Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.64/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −60.14 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$378.64

74 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$49.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.86

vs FL average

−40.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	404.50	2,169	35
Medium and Large 2	551	355.44	1,959	39

One grade step is worth $49.06/cwt here — about $210 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 sale74 hd

378.64

—

FL average4 barns · 191 hd

370.78

+7.86

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−40.46

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−60.14

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	1,585	184.73	2,927	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,359	162.29	2,205	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	141.57	1,454	61

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	—	—	1,801	195.48/cwt	191.00–198.00	3,521	6
Bulls	—	—	1,399	175.52/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,456	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	145.07/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,475	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	134.89/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,411	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	159.65/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,138	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	164.92/cwt	163.00–170.00	2,274	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	419.42/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,181	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	450.53/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,131	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	555.50/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,072	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	364.83/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,711	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	486.68/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,329	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	390.21/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,803	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	347.37/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,963	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	440.71/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,851	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	554.82/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,770	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	368.34/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,949	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	505.59/cwt	480.00–530.00	2,149	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	384.60/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,146	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	320.34/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,679	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	419.79/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,503	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	384.87/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,790	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	509.16/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,619	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	434.70/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,400	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	409.63/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,917	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	389.60/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,461	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	390.20/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,256	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	395.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,657	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	460.41/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,694	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	510.81/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,931	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	390.88/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,665	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	354.47/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,506	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	339.78/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,580	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	628.04/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,683	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	595.47/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,906	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	475.46/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,545	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	364.78/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,871	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	412.94/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,705	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	456.16/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,633	27

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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,163Last week 1,090Year ago 1,087

Slaughter CattleReceipts 222Last week 239Year ago 306

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,801	191.00–198.00	195.48
7	—	1,399	165.00–177.00	175.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,017	141.00–149.00	145.07
21	—	1,046	132.00–138.00	134.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,339	157.00–161.00	159.65
20	—	1,379	163.00–170.00	164.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	268	600.00–660.00	628.04
30	300–350	320	580.00–610.00	595.47
20	350–400	373	540.00–570.00	555.50
24	400–450	425	480.00–530.00	505.59
30	450–500	473	430.00–470.00	450.53
20	500–550	520	400.00–440.00	419.42
15	550–600	558	380.00–390.00	384.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	319	540.00–570.00	554.82
21	350–400	378	500.00–520.00	510.81
16	400–450	420	420.00–460.00	440.71
22	450–500	468	400.00–420.00	409.63
15	500–550	529	350.00–385.00	368.34
24	550–600	565	340.00–355.00	347.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	318	500.00–520.00	509.16
20	350–400	368	440.00–480.00	460.41
17	400–450	419	380.00–410.00	395.35
21	450–500	465	380.00–390.00	384.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	420.00–450.00	434.70
22	350–400	358	410.00–430.00	419.79
19	400–450	426	380.00–400.00	390.88
15	450–500	469	360.00–370.00	364.83
19	500–550	524	310.00–330.00	320.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	273	470.00–500.00	486.68
22	300–350	325	460.00–490.00	475.46
27	350–400	358	435.00–475.00	456.16
25	400–450	413	405.00–420.00	412.94
21	450–500	462	380.00–400.00	390.21
22	500–550	513	350.00–380.00	364.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	380.00–400.00	390.20
24	350–400	375	380.00–400.00	389.60
22	400–450	425	340.00–370.00	354.47
16	450–500	465	330.00–350.00	339.78

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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