Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.72/cwt on 27 head, up $11.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +27.94 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$466.72

▲ 11.94 vs prior sale

27 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,473

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$30.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs FL average

+1.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	479.03	2,551	16thin
Medium and Large 2	526	448.81	2,361	11thin

One grade step is worth $30.22/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale27 hd

466.72

—

FL average4 barns · 107 hd

465.97

+0.75

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+1.39

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

+27.94

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	1,590	186.77	2,970	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,149	158.42	1,820	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	146.27	1,640	23

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	474.11/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,991	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	570.63/cwt	550.00–590.00	1,797	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	512.88/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,672	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	460.60/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,709	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	721.36/cwt	700.00–740.00	1,587	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	415.24/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,172	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	599.38/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,918	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	480.11/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,257	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	522.88/cwt	505.00–540.00	2,431	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	551.41/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,002	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	492.01/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,071	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	547.82/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	649.68/cwt	630.00–670.00	2,046	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	519.60/cwt	510.00–530.00	1,949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	450.76/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,884	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	498.99/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,515	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	453.36/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	538.53/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,326	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	777.64/cwt	750.00–810.00	1,734	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	448.81/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,361	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	418.73/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,960	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	480.31/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,561	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	731.18/cwt	700.00–760.00	1,989	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	409.73/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,516	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	503.49/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,853	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	663.81/cwt	640.00–690.00	1,746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	412.74/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,940	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	456.53/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,155	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	599.31/cwt	580.00–620.00	2,175	10
Bulls	—	—	1,845	203.99/cwt	199.00–216.00	3,764	3
Bulls	—	—	1,386	177.72/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,463	8
Bulls	—	—	1,652	188.26/cwt	183.00–194.00	3,110	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,129	156.92/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,772	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	170.40/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,229	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	146.27/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,640	23

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 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 585Last week 1,073Year ago 930

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 220Year ago 278

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	220	700.00–740.00	721.36
10	250–300	263	640.00–690.00	663.81
16	300–350	315	550.00–590.00	570.63
15	350–400	368	490.00–520.00	503.49
12	400–450	420	450.00–500.00	474.11
13	450–500	472	430.00–480.00	456.53
10	500–550	523	405.00–425.00	415.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	500.00–530.00	512.88
13	350–400	371	440.00–480.00	460.60
12	450–500	470	405.00–420.00	412.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	470.00–490.00	480.31
8	350–400	370	400.00–420.00	409.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	580.00–620.00	599.38
15	350–400	363	540.00–565.00	551.41
13	400–450	421	470.00–510.00	492.01
12	450–500	470	470.00–490.00	480.11
11	500–550	526	440.00–460.00	448.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	200–250	223	750.00–810.00	777.64
15	250–300	272	700.00–760.00	731.18
14	300–350	315	630.00–670.00	649.68
10	350–400	363	580.00–620.00	599.31
11	400–450	432	520.00–560.00	538.53
8	450–500	465	505.00–540.00	522.88
9	500–550	504	490.00–510.00	498.99
7	550–600	569	445.00–465.00	453.36
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	530.00–560.00	547.82
8	350–400	375	510.00–530.00	519.60
9	400–450	418	440.00–460.00	450.76
9	450–500	468	410.00–430.00	418.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,845	199.00–216.00	203.99
8	—	1,386	175.00–181.00	177.72
14	—	1,652	183.00–194.00	188.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,129	151.00–164.00	156.92
4	—	1,308	168.00–173.00	170.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,121	141.00–152.00	146.27

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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