Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.60/cwt on 22 head, down $15.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −5.24 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$432.60

▼ 15.45 vs prior sale

22 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$35.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.52

vs FL average

−55.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	447.23	2,403	13thin
Medium and Large 2	513	411.47	2,111	9thin

One grade step is worth $35.76/cwt here — about $293 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale22 hd

432.60

—

FL average4 barns · 59 hd

439.12

−6.52

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−55.75

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

−5.24

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	1,634	221.29	3,616	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,366	178.14	2,434	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	163.38	1,814	30

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	200–250	220	632.73/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	445.32/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,071	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	425.41/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	422.72/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,788	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	474.33/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,537	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	440.24/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,400	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	266	589.11/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,567	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	444.17/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,061	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	620.46/cwt	610.00–630.00	2,016	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	479.36/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,210	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	576.19/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	519.50/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,907	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	440.18/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	411.47/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,111	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	513.16/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	400.42/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	525.63/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,197	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	666.44/cwt	640.00–690.00	1,453	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	568.71/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,110	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	485.71/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,040	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	377.74/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,945	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	585.83/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,582	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	649.65/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,728	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	409.08/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,082	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	408.79/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,876	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	465.41/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	526.38/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	458.23/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	453.28/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,348	7
Bulls	—	—	1,738	235.48/cwt	224.00–245.00	4,093	4
Bulls	—	—	1,565	211.83/cwt	202.00–219.00	3,315	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	169.45/cwt	162.00–175.00	2,106	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	187.79/cwt	182.00–192.00	2,822	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	163.38/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,814	30

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 Apr 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 521Last week 659Year ago 583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 220Year ago 194

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	220	600.00–660.00	632.73
8	250–300	270	570.00–600.00	585.83
8	300–350	318	500.00–550.00	526.38
7	350–400	361	500.00–530.00	513.16
16	400–450	418	440.00–475.00	458.23
10	450–500	465	430.00–460.00	445.32
9	500–550	509	400.00–420.00	409.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	430.00–450.00	440.24
6	350–400	370	410.00–440.00	425.41
4	400–450	418	390.00–410.00	400.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	460.00–490.00	474.33
8	350–400	365	450.00–480.00	465.41
10	400–450	423	415.00–430.00	422.72
7	450–500	459	400.00–420.00	408.79
4	500–550	515	365.00–390.00	377.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	266	570.00–610.00	589.11
10	300–350	315	550.00–600.00	576.19
17	350–400	367	500.00–540.00	519.50
8	400–450	420	470.00–500.00	485.71
13	450–500	464	430.00–460.00	444.17
9	500–550	513	400.00–425.00	411.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	218	640.00–690.00	666.44
13	250–300	266	620.00–680.00	649.65
16	300–350	325	610.00–630.00	620.46
9	350–400	371	550.00–590.00	568.71
10	400–450	418	510.00–540.00	525.63
11	450–500	461	470.00–490.00	479.36
7	500–550	518	440.00–470.00	453.28
6	550–600	560	430.00–450.00	440.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,738	224.00–245.00	235.48
6	—	1,565	202.00–219.00	211.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,243	162.00–175.00	169.45
18	—	1,503	182.00–192.00	187.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,110	155.00–170.00	163.38

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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