Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.10/cwt on 58 head, down $8.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −81.51 against this barn's trailing median of $435.61.

Average price

$354.10

▼ 8.16 vs prior sale

58 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$29.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs FL average

−36.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	366.37	2,046	34
Medium and Large 2	539	336.72	1,814	24

One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about $232 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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.08, low $352.46, median $435.61 across 34 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 sale58 hd

354.10

—

FL average5 barns · 256 hd

355.99

−1.89

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−36.49

This barn, trailing median34 sales

435.61

−81.51

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	—	Low	1,556	186.47	2,902	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	147.98	1,705	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	133.27	1,365	46

Every lot, as filed

38 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 2	550–600	565	315.13/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,780	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	389.73/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,847	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	573.61/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,549	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	464.11/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,949	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	412.70/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,911	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	499.59/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	385.95/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,594	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	540.92/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,758	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	369.39/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,762	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	455.41/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,685	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	352.14/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,831	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	543.75/cwt	510.00–580.00	1,523	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	410.34/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,490	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	387.80/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,028	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	330.13/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,875	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	618.69/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,658	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	450.36/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	384.49/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,415	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	320.53/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,689	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	584.42/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,888	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	410.30/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,736	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	643.33/cwt	620.00–670.00	1,447	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	418.20/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,773	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	489.61/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,581	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	376.01/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,594	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	330.52/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,043	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	359.43/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,887	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	317.75/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,980	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	479.53/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,534	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	420.34/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,568	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	354.68/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,050	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	359.79/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,691	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	454.19/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,681	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	147.98/cwt	141.00–153.00	1,705	25
Bulls	—	—	1,471	169.74/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,497	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	125.84/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,305	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	138.05/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,403	28
Bulls	—	—	1,670	208.78/cwt	206.00–213.00	3,487	3

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 Sep 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 905Last week 562Year ago 1,083

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 168Year ago 305

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	280	510.00–580.00	543.75
14	300–350	325	520.00–560.00	540.92
14	350–400	370	440.00–470.00	455.41
11	400–450	424	405.00–430.00	418.20
13	450–500	477	360.00–380.00	369.39
14	500–550	520	340.00–365.00	352.14
10	550–600	565	300.00–330.00	315.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	225	620.00–670.00	643.33
10	250–300	268	600.00–640.00	618.69
12	300–350	323	570.00–600.00	584.42
10	350–400	363	480.00–520.00	499.59
16	400–450	420	440.00–490.00	464.11
12	450–500	463	400.00–425.00	412.70
12	500–550	523	375.00–400.00	387.80
22	550–600	578	340.00–370.00	354.68
25	600–650	618	320.00–340.00	330.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	480.00–500.00	489.61
10	350–400	363	400.00–420.00	410.34
13	400–450	413	375.00–395.00	385.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	270	550.00–600.00	573.61
12	300–350	320	470.00–490.00	479.53
10	350–400	370	440.00–470.00	454.19
14	400–450	423	400.00–420.00	410.30
17	450–500	474	380.00–400.00	389.73
10	500–550	525	340.00–380.00	359.43
16	550–600	568	320.00–340.00	330.13
20	600–650	623	305.00–330.00	317.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	329	440.00–460.00	450.36
16	350–400	373	410.00–430.00	420.34
11	400–450	424	360.00–390.00	376.01
10	450–500	470	350.00–370.00	359.79
13	500–550	527	310.00–330.00	320.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	370.00–400.00	384.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,152	141.00–153.00	147.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,037	120.00–130.00	125.84
28	—	1,016	135.00–140.00	138.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,471	165.00–171.00	169.74
3	—	1,670	206.00–213.00	208.78

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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