Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-03-23

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 23
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
361 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 383▼ 42 vs year ago 403 · −10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 90▼ 76 vs year ago 135 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $445.88/cwt on 5 head, up $8.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 28 comparable sales and sits +29.76 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$445.88
▲ 8.25 vs prior sale
5 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.02
vs FL average
−32.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520445.882,3195thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
445.88
—
FL average4 barns · 43 hd
431.86
+14.02
National average173 barns · 11,948 hd
478.09
−32.21
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
+29.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
467426385345median 416.1203/0206/0107/2709/2111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.68, low $358.50, median $416.12 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,471213.033,1336thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,202165.821,99317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,043148.381,5487thin

Every lot

26 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220687.27/cwt650.00–730.001,51214
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1281667.17/cwt640.00–700.001,87517
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318567.31/cwt550.00–590.001,8049
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320524.53/cwt510.00–540.001,6786
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322648.60/cwt600.00–700.002,08815
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363597.77/cwt580.00–620.002,17011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364541.68/cwt520.00–560.001,9729
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370474.66/cwt450.00–500.001,7568
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419523.21/cwt510.00–540.002,1927
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419468.40/cwt460.00–480.001,9635
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463419.46/cwt400.00–440.001,9428
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474461.22/cwt450.00–470.002,1867
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520445.88/cwt440.00–450.002,3195
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263558.57/cwt530.00–590.001,46910
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313514.64/cwt500.00–530.001,61116
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330474.55/cwt460.00–490.001,56610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358450.07/cwt440.00–460.001,6118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425439.76/cwt430.00–450.001,8698
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466420.45/cwt410.00–435.001,9597
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470384.68/cwt375.00–395.001,8088
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516395.64/cwt390.00–400.002,0427
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,323199.46/cwt193.00–204.002,6393
Bulls——1,618226.59/cwt224.00–229.003,6663
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043148.38/cwt145.00–153.001,5487
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156161.33/cwt157.00–172.001,86514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,417186.78/cwt181.00–190.002,6473

This sale against other markets

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.