Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-07-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
997 head
▲ 145 vs last sale 852▲ 133 vs year ago 864 · +15.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
315 head
▲ 176 vs last sale 139▲ 71 vs year ago 244 · +29.1%
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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 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $446.55/cwt on 47 head, up $12.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 28 comparable sales and sits +30.43 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$446.55
▲ 12.73 vs prior sale
47 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.89
vs FL average
+7.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533455.842,43133
Medium and Large 2523424.642,22114thin
One grade step is worth $31.20/cwt here — about $210 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 sale47 hd
446.55
—
FL average6 barns · 244 hd
432.66
+13.89
National average158 barns · 7,617 hd
439.15
+7.40
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
+30.43
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—Average1,554223.513,47412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262181.242,288133
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080165.451,78721

Every lot

37 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 1215769.30/cwt740.00–800.001,65412
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269694.74/cwt660.00–740.001,86915
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318613.65/cwt600.00–630.001,95115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3319570.88/cwt550.00–590.001,82111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322660.18/cwt640.00–680.002,12621
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358620.42/cwt600.00–640.002,22120
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373520.34/cwt510.00–530.001,94110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375564.33/cwt540.00–590.002,11628
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420540.71/cwt520.00–560.002,27116
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423494.56/cwt480.00–510.002,09218
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423459.70/cwt450.00–470.001,94512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462497.27/cwt480.00–515.002,29725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470454.52/cwt440.00–470.002,13618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518459.28/cwt450.00–470.002,37921
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523424.64/cwt410.00–440.002,22114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560449.82/cwt440.00–460.002,51912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620422.26/cwt415.00–430.002,6188
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261662.66/cwt600.00–730.001,73027
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273563.39/cwt540.00–590.001,53812
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313589.28/cwt560.00–620.001,84424
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315483.40/cwt470.00–500.001,52311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319530.24/cwt510.00–550.001,69117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363541.21/cwt520.00–560.001,96525
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363493.49/cwt480.00–510.001,79115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374460.26/cwt450.00–470.001,72119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418449.15/cwt440.00–460.001,87715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423489.64/cwt470.00–510.002,07118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468429.63/cwt420.00–440.002,01114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480464.69/cwt450.00–480.002,23122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520425.29/cwt415.00–435.002,21220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529396.64/cwt390.00–405.002,09811
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,463221.27/cwt218.00–225.003,2376
Bulls——1,513209.30/cwt203.00–212.003,1673
Bulls——1,778242.19/cwt238.00–250.004,3063
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080165.45/cwt160.00–169.001,78721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224178.11/cwt170.00–182.002,18092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348188.25/cwt186.00–194.002,53841

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.