Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.03/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 11 of 25 comparable sales and sits −3.75 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$435.03

25 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$41.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.01

vs FL average

−31.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	451.81	2,363	15thin
Medium and Large 2	518	409.86	2,123	10thin

One grade step is worth $41.95/cwt here — about $240 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

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $482.99, low $369.20, median $438.78 across 25 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 sale25 hd

435.03

—

FL average2 barns · 48 hd

418.02

+17.01

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−31.30

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−3.75

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	1,674	193.43	3,238	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,250	164.00	2,050	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,106	151.35	1,674	22

Every lot, as filed

31 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

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	500–550	518	409.86/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,123	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	446.99/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,061	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	472.29/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,988	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	520.40/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,967	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	386.60/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,026	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	476.48/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,235	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	624.47/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,649	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	667.08/cwt	650.00–690.00	1,421	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	494.11/cwt	470.00–520.00	2,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	431.84/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,241	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	610.24/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,941	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	613.38/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	726.62/cwt	700.00–750.00	1,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	415.32/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,952	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	650.72/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,056	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	682.27/cwt	650.00–710.00	1,904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	499.46/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	451.81/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,363	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	524.29/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,144	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	520.63/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,666	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	576.19/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,120	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	554.35/cwt	530.00–580.00	2,046	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	424.26/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,795	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	479.60/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,813	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	568.22/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,869	16
Bulls	—	—	1,610	188.98/cwt	180.00–199.00	3,043	5
Bulls	—	—	1,896	215.18/cwt	203.00–219.00	4,080	4
Bulls	—	—	1,485	171.84/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,552	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	171.86/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,267	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	151.35/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,674	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	157.13/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,870	24

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 (Mon)

Mon Jan 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 533Last week 912Year ago 732

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 200Year ago 231

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	279	600.00–630.00	613.38
8	300–350	318	600.00–620.00	610.24
8	350–400	378	500.00–540.00	520.40
11	400–450	421	450.00–490.00	472.29
9	450–500	461	430.00–460.00	446.99
10	500–550	518	400.00–420.00	409.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	220	700.00–750.00	726.62
9	250–300	279	650.00–710.00	682.27
11	300–350	316	630.00–670.00	650.72
18	350–400	368	550.00–600.00	576.19
19	400–450	409	500.00–550.00	524.29
12	450–500	463	480.00–520.00	499.46
15	500–550	523	430.00–470.00	451.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	320	500.00–540.00	520.63
14	350–400	378	460.00–500.00	479.60
12	400–450	423	400.00–450.00	424.26
8	450–500	470	400.00–430.00	415.32
11	500–550	524	375.00–400.00	386.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	213	650.00–690.00	667.08
17	250–300	264	600.00–650.00	624.47
16	300–350	329	550.00–600.00	568.22
15	350–400	369	530.00–580.00	554.35
8	400–450	420	470.00–520.00	494.11
11	450–500	469	450.00–500.00	476.48
9	500–550	519	410.00–450.00	431.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,610	180.00–199.00	188.98
4	—	1,896	203.00–219.00	215.18
3	—	1,485	170.00–175.00	171.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,319	167.00–179.00	171.86
24	—	1,190	153.00–165.00	157.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,106	145.00–160.00	151.35

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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