Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.63/cwt on 25 head, down $25.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 25 comparable sales and sits −1.15 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$437.63

▼ 25.88 vs prior sale

25 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$29.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.54

vs FL average

−37.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	449.57	2,347	15thin
Medium and Large 2	525	419.71	2,203	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.86/cwt here — about $143 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 sale25 hd

437.63

—

FL average4 barns · 84 hd

432.08

+5.54

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−37.93

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

−1.15

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	1,666	195.57	3,258	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	176.76	2,291	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,064	154.85	1,648	13

Every lot, as filed

34 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	500–550	523	412.20/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,156	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	585.46/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,604	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	424.56/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,817	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	470.37/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,510	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	365.36/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	440.81/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,666	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	584.45/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,607	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	555.54/cwt	540.00–570.00	1,844	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	498.92/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,115	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	429.74/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,033	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	469.64/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,972	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	580.87/cwt	560.00–600.00	2,161	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	419.71/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,203	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	534.41/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,945	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	643.81/cwt	620.00–670.00	1,693	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	454.79/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,147	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	595.24/cwt	580.00–610.00	1,875	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	435.27/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,819	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	654.49/cwt	630.00–680.00	2,121	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	494.50/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,844	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	549.69/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,786	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	515.58/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,665	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	449.57/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	470.40/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,759	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	509.49/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,895	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	405.53/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,922	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	450.41/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,085	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	475.74/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,012	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	679.55/cwt	660.00–700.00	1,495	14
Bulls	—	—	1,603	205.16/cwt	200.00–208.00	3,289	3
Bulls	—	—	1,697	190.78/cwt	185.00–193.00	3,238	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	170.65/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,102	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	184.78/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,550	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	154.85/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,648	13

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 Mar 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 844Last week 727Year ago 391

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 171Year ago 145

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	274	570.00–600.00	585.46
22	300–350	325	540.00–560.00	549.69
17	350–400	372	490.00–530.00	509.49
12	400–450	423	450.00–500.00	475.74
22	450–500	463	435.00–465.00	450.41
10	500–550	523	400.00–425.00	412.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	323	500.00–530.00	515.58
15	350–400	374	460.00–480.00	470.40
10	400–450	428	410.00–440.00	424.56
15	450–500	474	390.00–420.00	405.53
12	500–550	528	350.00–380.00	365.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	460.00–480.00	470.37
21	350–400	378	430.00–450.00	440.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	275	570.00–600.00	584.45
16	300–350	315	580.00–610.00	595.24
15	350–400	364	520.00–550.00	534.41
16	400–450	420	460.00–480.00	469.64
12	450–500	473	420.00–440.00	429.74
10	500–550	525	405.00–435.00	419.71
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	332	540.00–570.00	555.54
14	350–400	373	480.00–510.00	494.50
12	400–450	418	420.00–450.00	435.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	220	660.00–700.00	679.55
38	250–300	263	620.00–670.00	643.81
15	300–350	324	630.00–680.00	654.49
13	350–400	372	560.00–600.00	580.87
15	400–450	424	490.00–510.00	498.92
17	450–500	472	450.00–460.00	454.79
15	500–550	522	440.00–460.00	449.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,603	200.00–208.00	205.16
6	—	1,697	185.00–193.00	190.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,232	160.00–178.00	170.65
16	—	1,380	181.00–190.00	184.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,064	151.00–159.00	154.85

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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