Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

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 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.18/cwt on 29 head, up $28.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +24.33 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$462.18

▲ 28.61 vs prior sale

29 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,388

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$34.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.28

vs FL average

−13.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	473.92	2,445	19thin
Medium and Large 2	518	439.86	2,278	10thin

One grade step is worth $34.06/cwt here — about $167 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 sale29 hd

462.18

—

FL average4 barns · 70 hd

443.90

+18.28

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−13.38

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

+24.33

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	1,605	211.83	3,400	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	168.02	2,125	117
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,214	155.17	1,884	33

Every lot, as filed

33 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	350–400	366	544.56/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,993	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	495.31/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,798	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	515.48/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,624	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	476.36/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,491	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	410.47/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,732	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	409.52/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,125	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	600.40/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,915	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	656.15/cwt	630.00–680.00	2,132	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	493.85/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,079	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	549.76/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,748	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	459.53/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,939	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	439.86/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,278	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	547.65/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,032	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	519.49/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,400	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	473.92/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,445	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	544.73/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,277	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	671.11/cwt	640.00–700.00	1,812	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	455.41/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	559.52/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,751	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	428.00/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,999	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	601.47/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,153	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	693.84/cwt	670.00–720.00	1,492	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	445.53/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,894	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	580.75/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,539	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	495.52/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,051	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	480.42/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,306	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	484.61/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,842	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	615.69/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,681	12
Bulls	—	—	1,413	198.21/cwt	195.00–207.00	2,801	6
Bulls	—	—	1,710	219.26/cwt	212.00–226.00	3,749	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	166.75/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,114	108
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	183.30/cwt	178.00–197.00	2,244	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	155.17/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,884	33

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 793Last week 514Year ago 596

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 128Year ago 280

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	265	560.00–600.00	580.75
22	300–350	313	540.00–580.00	559.52
13	350–400	366	530.00–560.00	544.56
17	400–450	414	480.00–510.00	495.52
20	450–500	480	460.00–500.00	480.42
13	500–550	519	400.00–420.00	409.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	315	500.00–530.00	515.48
16	350–400	363	480.00–510.00	495.31
18	400–450	425	430.00–460.00	445.53
15	450–500	467	415.00–440.00	428.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	313	460.00–490.00	476.36
10	350–400	365	440.00–470.00	455.41
13	400–450	422	400.00–420.00	410.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	273	600.00–630.00	615.69
15	300–350	319	580.00–620.00	600.40
11	350–400	371	530.00–570.00	547.65
19	400–450	421	480.00–510.00	493.85
10	500–550	518	430.00–450.00	439.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	200–250	215	670.00–720.00	693.84
30	250–300	270	640.00–700.00	671.11
20	300–350	325	630.00–680.00	656.15
19	350–400	358	580.00–620.00	601.47
14	400–450	418	530.00–560.00	544.73
19	450–500	462	500.00–540.00	519.49
19	500–550	516	460.00–490.00	473.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	540.00–560.00	549.76
10	350–400	380	470.00–500.00	484.61
13	400–450	422	450.00–470.00	459.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,413	195.00–207.00	198.21
11	—	1,710	212.00–226.00	219.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,268	160.00–175.00	166.75
9	—	1,224	178.00–197.00	183.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,214	151.00–160.00	155.17

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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