Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.32/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −34.46 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$404.32

34 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,166

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.42

vs FL average

−39.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	404.32	2,166	34

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale34 hd

404.32

—

FL average4 barns · 116 hd

394.90

+9.42

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−39.78

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−34.46

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	161.48	1,988	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	145.71	1,527	34

Every lot, as filed

31 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	219	619.37/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,356	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	375.22/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,962	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	459.36/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,718	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	375.16/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,775	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	667.50/cwt	650.00–690.00	1,509	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	409.52/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,892	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	599.72/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,943	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	389.38/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,212	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	554.69/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,014	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	414.78/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,128	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	513.57/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,890	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	474.69/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	559.72/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,802	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	409.63/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,917	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	454.65/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,905	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	261	626.85/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,636	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	419.29/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,509	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	384.50/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,434	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	432.92/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,840	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	495.70/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,586	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	499.72/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,109	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	514.65/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,637	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	564.87/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,480	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	409.64/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,319	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	338.04/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,781	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	392.71/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,634	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	444.67/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,045	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	454.58/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,464	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	172.82/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,190	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	145.71/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,527	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	157.32/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,916	49

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 912Last week 771Year ago 1,423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 181Year ago 141

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	219	600.00–640.00	619.37
19	250–300	262	540.00–590.00	564.87
18	300–350	320	480.00–510.00	495.70
17	350–400	374	440.00–480.00	459.36
21	400–450	425	415.00–450.00	432.92
17	450–500	462	395.00–425.00	409.52
16	500–550	523	360.00–390.00	375.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	440.00–470.00	454.58
23	350–400	360	410.00–430.00	419.29
17	400–450	416	380.00–405.00	392.71
22	450–500	473	365.00–385.00	375.16
15	500–550	527	325.00–350.00	338.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	400.00–420.00	409.64
20	350–400	373	370.00–400.00	384.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	200–250	226	650.00–690.00	667.50
15	250–300	261	600.00–660.00	626.85
17	300–350	324	590.00–610.00	599.72
22	350–400	363	540.00–570.00	554.69
23	400–450	422	480.00–520.00	499.72
26	450–500	460	430.00–460.00	444.67
20	500–550	513	400.00–430.00	414.78
14	550–600	568	370.00–410.00	389.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	322	540.00–580.00	559.72
21	350–400	368	500.00–530.00	513.57
17	400–450	419	440.00–470.00	454.65
20	450–500	468	400.00–420.00	409.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	318	500.00–530.00	514.65
16	350–400	363	460.00–490.00	474.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,267	170.00–176.00	172.82
49	—	1,218	152.00–165.00	157.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,048	142.00–151.00	145.71

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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