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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 7

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422

← Apr 30May 7May 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

740 head

▲ 127 vs last sale 613▲ 130 vs year ago 610 · +21.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

131 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 144▼ 130 vs year ago 261 · −49.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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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 lower.

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 $327.24/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −100.34 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.

Average price

$327.24

23 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$19.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

vs FL average

−51.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	333.32	1,793	16thin
Medium and Large 2	518	313.36	1,623	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $170 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

327.24

—

FL average4 barns · 87 hd

327.38

−0.13

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−51.55

This barn, trailing median34 sales

427.58

−100.34

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	1,799	199.10	3,582	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	150.66	1,829	41

Every lot

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	266	538.20/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,432	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	515.60/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,614	14
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	462.99/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,495	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	426.73/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,378	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	418.55/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,544	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	382.46/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,419	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	374	335.88/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,256	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	397.88/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,647	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	365.44/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,546	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	329.77/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,418	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	357.62/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,638	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	471	308.14/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,451	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	329.63/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,559	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	335.39/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,731	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	313.36/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,623	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	330.65/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,871	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	397.02/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,263	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	319	349.88/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,116	17
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	322.79/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,043	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	368.72/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,350	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	368.62/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,349	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	376	315.59/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,187	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	330.18/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,380	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	309.88/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,317	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	287.13/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,229	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	315.27/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,460	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	289.79/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,377	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,578	183.14/cwt	175.00–190.00	2,890	3
Bulls	—	—	1,965	211.07/cwt	208.00–212.00	4,148	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	147.36/cwt	142.00–151.00	1,751	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	157.03/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,985	14

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 May 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 740Last week 613Year ago 610

Slaughter CattleReceipts 131Last week 144Year ago 261

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,965	208.00–212.00	211.07
3	—	1,578	175.00–190.00	183.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,264	155.00–161.00	157.03
27	—	1,188	142.00–151.00	147.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	390.00–405.00	397.02
9	350–400	366	360.00–380.00	368.62
10	400–450	418	320.00–340.00	330.18
10	450–500	463	305.00–325.00	315.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	319	340.00–360.00	349.88
9	350–400	366	350.00–390.00	368.72
14	400–450	425	305.00–315.00	309.88
10	450–500	475	280.00–300.00	289.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	315.00–330.00	322.79
11	350–400	376	310.00–320.00	315.59
12	400–450	428	275.00–300.00	287.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	266	530.00–550.00	538.20
14	300–350	313	500.00–530.00	515.60
9	350–400	369	410.00–430.00	418.55
15	400–450	414	385.00–410.00	397.88
10	450–500	458	350.00–365.00	357.62
9	500–550	516	330.00–340.00	335.39
7	550–600	566	325.00–335.00	330.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	323	410.00–440.00	426.73
7	350–400	374	330.00–340.00	335.88
12	400–450	430	320.00–340.00	329.77
9	450–500	471	300.00–315.00	308.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	323	450.00–480.00	462.99
7	350–400	371	360.00–400.00	382.46
8	400–450	423	350.00–380.00	365.44
8	450–500	473	320.00–340.00	329.63
7	500–550	518	305.00–320.00	313.36

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.