Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $388.79/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −49.99 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$388.79

48 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$31.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs FL average

−41.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	404.43	2,189	24
Medium and Large 2	545	373.15	2,034	24

One grade step is worth $31.28/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 sale48 hd

388.79

—

FL average4 barns · 123 hd

380.25

+8.54

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−41.84

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−49.99

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	1,535	183.67	2,819	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	160.14	1,913	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	139.89	1,428	41

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	597.35/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,290	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	339.71/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,766	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	397.57/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,296	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	453.71/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,465	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	414.59/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,534	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	381.31/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,422	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	417.92/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,165	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	370.15/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,121	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	375.29/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,970	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	620.57/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,632	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	410.88/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,956	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	594.31/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,926	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	500.37/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,846	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	671.03/cwt	640.00–700.00	1,463	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	514.31/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,672	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	455.61/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,686	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	416.89/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,776	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	459.53/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	555.09/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,771	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	448.31/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,874	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	458.29/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,723	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	394.80/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,203	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	549.00/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,048	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	504.44/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,129	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	449.14/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,097	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	397.09/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,688	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	373.07/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,768	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	406.12/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,941	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	523.36/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,403	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	369.71/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	489.09/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,531	15
Bulls	—	—	1,535	183.67/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,819	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	156.55/cwt	148.00–164.00	1,827	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	170.90/cwt	169.00–186.00	2,184	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	142.57/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,430	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	135.24/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,421	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 Dec 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 771Last week 745Year ago 1,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 181Last week 198Year ago 417

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	216	580.00–610.00	597.35
10	250–300	268	500.00–550.00	523.36
15	300–350	313	480.00–500.00	489.09
17	350–400	376	440.00–480.00	458.29
15	400–450	418	430.00–470.00	448.31
17	450–500	478	390.00–420.00	406.12
10	500–550	520	360.00–380.00	369.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	323	440.00–470.00	453.71
22	350–400	370	400.00–430.00	414.59
12	400–450	425	380.00–415.00	397.09
15	450–500	474	360.00–385.00	373.07
12	500–550	520	330.00–350.00	339.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	380.00–420.00	397.57
9	350–400	373	370.00–390.00	381.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	218	640.00–700.00	671.03
12	250–300	263	600.00–640.00	620.57
13	300–350	324	580.00–610.00	594.31
15	350–400	373	540.00–560.00	549.00
15	400–450	422	490.00–520.00	504.44
17	450–500	467	430.00–470.00	449.14
10	500–550	518	400.00–435.00	417.92
14	550–600	558	380.00–410.00	394.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	319	540.00–570.00	555.09
17	350–400	369	480.00–520.00	500.37
16	400–450	430	440.00–480.00	459.53
15	450–500	476	400.00–420.00	410.88
14	500–550	525	360.00–390.00	375.29
10	550–600	573	365.00–375.00	370.15
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	500.00–530.00	514.31
16	350–400	370	440.00–470.00	455.61
11	400–450	426	400.00–430.00	416.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	180.00–188.00	183.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,167	148.00–164.00	156.55
14	—	1,278	169.00–186.00	170.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,003	140.00–147.00	142.57
15	—	1,051	133.00–137.00	135.24

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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