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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 8

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

642 head

▼ 568 vs last sale 1,210▼ 152 vs year ago 794 · −19.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

302 head

▲ 169 vs last sale 133▲ 37 vs year ago 265 · +14.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.91/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −126.67 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.

Average price

$300.91

11 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$25.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.63

vs FL average

−41.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	317.25	1,643	4thin
Medium and Large 2	524	291.57	1,528	7thin

One grade step is worth $25.68/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

300.91

—

FL average4 barns · 43 hd

286.28

+14.63

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−41.17

This barn, trailing median34 sales

427.58

−126.67

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.18, low $352.46, median $427.58 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,638	164.84	2,700	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,307	125.38	1,639	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	112.53	1,194	15

Every lot

24 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,364	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	401.34/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,316	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	422.50/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,521	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	384.49/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,415	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	364.24/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,504	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	311.58/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,324	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	304.89/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,402	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	325.58/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,517	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	317.25/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,643	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	291.57/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,528	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	321.55/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,019	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	357.55/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,137	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	344.19/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,274	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	297.17/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,114	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	310.44/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,313	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	269.82/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,155	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	294.92/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,380	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	264.92/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,266	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	249.89/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,419	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,493	151.09/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,256	4
Bulls	—	—	1,721	172.69/cwt	164.00–181.00	2,972	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	112.53/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,194	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	123.11/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,509	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,489	130.48/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,943	8

This sale against other markets

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 (Wed)

Wed Jan 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 642Last week 1,210Year ago 794

Slaughter CattleReceipts 302Last week 133Year ago 265

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	360	405.00–435.00	422.50
10	400–450	413	340.00–390.00	364.24
7	450–500	466	315.00–340.00	325.58
4	500–550	518	310.00–325.00	317.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	390.00–420.00	401.34
6	350–400	368	370.00–400.00	384.49
5	400–450	425	300.00–330.00	311.58
8	450–500	460	300.00–310.00	304.89
7	500–550	524	285.00–300.00	291.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	340.00–370.00	357.55
8	350–400	370	330.00–360.00	344.19
6	400–450	423	295.00–325.00	310.44
10	450–500	468	290.00–300.00	294.92
4	550–600	568	245.00–255.00	249.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	310.00–330.00	321.55
4	350–400	375	285.00–310.00	297.17
4	400–450	428	260.00–280.00	269.82
4	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	264.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,061	108.00–116.00	112.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,489	130.00–132.00	130.48
18	—	1,226	118.00–127.00	123.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	164.00–181.00	172.69
4	—	1,493	144.00–155.00	151.09

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.