Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last Monday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.49/cwt on 54 head, down $10.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −71.72 against this barn's trailing median of $436.20.

Average price

$364.49

▼ 10.25 vs prior sale

54 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.37

vs FL average

−39.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	370.96	2,024	37
Medium and Large 2	524	350.40	1,836	17thin

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $188 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

26 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $482.99, low $358.50, median $436.20 across 26 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 sale54 hd

364.49

—

FL average5 barns · 297 hd

359.12

+5.37

National average163 barns · 12,167 hd

403.65

−39.16

This barn, trailing median26 sales

436.20

−71.72

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	1,523	191.24	2,912	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,264	147.70	1,867	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	132.47	1,408	31

Every lot, as filed

41 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 3	400–450	423	405.15/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,714	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	329.70/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,209	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	359.49/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,862	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	488.88/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,594	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	551.32/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,483	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	424.73/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,797	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	323.99/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,704	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	430.92/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,607	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	405.27/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	419.08/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,362	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	523.42/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,691	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	425.50/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,604	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	427.94/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,819	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	580.95/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,528	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	509.72/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,366	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	389.18/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,677	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	459.61/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,485	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	354.60/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,677	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	722.24/cwt	700.00–740.00	1,596	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	418.51/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,938	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	350.40/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,836	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	566.29/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,829	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	376.03/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,760	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	475.38/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,754	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	337.20/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,091	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	382.14/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,006	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	309.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	364.15/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,032	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	649.25/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,766	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	515.62/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,882	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	339.10/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,892	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	389.44/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,846	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	459.81/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,683	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	475.27/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,963	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	600.20/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,915	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	589.21/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,314	10
Bulls	—	—	1,590	198.08/cwt	193.00–204.00	3,149	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	123.73/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,339	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	136.63/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,440	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	147.70/cwt	141.00–166.00	1,867	29
Bulls	—	—	1,455	184.40/cwt	183.00–186.00	2,683	4

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 Sep 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,106Last week 707Year ago 689

Slaughter CattleReceipts 137Last week 145Year ago 218

No trends offered due to market closure last Monday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	323	510.00–540.00	523.42
15	350–400	377	410.00–440.00	425.50
14	400–450	423	400.00–410.00	405.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	200–250	221	700.00–740.00	722.24
19	250–300	272	620.00–680.00	649.25
15	300–350	319	590.00–610.00	600.20
18	350–400	365	500.00–530.00	515.62
20	400–450	413	460.00–490.00	475.27
21	450–500	463	400.00–440.00	418.51
14	500–550	525	370.00–395.00	382.14
23	550–600	558	350.00–380.00	364.15
12	600–650	620	325.00–350.00	337.20
8	650–700	670	320.00–340.00	329.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	263	560.00–600.00	580.95
21	300–350	323	550.00–580.00	566.29
19	350–400	369	460.00–490.00	475.38
18	400–450	425	415.00–440.00	427.94
19	450–500	468	360.00–390.00	376.03
17	500–550	524	340.00–360.00	350.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	223	580.00–600.00	589.21
15	250–300	269	540.00–560.00	551.32
15	300–350	326	480.00–500.00	488.88
15	350–400	366	450.00–470.00	459.81
14	400–450	423	410.00–440.00	424.73
13	450–500	474	380.00–400.00	389.44
22	500–550	518	345.00–375.00	359.49
13	550–600	558	330.00–350.00	339.10
16	600–650	618	300.00–320.00	309.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	268	500.00–520.00	509.72
16	300–350	323	450.00–470.00	459.61
17	350–400	373	420.00–440.00	430.92
17	400–450	431	380.00–400.00	389.18
12	450–500	473	340.00–370.00	354.60
11	500–550	526	310.00–335.00	323.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	400.00–440.00	419.08
10	350–400	370	400.00–410.00	405.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,590	193.00–204.00	198.08
4	—	1,455	183.00–186.00	184.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,082	121.00–128.00	123.73
21	—	1,054	132.00–140.00	136.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,264	141.00–166.00	147.70

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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