Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-04-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
591 head
▲ 338 vs last sale 253▼ 35 vs year ago 626 · −5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 80▲ 0 vs year ago 176 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower with quality lacking.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $444.56/cwt on 18 head, up $10.73 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 26 of 28 comparable sales and sits +28.44 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$444.56
▲ 10.73 vs prior sale
18 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,310
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.72
vs FL average
−43.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518459.522,38012thin
Medium and Large 2523414.642,1696thin
One grade step is worth $44.88/cwt here — about $212 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
444.56
—
FL average3 barns · 58 hd
443.84
+0.72
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−43.79
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
+28.44
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—Average1,602209.973,36312
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242173.452,15551
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,040163.151,69722

Every lot

32 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218676.44/cwt650.00–700.001,47510
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2225618.67/cwt600.00–640.001,3928
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268589.53/cwt580.00–600.001,5806
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270648.33/cwt620.00–680.001,75012
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318619.53/cwt600.00–640.001,97014
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323568.91/cwt550.00–590.001,83812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365524.59/cwt510.00–540.001,91510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368569.32/cwt550.00–590.002,09512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420484.64/cwt470.00–500.002,0358
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423519.59/cwt510.00–530.002,19818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463449.59/cwt435.00–465.002,0828
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465487.23/cwt475.00–500.002,26614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518459.52/cwt440.00–480.002,38012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523414.64/cwt400.00–430.002,1696
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223647.64/cwt620.00–680.001,44410
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265584.06/cwt560.00–610.001,54810
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265534.43/cwt520.00–550.001,4168
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323494.42/cwt480.00–510.001,59714
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325534.31/cwt520.00–550.001,7376
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370494.19/cwt480.00–510.001,82914
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370459.73/cwt450.00–470.001,70112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423454.56/cwt440.00–470.001,9238
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425419.65/cwt410.00–430.001,78410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468409.73/cwt400.00–420.001,91810
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473442.17/cwt430.00–455.002,09112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518417.20/cwt405.00–430.002,16110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520379.71/cwt370.00–390.001,9746
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500200.80/cwt195.00–205.003,0128
Bulls——1,805228.31/cwt220.00–235.004,1214
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040163.15/cwt155.00–170.001,69722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199169.87/cwt160.00–177.002,03743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,475192.67/cwt185.00–198.002,8428

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.