–500	474	420.00–450.00	435.47
16	500–550	518	395.00–415.00	404.86
12	550–600	563	370.00–385.00	377.67
15	600–650	619	350.00–362.00	357.04

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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