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Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Sep 15

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

689 head

▼ 454 vs last sale 1,143▼ 106 vs year ago 795 · −13.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

218 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 268▲ 89 vs year ago 129 · +69.0%

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 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 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 $399.49/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −16.63 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.

Average price

$399.49

56 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$39.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.03

vs FL average

−5.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	419.87	2,271	27
Medium and Large 2	550	380.51	2,091	29

One grade step is worth $39.36/cwt here — about $179 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 sale56 hd

399.49

—

FL average4 barns · 236 hd

399.46

+0.03

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−5.15

This barn, trailing median28 sales

416.12

−16.63

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	—	Average	1,503	191.86	2,883	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,157	158.43	1,834	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	144.56	1,476	35

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	667.61/cwt	650.00–690.00	1,722	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	624.91/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,975	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	570.86/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,810	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	595.41/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,173	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	533.15/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,026	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	484.61/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,842	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	482.95/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,028	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	540.63/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,292	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	419.57/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,930	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	379.84/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,759	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	473.07/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,214	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	389.81/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,008	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	429.62/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,234	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	405.69/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,316	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	371.83/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,164	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	564.09/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,551	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	459.72/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,480	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	523.64/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,691	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	425.84/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,588	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	494.34/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,874	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	400.74/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,691	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	449.29/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,909	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	387.97/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,816	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	429.68/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,041	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	386.22/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,001	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	350.29/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,839	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	380.73/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,147	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,410	181.59/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,560	4
Bulls	—	—	1,595	202.12/cwt	187.00–209.00	3,224	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,021	144.56/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,476	35
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,146	167.19/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,916	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,162	154.87/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,800	64

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 Sep 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 689Last week 1,143Year ago 795

Slaughter CattleReceipts 218Last week 268Year ago 129

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,595	187.00–209.00	202.12
4	—	1,410	180.00–183.00	181.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,146	164.00–175.00	167.19
64	—	1,162	150.00–160.00	154.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,021	141.00–148.00	144.56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	275	540.00–590.00	564.09
18	300–350	323	500.00–550.00	523.64
19	350–400	379	470.00–520.00	494.34
22	400–450	425	430.00–470.00	449.29
18	450–500	475	415.00–445.00	429.68
15	500–550	518	370.00–400.00	386.22
11	550–600	564	370.00–390.00	380.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	322	440.00–480.00	459.72
14	350–400	373	400.00–450.00	425.84
15	400–450	422	380.00–420.00	400.74
14	450–500	468	370.00–405.00	387.97
14	500–550	525	340.00–360.00	350.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	258	650.00–690.00	667.61
17	300–350	316	600.00–650.00	624.91
16	350–400	365	580.00–610.00	595.41
15	400–450	424	520.00–560.00	540.63
25	450–500	468	450.00–500.00	473.07
16	500–550	520	410.00–450.00	429.62
11	550–600	571	395.00–415.00	405.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	317	550.00–590.00	570.86
21	350–400	380	510.00–560.00	533.15
17	400–450	420	460.00–500.00	482.95
14	450–500	460	400.00–440.00	419.57
14	500–550	515	380.00–400.00	389.81
15	550–600	582	360.00–385.00	371.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	380	470.00–500.00	484.61
10	450–500	463	370.00–390.00	379.84

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.