Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.65/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −37.13 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$401.65

75 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$33.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

vs FL average

−11.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	419.15	2,264	36
Medium and Large 2	547	385.49	2,108	39

One grade step is worth $33.66/cwt here — about $156 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 sale75 hd

401.65

—

FL average4 barns · 208 hd

405.39

−3.75

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−11.87

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−37.13

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	1,549	203.51	3,152	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	171.72	2,195	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	150.08	1,651	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
Bulls	—	—	1,643	210.27/cwt	200.00–218.00	3,455	6
Bulls	—	—	1,408	193.36/cwt	188.00–198.00	2,723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	380.09/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,167	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	602.95/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,189	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	430.77/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,620	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	524.00/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,965	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	387.15/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,427	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	380.40/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,176	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	167.38/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,144	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	187.01/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,371	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	150.08/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,651	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	390.33/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,041	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	534.18/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,683	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	420.53/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,989	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	484.67/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,818	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	384.66/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,981	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	392.84/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,434	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	476.20/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,743	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	568.44/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,876	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	552.84/cwt	520.00–580.00	1,482	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	413.01/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,329	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	354.50/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,858	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	390.16/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,845	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	384.37/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	376.39/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,780	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	424.64/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,204	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	529.64/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,187	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	475.35/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,020	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	424.68/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,975	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	340.46/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,614	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	523.60/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,707	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	414.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,754	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	475.79/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,499	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	700.48/cwt	680.00–720.00	1,471	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	469.58/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,231	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	460.59/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,948	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	619.38/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,982	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	660.65/cwt	630.00–690.00	1,830	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	424.69/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,376	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 Sep 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,143Last week 1,002Year ago 934

Slaughter CattleReceipts 268Last week 282Year ago 233

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	200.00–218.00	210.27
4	—	1,408	188.00–198.00	193.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,281	160.00–178.00	167.38
23	—	1,268	180.00–191.00	187.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,100	142.00–155.00	150.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	268	520.00–580.00	552.84
33	300–350	315	520.00–560.00	534.18
25	350–400	375	460.00–510.00	484.67
20	400–450	423	440.00–480.00	460.59
20	450–500	473	400.00–440.00	420.53
17	500–550	515	380.00–390.00	384.66
14	550–600	570	370.00–390.00	380.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	315	450.00–500.00	475.79
17	350–400	376	415.00–450.00	430.77
16	400–450	423	400.00–430.00	414.73
21	450–500	473	360.00–395.00	376.39
19	500–550	524	340.00–370.00	354.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	324	410.00–440.00	424.69
20	350–400	365	380.00–405.00	392.84
11	400–450	426	380.00–390.00	384.37
15	450–500	474	330.00–350.00	340.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	210	680.00–720.00	700.48
15	250–300	277	630.00–690.00	660.65
20	300–350	320	600.00–640.00	619.38
21	350–400	363	580.00–630.00	602.95
24	400–450	413	510.00–550.00	529.64
24	450–500	475	450.00–490.00	469.58
19	500–550	519	410.00–440.00	424.64
17	550–600	564	400.00–425.00	413.01
10	600–650	627	375.00–395.00	387.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	330	550.00–590.00	568.44
22	350–400	375	500.00–550.00	524.00
20	400–450	425	460.00–490.00	475.35
20	450–500	465	410.00–440.00	424.68
20	500–550	523	380.00–400.00	390.33
19	550–600	572	370.00–390.00	380.40
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	326	510.00–540.00	523.60
19	350–400	366	460.00–490.00	476.20
10	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	390.16

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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