Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.14/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −38.64 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$400.14

44 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,145

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$17.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.25

vs FL average

−22.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	406.10	2,205	29
Medium and Large 2	523	388.63	2,033	15thin

One grade step is worth $17.47/cwt here — about $173 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 sale44 hd

400.14

—

FL average4 barns · 158 hd

411.39

−11.25

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−22.51

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−38.64

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	1,430	183.01	2,617	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	157.14	1,909	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,049	140.35	1,472	63

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,543	190.61/cwt	184.00–203.00	2,941	11
Bulls	—	—	1,305	174.66/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,279	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	142.31/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,524	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	135.06/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,336	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	154.15/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,847	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	164.07/cwt	162.00–166.00	2,057	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	628.92/cwt	610.00–650.00	2,025	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	590.67/cwt	570.00–610.00	2,203	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	640.23/cwt	620.00–660.00	1,703	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	330.18/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,882	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	528.60/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,417	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	486.94/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,578	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	430.96/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,051	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	469.64/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,972	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	540.93/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,985	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	388.63/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,033	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	424.78/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,179	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	510.62/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,139	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	385.32/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,811	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	449.53/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,438	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	434.65/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,869	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	491.76/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,824	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	405.24/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,710	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	584.58/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,894	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	410.30/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,354	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	370.23/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,611	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	537.43/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,768	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	394.21/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,876	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	339.24/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,747	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	414.87/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,577	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	354.79/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,685	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	388.82/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,443	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	466.86/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,180	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	388.66/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,219	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	460.95/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	430.36/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,808	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	422.03/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,975	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	380.38/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,978	20

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 872Last week 878Year ago 725

Slaughter CattleReceipts 260Last week 234Year ago 193

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,543	184.00–203.00	190.61
10	—	1,305	170.00–179.00	174.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,071	138.00–148.00	142.31
17	—	989	131.00–137.00	135.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,198	149.00–159.00	154.15
19	—	1,254	162.00–166.00	164.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	266	620.00–660.00	640.23
13	300–350	322	610.00–650.00	628.92
16	350–400	373	570.00–610.00	590.67
15	400–450	419	490.00–530.00	510.62
19	450–500	467	450.00–485.00	466.86
14	500–550	513	410.00–440.00	424.78
15	550–600	571	375.00–400.00	388.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	324	570.00–600.00	584.58
15	350–400	367	520.00–560.00	540.93
12	400–450	420	460.00–480.00	469.64
27	450–500	476	420.00–450.00	430.96
15	500–550	523	375.00–400.00	388.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	329	520.00–560.00	537.43
21	350–400	371	470.00–510.00	491.76
18	400–450	430	420.00–450.00	434.65
13	450–500	476	375.00–410.00	394.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	320	440.00–460.00	449.53
16	350–400	380	410.00–420.00	414.87
15	400–450	422	400.00–410.00	405.24
18	450–500	470	370.00–400.00	385.32
15	500–550	515	330.00–350.00	339.24
14	550–600	570	320.00–340.00	330.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	268	500.00–560.00	528.60
11	300–350	324	470.00–500.00	486.94
12	350–400	368	440.00–480.00	460.95
12	400–450	420	420.00–440.00	430.36
12	450–500	468	410.00–435.00	422.03
20	500–550	520	360.00–400.00	380.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	330	400.00–420.00	410.30
11	350–400	371	380.00–400.00	388.82
16	400–450	435	350.00–390.00	370.23
10	450–500	475	345.00–365.00	354.79

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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