Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $428.04/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −10.74 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$428.04

85 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$44.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.34

vs FL average

+10.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	442.31	2,416	58
Medium and Large 2	544	397.39	2,164	27

One grade step is worth $44.92/cwt here — about $253 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale85 hd

428.04

—

FL average4 barns · 246 hd

406.71

+21.34

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+10.95

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−10.74

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	1,697	195.44	3,317	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,158	156.50	1,812	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	142.96	1,500	51

Every lot, as filed

40 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%	—	1,154	169.13/cwt	165.00–179.00	1,952	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	142.96/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,500	51
Bulls	—	—	1,613	190.19/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,068	8
Bulls	—	—	1,865	205.93/cwt	205.00–209.00	3,841	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	153.97/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,785	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	344.86/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	559.30/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,405	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	484.55/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,754	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	383.47/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,006	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	746.23/cwt	720.00–780.00	1,589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	350.67/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,827	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	374.31/cwt	360.00–388.00	2,126	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	378.90/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,349	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	585.35/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,861	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	553.14/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,770	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	604.20/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,229	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	489.11/cwt	460.00–520.00	2,069	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	443.01/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,109	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	632.89/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,000	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	423.20/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,570	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	514.52/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,393	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	482.75/cwt	460.00–510.00	1,550	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	531.94/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,761	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	543.71/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,017	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	460.90/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,139	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	380.40/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,438	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	390.26/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,224	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	427.21/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,837	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	501.87/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,862	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	395.27/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,652	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	403.10/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,112	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	396.40/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	430.59/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,821	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	358.40/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	469.29/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,994	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	373.86/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	429.10/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,403	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	465.59/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,430	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	673.70/cwt	640.00–710.00	1,819	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	406.84/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,896	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 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 878Last week 689Year ago 873

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 218Year ago 232

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,154	165.00–179.00	169.13
75	—	1,159	148.00–160.00	153.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,049	140.00–147.00	142.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,613	185.00–195.00	190.19
4	—	1,865	205.00–209.00	205.93

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	320	530.00–580.00	553.14
19	350–400	362	460.00–510.00	484.55
20	400–450	425	450.00–490.00	469.29
17	450–500	476	420.00–470.00	443.01
19	500–550	523	365.00–405.00	383.47
22	550–600	568	360.00–388.00	374.31
6	600–650	618	340.00–350.00	344.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	321	460.00–510.00	482.75
15	350–400	371	410.00–440.00	423.20
14	400–450	430	415.00–440.00	427.21
15	450–500	463	380.00–410.00	396.40
11	500–550	521	340.00–360.00	350.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	378	360.00–400.00	380.40
12	400–450	418	380.00–410.00	395.27
11	450–500	463	345.00–375.00	358.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	213	720.00–780.00	746.23
16	250–300	270	640.00–710.00	673.70
19	300–350	316	610.00–660.00	632.89
17	350–400	369	580.00–630.00	604.20
20	400–450	430	530.00–590.00	559.30
18	450–500	465	500.00–530.00	514.52
21	500–550	522	440.00–490.00	465.59
37	550–600	560	410.00–450.00	429.10
5	600–650	620	375.00–385.00	378.90
5	650–700	660	365.00–380.00	373.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	318	570.00–600.00	585.35
17	350–400	371	530.00–560.00	543.71
16	400–450	423	460.00–520.00	489.11
15	450–500	464	440.00–480.00	460.90
15	500–550	524	390.00–415.00	403.10
12	550–600	570	380.00–400.00	390.26
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	331	510.00–550.00	531.94
15	350–400	371	480.00–520.00	501.87
12	400–450	423	410.00–450.00	430.59
15	450–500	466	400.00–415.00	406.84

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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