Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00-15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.99/cwt on 29 head, up $16.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 25 comparable sales and sits +44.21 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$482.99

▲ 16.27 vs prior sale

29 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$34.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs FL average

−1.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	499.57	2,608	15thin
Medium and Large 2	518	465.22	2,410	14thin

One grade step is worth $34.35/cwt here — about $198 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

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 sale29 hd

482.99

—

FL average4 barns · 85 hd

475.87

+7.11

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−1.11

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

+44.21

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	1,518	188.84	2,866	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	170.94	2,061	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	961	150.80	1,449	14

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1	300–350	318	693.62/cwt	660.00–730.00	2,206	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	513.72/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,430	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	519.32/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,911	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	449.29/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,878	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	465.60/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	499.57/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,608	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	470.32/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,211	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	619.42/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,964	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	483.56/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,070	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	463.68/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,161	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	217	734.68/cwt	700.00–770.00	1,594	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	687.78/cwt	650.00–730.00	1,857	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	525.47/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,682	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	580.78/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,876	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	430.76/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,236	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	565.74/cwt	540.00–590.00	2,393	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	737.38/cwt	700.00–780.00	1,976	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	512.21/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,177	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	534.59/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,951	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	436.60/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,043	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	470.53/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,995	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	465.22/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,410	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	574.52/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,149	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	573.53/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,841	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	613.61/cwt	600.00–630.00	2,276	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	420.16/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,008	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	667.58/cwt	650.00–690.00	1,843	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	799.65/cwt	760.00–850.00	1,807	19
Bulls	—	—	1,630	195.09/cwt	189.00–200.00	3,180	3
Bulls	—	—	1,405	182.58/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,565	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	162.98/cwt	155.00–171.00	1,970	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	183.06/cwt	174.00–191.00	2,197	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	150.80/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,449	14

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 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 695Last week 585Year ago 951

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 155Year ago 407

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00-15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	200–250	226	760.00–850.00	799.65
28	250–300	268	700.00–780.00	737.38
20	300–350	318	660.00–730.00	693.62
19	350–400	371	600.00–630.00	613.61
20	400–450	423	540.00–590.00	565.74
17	450–500	473	500.00–530.00	513.72
15	500–550	522	490.00–510.00	499.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	276	650.00–690.00	667.58
19	300–350	317	600.00–640.00	619.42
17	350–400	374	560.00–590.00	574.52
10	400–450	425	500.00–525.00	512.21
14	450–500	470	460.00–480.00	470.32
14	500–550	518	450.00–480.00	465.22
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	321	560.00–590.00	573.53
12	350–400	365	520.00–550.00	534.59
13	400–450	424	460.00–480.00	470.53
11	450–500	468	420.00–450.00	436.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	217	700.00–770.00	734.68
22	250–300	270	650.00–730.00	687.78
16	300–350	323	560.00–600.00	580.78
22	350–400	368	500.00–540.00	519.32
15	400–450	428	470.00–500.00	483.56
15	450–500	466	450.00–480.00	463.68
15	500–550	519	410.00–450.00	430.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	510.00–540.00	525.47
14	350–400	375	450.00–480.00	465.60
19	400–450	418	440.00–460.00	449.29
10	450–500	478	410.00–430.00	420.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,630	189.00–200.00	195.09
3	—	1,405	180.00–185.00	182.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,209	155.00–171.00	162.98
23	—	1,200	174.00–191.00	183.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	961	145.00–155.00	150.80

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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