Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $470.70/cwt on 32 head, down $9.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 33 comparable sales and sits +32.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$470.70

▼ 9.74 vs prior sale

32 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$34.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.78

vs FL average

−7.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	490.33	2,564	14thin
Medium and Large 2	520	455.43	2,368	18thin

One grade step is worth $34.90/cwt here — about $196 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.

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 sale32 hd

470.70

—

FL average4 barns · 75 hd

456.92

+13.78

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−7.69

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

+32.85

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	—	Average	1,576	198.21	3,123	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	170.89	2,119	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	151.73	1,537	28

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	540.83/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,288	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	467.88/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,176	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	520.64/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,447	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	756.61/cwt	720.00–790.00	2,066	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	629.62/cwt	610.00–650.00	2,342	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	706.39/cwt	680.00–730.00	1,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	435.62/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,843	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	636.17/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,036	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	571.09/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,845	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	385.14/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,003	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	520.94/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,943	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	711.41/cwt	680.00–740.00	2,277	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	781.40/cwt	750.00–810.00	1,680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	631.09/cwt	610.00–650.00	2,038	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	494.47/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,082	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	575.50/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,147	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	455.43/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,368	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	427.07/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	766.97/cwt	740.00–790.00	1,710	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	410.16/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,920	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	486.04/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,056	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	451.91/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,133	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	490.33/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,564	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	574.21/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,090	17
Bulls	—	—	1,516	192.13/cwt	188.00–196.00	2,913	9
Bulls	—	—	1,710	211.88/cwt	206.00–216.00	3,623	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	165.57/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,945	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	181.12/cwt	174.00–186.00	2,472	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	151.73/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,537	28

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 Feb 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 602Last week 750Year ago 313

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 237Year ago 806

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	215	750.00–810.00	781.40
18	250–300	273	720.00–790.00	756.61
8	300–350	320	680.00–740.00	711.41
19	350–400	372	610.00–650.00	629.62
10	400–450	423	520.00–560.00	540.83
16	450–500	470	500.00–540.00	520.64
14	500–550	523	480.00–500.00	490.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	610.00–650.00	631.09
18	350–400	373	560.00–590.00	575.50
13	400–450	421	480.00–510.00	494.47
16	450–500	465	450.00–485.00	467.88
18	500–550	520	440.00–470.00	455.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	223	740.00–790.00	766.97
8	250–300	270	680.00–730.00	706.39
14	300–350	320	610.00–660.00	636.17
17	350–400	364	550.00–600.00	574.21
8	400–450	423	460.00–510.00	486.04
19	450–500	472	430.00–475.00	451.91
11	500–550	521	420.00–435.00	427.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	550.00–590.00	571.09
8	350–400	373	500.00–540.00	520.94
16	400–450	423	420.00–450.00	435.62
14	450–500	468	400.00–420.00	410.16
6	500–550	520	380.00–390.00	385.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,516	188.00–196.00	192.13
4	—	1,710	206.00–216.00	211.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,175	160.00–170.00	165.57
26	—	1,365	174.00–186.00	181.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,013	145.00–157.00	151.73

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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