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Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 6

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,132 head

▲ 260 vs last sale 872▲ 784 vs year ago 348 · +225.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

140 head

▼ 120 vs last sale 260▼ 40 vs year ago 180 · −22.2%

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 steady to 5.00 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 $369.94/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −46.18 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.

Average price

$369.94

72 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$26.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.01

vs FL average

−75.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	384.49	2,077	32
Medium and Large 2	541	358.31	1,938	40

One grade step is worth $26.18/cwt here — about $139 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 sale72 hd

369.94

—

FL average4 barns · 181 hd

383.96

−14.01

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−75.91

This barn, trailing median28 sales

416.12

−46.18

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	1,522	184.33	2,806	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	155.74	1,933	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	138.85	1,454	28

Every lot

42 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	229	715.81/cwt	680.00–750.00	1,639	15
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	274	664.89/cwt	640.00–690.00	1,822	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	575.50/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,853	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	322	520.56/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,676	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	635.24/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,077	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	539.45/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,969	22
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	595.61/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,204	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	489.13/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,820	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	450.12/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,868	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	416	410.35/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,707	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	496.91/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,127	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	387.34/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,801	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	450.27/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,125	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	415.21/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,993	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	365.67/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,901	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	399.71/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,098	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	364.91/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,043	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	350.17/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,975	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	344.80/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,165	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	549.05/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,444	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	321	416.62/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,337	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	500.92/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,628	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	454.54/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,477	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	460.49/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,667	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	379.27/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,396	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	413.69/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,555	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	436.42/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,837	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	400.24/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,701	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	376.89/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,613	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	389.84/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,832	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	409.02/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,926	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	369.74/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,749	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	385.95/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,984	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	342.86/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,783	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	359.56/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,024	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	322.62/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,984	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,333	167.95/cwt	161.00–171.00	2,239	3
Bulls	—	—	1,636	194.16/cwt	182.00–200.00	3,176	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	991	133.09/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,319	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,084	142.57/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,545	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	164.83/cwt	163.00–167.00	2,006	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	151.67/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,899	29

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)

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,132Last week 872Year ago 348

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 260Year ago 180

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,636	182.00–200.00	194.16
3	—	1,333	161.00–171.00	167.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,252	146.00–160.00	151.67
13	—	1,217	163.00–167.00	164.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,084	138.00–144.00	142.57
11	—	991	131.00–135.00	133.09

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	229	680.00–750.00	715.81
17	250–300	274	640.00–690.00	664.89
21	300–350	327	610.00–660.00	635.24
20	350–400	370	580.00–610.00	595.61
17	400–450	428	470.00–520.00	496.91
25	450–500	472	430.00–470.00	450.27
18	500–550	525	385.00–415.00	399.71
14	550–600	560	360.00–370.00	364.91
10	600–650	628	335.00–355.00	344.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	322	550.00–600.00	575.50
22	350–400	365	520.00–560.00	539.45
18	400–450	415	440.00–460.00	450.12
16	450–500	480	405.00–425.00	415.21
21	500–550	520	355.00–375.00	365.67
19	550–600	564	345.00–355.00	350.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	500.00–540.00	520.56
13	350–400	372	470.00–510.00	489.13
13	400–450	416	400.00–420.00	410.35
16	450–500	465	380.00–395.00	387.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	263	540.00–560.00	549.05
20	300–350	325	480.00–520.00	500.92
17	350–400	362	440.00–480.00	460.49
17	400–450	421	420.00–450.00	436.42
15	450–500	471	400.00–420.00	409.02
15	500–550	514	365.00–405.00	385.95
10	550–600	563	340.00–380.00	359.56
8	600–650	615	315.00–330.00	322.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	325	440.00–470.00	454.54
21	350–400	376	400.00–430.00	413.69
20	400–450	425	390.00–410.00	400.24
20	450–500	470	385.00–395.00	389.84
18	500–550	520	330.00–355.00	342.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	321	400.00–430.00	416.62
19	350–400	368	370.00–390.00	379.27
19	400–450	428	370.00–385.00	376.89
18	450–500	473	360.00–380.00	369.74

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.