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Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 24

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

566 head

▼ 45 vs last sale 611▼ 205 vs year ago 771 · −26.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

231 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 250▼ 166 vs year ago 397 · −41.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 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 mostly steady.

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 $309.06/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −107.07 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.

Average price

$309.06

12 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$37.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.41

vs FL average

−39.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	327.68	1,714	6thin
Medium and Large 2	520	290.43	1,510	6thin

One grade step is worth $37.25/cwt here — about $204 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 sale12 hd

309.06

—

FL average4 barns · 49 hd

303.65

+5.41

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−39.19

This barn, trailing median28 sales

416.12

−107.07

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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.68, low $358.50, median $416.12 across 28 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	1,520	170.81	2,596	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	161.69	1,918	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	133.39	1,339	11

Every lot

23 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. 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	261	536.44/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,400	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	489.76/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,533	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	444.65/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,414	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	424.48/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,541	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	358.30/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,358	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	384.56/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,627	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	344.56/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,457	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	347.31/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,608	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	290.43/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,510	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	327.68/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,714	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	410.36/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,128	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	369.76/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,176	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	335.23/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,073	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	344.59/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,275	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	314.24/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,194	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	322.73/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,333	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	309.84/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,487	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	277.68/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,461	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	161.13/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,111	3
Bulls	—	—	1,835	185.32/cwt	179.00–192.00	3,401	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	133.39/cwt	127.00–140.00	1,339	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,164	166.05/cwt	163.00–172.00	1,933	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	156.39/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,897	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 (Mon)

Mon Feb 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 566Last week 611Year ago 771

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 250Year ago 397

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	275	400.00–420.00	410.36
10	300–350	318	360.00–380.00	369.76
10	350–400	370	330.00–360.00	344.59
6	400–450	413	310.00–335.00	322.73
6	450–500	480	295.00–325.00	309.84
5	500–550	526	270.00–290.00	277.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	320.00–350.00	335.23
5	350–400	380	305.00–320.00	314.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	261	520.00–550.00	536.44
4	300–350	313	480.00–500.00	489.76
6	350–400	363	410.00–440.00	424.48
6	400–450	423	370.00–400.00	384.56
5	450–500	463	335.00–365.00	347.31
6	500–550	523	320.00–335.00	327.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	430.00–460.00	444.65
9	350–400	379	340.00–380.00	358.30
6	400–450	423	330.00–360.00	344.56
6	500–550	520	275.00–305.00	290.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,835	179.00–192.00	185.32
3	—	1,310	156.00–164.00	161.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,213	148.00–160.00	156.39
17	—	1,164	163.00–172.00	166.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,004	127.00–140.00	133.39

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.