Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 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 $377.65/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −61.13 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$377.65

36 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$31.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.91

vs FL average

−47.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	387.24	2,097	25
Medium and Large 2	521	355.86	1,854	11thin

One grade step is worth $31.38/cwt here — about $242 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 sale36 hd

377.65

—

FL average4 barns · 168 hd

376.74

+0.91

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−47.22

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−61.13

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	1,387	184.36	2,556	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	161.83	1,966	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,008	142.29	1,434	52

Every lot, as filed

35 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%	—	1,115	156.56/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,746	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	168.15/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,245	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	145.41/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,490	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	135.28/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,312	16
Bulls	—	—	1,465	189.95/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,783	6
Bulls	—	—	1,665	200.88/cwt	198.00–203.00	3,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	395.57/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,053	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	602.18/cwt	560.00–640.00	1,656	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	374.74/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,155	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	382.30/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,808	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	359.78/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,673	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	420.29/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,753	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	409.60/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,536	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	471.06/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,997	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	489.60/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,836	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	444.19/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,435	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	573.64/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,853	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	379.60/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,424	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	409.46/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,323	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	529.32/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,948	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	349.65/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,486	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	485.86/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,560	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	355.86/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	417.78/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,980	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	360.85/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	454.40/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,704	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	389.59/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,648	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	524.19/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,693	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	379.70/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,606	20
Bulls	—	—	1,258	176.03/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,214	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	410.25/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,727	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	444.39/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,644	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	360.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,888	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	389.74/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,843	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	484.41/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,540	22

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 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 958Last week 1,163Year ago 1,344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 182Last week 222Year ago 128

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,115	151.00–161.00	156.56
25	—	1,335	165.00–171.00	168.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,025	140.00–150.00	145.41
16	—	970	132.00–138.00	135.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,465	185.00–194.00	189.95
2	—	1,665	198.00–203.00	200.88
8	—	1,258	171.00–180.00	176.03

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	275	560.00–640.00	602.18
22	300–350	323	550.00–600.00	573.64
14	350–400	368	510.00–550.00	529.32
17	400–450	424	440.00–500.00	471.06
21	450–500	474	400.00–435.00	417.78
15	500–550	519	380.00–410.00	395.57
10	550–600	575	360.00–390.00	374.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	510.00–540.00	524.19
18	350–400	375	480.00–500.00	489.60
17	400–450	417	410.00–430.00	420.29
20	450–500	473	375.00–390.00	382.30
11	500–550	521	340.00–370.00	355.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	470.00–500.00	485.86
10	350–400	375	440.00–470.00	454.40
14	400–450	423	380.00–400.00	389.59
9	450–500	466	350.00–370.00	360.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	430.00–460.00	444.19
16	350–400	375	400.00–420.00	409.60
20	400–450	423	370.00–390.00	379.70
12	450–500	465	350.00–370.00	359.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	400.00–420.00	409.46
10	350–400	375	370.00–390.00	379.60
14	400–450	425	340.00–360.00	349.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	318	470.00–500.00	484.41
16	350–400	370	430.00–460.00	444.39
15	400–450	421	400.00–420.00	410.25
20	450–500	473	380.00–400.00	389.74
19	500–550	524	350.00–370.00	360.24

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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