Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-06-22

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
404 head
▼ 312 vs last sale 716▼ 315 vs year ago 719 · −43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 160 vs last sale 190▼ 139 vs year ago 169 · −82.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $444.14/cwt on 24 head, up $11.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 28 comparable sales and sits +28.02 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$444.14
▲ 11.89 vs prior sale
24 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.10
vs FL average
−24.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548454.572,49217thin
Medium and Large 2521418.812,1827thin
One grade step is worth $35.76/cwt here — about $310 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale24 hd
444.14
—
FL average5 barns · 241 hd
433.03
+11.10
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−24.32
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
+28.02
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—Average1,748220.623,8563thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,342185.092,48310
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,212168.082,0376thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1216787.94/cwt750.00–840.001,7029
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263719.05/cwt700.00–740.001,8916
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270658.89/cwt640.00–680.001,7798
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313657.30/cwt640.00–680.002,0579
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320600.94/cwt580.00–620.001,9238
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3327558.44/cwt540.00–570.001,8265
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366621.28/cwt600.00–640.002,2749
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375515.60/cwt500.00–530.001,9346
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376574.13/cwt560.00–590.002,15911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421506.23/cwt490.00–520.002,1319
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3421466.23/cwt450.00–480.001,9639
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425554.41/cwt530.00–580.002,35610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465506.59/cwt490.00–520.002,3567
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471465.45/cwt450.00–480.002,19215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521418.81/cwt410.00–430.002,1827
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530460.38/cwt440.00–480.002,44010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574446.26/cwt435.00–455.002,5627
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263641.74/cwt620.00–660.001,6887
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275617.31/cwt580.00–640.001,6985
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318567.10/cwt540.00–600.001,8037
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320459.06/cwt440.00–480.001,4698
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326516.58/cwt500.00–530.001,6847
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364447.45/cwt430.00–460.001,6297
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366517.24/cwt500.00–540.001,8939
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371483.31/cwt475.00–495.001,7937
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423469.70/cwt460.00–480.001,9878
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424438.28/cwt430.00–450.001,8587
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428412.34/cwt400.00–420.001,7655
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465449.78/cwt440.00–460.002,0916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483419.84/cwt410.00–430.002,0286
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520419.71/cwt410.00–430.002,1828
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,748220.62/cwt218.00–222.003,8563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,212168.08/cwt164.00–172.002,0376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295180.47/cwt175.00–189.002,3377
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,450195.86/cwt191.00–198.002,8403

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.