Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.51/cwt on 34 head, up $10.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +24.73 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$463.51

▲ 10.56 vs prior sale

34 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$26.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.41

vs FL average

−23.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	471.34	2,544	24
Medium and Large 2	525	444.71	2,335	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $209 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 sale34 hd

463.51

—

FL average4 barns · 92 hd

459.10

+4.41

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−23.51

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

+24.73

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	1,474	190.79	2,812	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,159	175.49	2,034	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	155.83	1,613	15

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	480.35/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,041	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	604.58/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,947	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	530.30/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,692	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	444.71/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,335	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	549.45/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,005	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	564.21/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,811	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	459.56/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,587	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	500.31/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,121	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	606.69/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,978	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	679.68/cwt	670.00–690.00	2,141	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	480.84/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,289	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	709.63/cwt	700.00–720.00	1,916	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	614.29/cwt	600.00–630.00	2,261	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	470.24/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,975	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	479.76/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,509	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	469.78/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,184	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	735.84/cwt	720.00–750.00	1,641	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	534.47/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,266	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	644.31/cwt	630.00–660.00	2,094	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	504.50/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	569.34/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,118	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	474.39/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,755	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	434.78/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,230	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	509.21/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,874	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	663.43/cwt	650.00–680.00	1,811	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	436.19/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,076	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	450.30/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,905	14
Bulls	—	—	1,474	190.79/cwt	185.00–201.00	2,812	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	185.42/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,331	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	155.83/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,613	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	169.79/cwt	163.00–178.00	1,873	47

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 Feb 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 727Last week 832Year ago 566

Slaughter CattleReceipts 171Last week 136Year ago 231

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	590.00–620.00	604.58
18	350–400	365	530.00–570.00	549.45
12	400–450	425	470.00–490.00	480.35
16	450–500	465	460.00–480.00	469.78
16	500–550	513	420.00–450.00	434.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	319	520.00–540.00	530.30
16	350–400	370	460.00–490.00	474.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	550.00–580.00	564.21
17	350–400	368	500.00–520.00	509.21
14	400–450	423	440.00–460.00	450.30
21	450–500	476	420.00–450.00	436.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	273	650.00–680.00	663.43
18	300–350	325	630.00–660.00	644.31
15	350–400	372	550.00–590.00	569.34
15	400–450	424	490.00–510.00	500.31
19	450–500	476	470.00–490.00	480.84
10	500–550	525	430.00–460.00	444.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	223	720.00–750.00	735.84
20	250–300	270	700.00–720.00	709.63
14	300–350	315	670.00–690.00	679.68
16	350–400	368	600.00–630.00	614.29
17	400–450	424	520.00–550.00	534.47
14	500–550	523	470.00–490.00	479.76
10	550–600	563	440.00–480.00	459.56
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	326	590.00–620.00	606.69
10	350–400	373	490.00–520.00	504.50
12	400–450	420	460.00–480.00	470.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	185.00–201.00	190.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,257	180.00–191.00	185.42
47	—	1,103	163.00–178.00	169.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,035	150.00–161.00	155.83

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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