Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.05/cwt on 30 head, down $21.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 33 comparable sales and sits +11.21 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$449.05

▼ 21.65 vs prior sale

30 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$47.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.24

vs FL average

−38.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	479.38	2,488	11thin
Medium and Large 2	549	431.50	2,371	19thin

One grade step is worth $47.88/cwt here — about $117 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 sale30 hd

449.05

—

FL average4 barns · 90 hd

457.29

−8.24

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−38.30

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

+11.21

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	1,628	205.00	3,338	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,324	176.86	2,342	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	156.26	1,605	26

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1	500–550	520	409.71/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,130	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	484.64/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,035	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	532.95/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,737	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	424.68/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,017	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	449.88/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,867	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	654.34/cwt	630.00–680.00	1,852	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	718.03/cwt	700.00–740.00	1,960	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	515.19/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,901	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	665.92/cwt	630.00–700.00	2,457	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	620.79/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,974	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	443.69/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,312	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	768.89/cwt	750.00–790.00	2,076	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	550.47/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,339	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	420.52/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,418	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	520.32/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,435	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	721.42/cwt	700.00–740.00	2,309	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	505.92/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,130	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	479.38/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,488	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,244	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	790.11/cwt	780.00–800.00	1,754	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	563.97/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,019	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	495.31/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,823	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	470.43/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,211	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	530.34/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	714.29/cwt	700.00–730.00	1,879	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	593.42/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,917	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	644.50/cwt	620.00–670.00	2,043	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	463.60/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,170	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	576.98/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,123	17
Bulls	—	—	1,847	221.31/cwt	217.00–229.00	4,088	5
Bulls	—	—	1,507	195.94/cwt	189.00–206.00	2,953	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	170.92/cwt	160.00–184.00	2,155	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	196.66/cwt	190.00–210.00	3,019	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	156.26/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,605	26

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 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 846Last week 602Year ago 717

Slaughter CattleReceipts 212Last week 234Year ago 307

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	263	700.00–730.00	714.29
23	300–350	317	620.00–670.00	644.50
21	350–400	358	550.00–580.00	563.97
16	400–450	420	470.00–500.00	484.64
15	450–500	468	450.00–480.00	463.60
10	500–550	520	400.00–420.00	409.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	520.00–550.00	532.95
14	350–400	368	480.00–510.00	495.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	283	630.00–680.00	654.34
15	300–350	323	580.00–610.00	593.42
12	350–400	373	520.00–540.00	530.34
12	400–450	415	440.00–460.00	449.88
22	450–500	475	410.00–440.00	424.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	273	700.00–740.00	718.03
8	300–350	340	660.00	660.00
17	350–400	368	550.00–600.00	576.98
11	400–450	421	490.00–520.00	505.92
14	450–500	470	450.00–490.00	470.43
9	500–550	521	430.00–460.00	443.69
10	550–600	575	400.00–440.00	420.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	318	600.00–640.00	620.79
15	350–400	369	500.00–530.00	515.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	222	780.00–800.00	790.11
18	250–300	270	750.00–790.00	768.89
25	300–350	320	700.00–740.00	721.42
15	350–400	369	630.00–700.00	665.92
10	400–450	425	530.00–570.00	550.47
32	450–500	468	500.00–540.00	520.32
11	500–550	519	470.00–490.00	479.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,847	217.00–229.00	221.31
9	—	1,507	189.00–206.00	195.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,261	160.00–184.00	170.92
15	—	1,535	190.00–210.00	196.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,027	150.00–161.00	156.26

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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