Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

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 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.56/cwt on 39 head, down $15.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −4.28 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$433.56

▼ 15.49 vs prior sale

39 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,332

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$24.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.58

vs FL average

−53.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	449.56	2,417	13thin
Medium and Large 2	538	425.56	2,290	26

One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $128 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 sale39 hd

433.56

—

FL average4 barns · 86 hd

443.14

−9.58

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−53.46

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−4.28

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	1,542	188.98	2,915	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	166.93	1,808	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	155.01	1,625	26

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 1	300–350	328	639.08/cwt	600.00–680.00	2,096	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	465.06/cwt	440.00–485.00	1,958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	584.33/cwt	560.00–610.00	2,191	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	650.16/cwt	610.00–680.00	1,762	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	398.81/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	515.58/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,665	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	512.37/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,916	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	733.04/cwt	700.00–780.00	2,009	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	641.10/cwt	600.00–680.00	2,340	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	442.33/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,490	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	455.76/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,352	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	604.34/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	650.39/cwt	640.00–660.00	2,101	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	415.56/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	416.33/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	281	646.21/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	455.53/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,132	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	430.45/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,234	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	564.14/cwt	540.00–590.00	2,048	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	446.12/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,079	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	499.46/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	442.80/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	540.47/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,297	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	716.36/cwt	680.00–750.00	2,314	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	479.17/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,027	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	465.31/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	533.02/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,983	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	430.76/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,822	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	563.15/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,521	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	569.52/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,845	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	408.29/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,131	7
Bulls	—	—	1,682	192.84/cwt	185.00–198.00	3,244	9
Bulls	—	—	1,228	180.31/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,214	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	166.93/cwt	160.00–182.00	1,808	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	155.01/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,625	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 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 514Last week 846Year ago 653

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 212Year ago 206

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	271	610.00–680.00	650.16
14	300–350	328	600.00–680.00	639.08
6	350–400	375	560.00–610.00	584.33
7	400–450	421	440.00–485.00	465.06
11	450–500	466	435.00–455.00	446.12
7	500–550	522	400.00–420.00	408.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	500.00–530.00	515.58
10	350–400	358	450.00–480.00	465.31
7	400–450	414	390.00–410.00	398.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	270	540.00–590.00	563.15
7	300–350	324	540.00–590.00	569.52
9	350–400	372	510.00–550.00	533.02
9	400–450	423	420.00–440.00	430.76
10	450–500	468	400.00–430.00	415.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	590.00–620.00	604.34
7	350–400	374	500.00–530.00	512.37
6	400–450	420	430.00–455.00	442.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	274	700.00–780.00	733.04
18	300–350	323	680.00–750.00	716.36
14	350–400	365	600.00–680.00	641.10
16	400–450	425	520.00–560.00	540.47
12	450–500	463	480.00–520.00	499.46
7	500–550	516	450.00–460.00	455.76
6	550–600	563	435.00–450.00	442.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	281	620.00–680.00	646.21
14	300–350	323	640.00–660.00	650.39
8	350–400	363	540.00–590.00	564.14
8	400–450	423	460.00–500.00	479.17
12	450–500	468	435.00–475.00	455.53
17	500–550	519	415.00–445.00	430.45
9	550–600	574	405.00–430.00	416.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,682	185.00–198.00	192.84
4	—	1,228	176.00–182.00	180.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,083	160.00–182.00	166.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,048	151.00–158.00	155.01

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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