Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.85/cwt on 18 head, up $21.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 33 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$437.85

▲ 21.42 vs prior sale

18 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$35.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.44

vs FL average

−28.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	455.83	2,361	9thin
Medium and Large 2	524	419.86	2,200	9thin

One grade step is worth $35.97/cwt here — about $161 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.99, low $352.46, median $437.85 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale18 hd

437.85

—

FL average4 barns · 75 hd

418.40

+19.44

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−28.48

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

+0.00

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

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	1,761	193.95	3,416	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	163.21	2,090	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	146.98	1,730	37

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	460.54/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	416.76/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,975	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	486.69/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,064	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	417.65/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	635.91/cwt	610.00–660.00	1,749	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	444.52/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,089	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	510.21/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,827	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	717.74/cwt	680.00–760.00	1,622	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	624.45/cwt	610.00–640.00	1,717	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	544.40/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	419.86/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,200	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	569.54/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	490.74/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,120	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	590.66/cwt	570.00–610.00	2,197	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	443.47/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	530.88/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	446.76/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,073	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	455.83/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,361	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	542.01/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,282	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	648.48/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,095	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	693.65/cwt	660.00–730.00	1,803	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	390.30/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,651	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	605.57/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,986	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	598.06/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,890	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	429.41/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,816	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	521.13/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,881	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	371.66/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,944	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	412.26/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,164	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	502.64/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,367	9
Bulls	—	—	1,798	206.81/cwt	203.00–211.00	3,718	2
Bulls	—	—	1,751	190.27/cwt	181.00–199.00	3,332	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	159.41/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,066	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	172.52/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,144	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	149.03/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,826	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	140.60/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,445	9

How this sale compares

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 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 537Last week 822Year ago 642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 259Year ago 302

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	510.00–550.00	530.88
10	350–400	370	440.00–480.00	460.54
12	400–450	423	410.00–450.00	429.41
11	450–500	474	400.00–430.00	416.76
9	500–550	523	350.00–390.00	371.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	275	610.00–660.00	635.91
11	300–350	316	570.00–620.00	598.06
11	350–400	361	500.00–540.00	521.13
11	400–450	424	460.00–510.00	486.69
8	450–500	470	430.00–460.00	444.52
10	500–550	525	400.00–425.00	412.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	364	400.00–430.00	417.65
10	400–450	423	380.00–400.00	390.30
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	560.00–580.00	569.54
8	350–400	358	500.00–520.00	510.21
7	400–450	420	430.00–460.00	443.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	226	680.00–760.00	717.74
8	250–300	260	660.00–730.00	693.65
19	300–350	323	630.00–670.00	648.48
15	350–400	372	570.00–610.00	590.66
13	400–450	421	520.00–560.00	542.01
9	450–500	471	480.00–520.00	502.64
9	500–550	518	445.00–465.00	455.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	610.00–640.00	624.45
10	300–350	328	590.00–620.00	605.57
10	350–400	375	530.00–560.00	544.40
11	400–450	432	480.00–500.00	490.74
11	450–500	464	430.00–460.00	446.76
9	500–550	524	400.00–435.00	419.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,798	203.00–211.00	206.81
7	—	1,751	181.00–199.00	190.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,296	155.00–165.00	159.41
20	—	1,243	168.00–180.00	172.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,225	145.00–153.00	149.03
9	—	1,028	135.00–143.00	140.60

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.

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