Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-08-03

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 3
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
559 head
▼ 456 vs last sale 1,015▼ 183 vs year ago 742 · −24.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 152▼ 55 vs year ago 186 · −29.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $417.83/cwt on 36 head, up $32.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 28 comparable sales and sits +1.71 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$417.83
▲ 32.45 vs prior sale
36 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+33.73
vs FL average
+3.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519466.562,42111thin
Medium and Large 2549396.392,17625
One grade step is worth $70.17/cwt here — about $246 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 sale36 hd
417.83
—
FL average6 barns · 248 hd
384.10
+33.73
National average157 barns · 6,223 hd
414.24
+3.59
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
+1.71
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—Average1,662203.373,3807thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,285185.452,38348
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,074160.151,72024

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1229774.27/cwt720.00–850.001,7739
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270698.52/cwt680.00–720.001,88612
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275648.08/cwt630.00–660.001,7827
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320600.63/cwt580.00–620.001,92210
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3321558.27/cwt550.00–570.001,7927
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325654.54/cwt640.00–670.002,12712
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360610.56/cwt590.00–630.002,19810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370560.81/cwt540.00–580.002,07516
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380505.66/cwt480.00–530.001,92212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418535.27/cwt520.00–550.002,23712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418488.71/cwt480.00–500.002,0439
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475495.47/cwt480.00–510.002,35316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479448.18/cwt440.00–455.002,1479
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519466.56/cwt440.00–490.002,42111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525399.43/cwt380.00–420.002,09712
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571393.58/cwt380.00–410.002,24713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215718.60/cwt690.00–750.001,54510
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260688.46/cwt650.00–730.001,7908
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319610.88/cwt590.00–630.001,94911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323544.02/cwt530.00–560.001,7579
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323499.22/cwt480.00–520.001,61210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365509.73/cwt500.00–520.001,8616
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368425.71/cwt410.00–440.001,5678
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375469.47/cwt450.00–490.001,7618
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420460.71/cwt440.00–480.001,93514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427418.54/cwt410.00–430.001,7879
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1457433.58/cwt420.00–450.001,9819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473397.70/cwt390.00–405.001,8816
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520387.86/cwt375.00–400.002,0178
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561379.36/cwt375.00–385.002,1289
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414506.79/cwt490.00–520.002,0987
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423464.38/cwt450.00–480.001,9648
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470490.21/cwt480.00–500.002,3048
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483440.16/cwt430.00–450.002,1268
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518441.72/cwt425.00–455.002,2887
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,507188.82/cwt186.00–193.002,8463
Bulls——1,778214.29/cwt208.00–219.003,8104
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043165.25/cwt160.00–171.001,72414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118153.02/cwt150.00–157.001,71110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230180.72/cwt175.00–187.002,22333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,405195.87/cwt190.00–200.002,75215

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.