Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-08-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 17
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
701 head
▼ 478 vs last sale 1,179▼ 269 vs year ago 970 · −27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 207 vs last sale 372▼ 63 vs year ago 228 · −27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $369.20/cwt on 41 head, down $24.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −46.92 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$369.20
▼ 24.12 vs prior sale
41 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$43.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.73
vs FL average
−27.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543390.202,11721
Medium and Large 2552347.151,91720
One grade step is worth $43.05/cwt here — about $200 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 sale41 hd
369.20
—
FL average7 barns · 293 hd
372.93
−3.73
National average147 barns · 5,729 hd
396.78
−27.58
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−46.92
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—Average1,536204.263,1377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,165162.901,89854
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,014146.941,49035

Every lot

38 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225698.67/cwt680.00–720.001,57212
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269655.08/cwt630.00–680.001,76217
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274608.26/cwt600.00–620.001,6679
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308583.64/cwt570.00–600.001,79815
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320515.47/cwt500.00–530.001,6508
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322550.38/cwt540.00–560.001,77213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368565.71/cwt550.00–580.002,08210
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373489.66/cwt480.00–500.001,82614
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380524.61/cwt510.00–540.001,99410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3417416.40/cwt400.00–430.001,7369
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422494.56/cwt480.00–510.002,08717
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422455.56/cwt440.00–470.001,92215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462440.32/cwt430.00–450.002,03417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468399.44/cwt385.00–415.001,86914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7685
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524399.28/cwt390.00–410.002,09211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563380.22/cwt370.00–390.002,14110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568346.20/cwt330.00–360.001,96615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624331.62/cwt320.00–340.002,06914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1218615.86/cwt600.00–630.001,34310
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258584.56/cwt570.00–600.001,50814
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268538.69/cwt520.00–560.001,44412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325534.23/cwt510.00–560.001,73616
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325484.31/cwt470.00–500.001,57412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325449.54/cwt440.00–460.001,46110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376443.72/cwt430.00–460.001,66817
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377484.34/cwt470.00–500.001,82613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416409.65/cwt400.00–420.001,70413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420444.46/cwt430.00–460.001,86712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428374.82/cwt365.00–385.001,60412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465397.23/cwt385.00–410.001,84712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467362.19/cwt350.00–380.001,69112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529351.34/cwt340.00–360.001,8599
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,323192.50/cwt190.00–198.002,5473
Bulls——1,695213.08/cwt210.00–216.003,6124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,014146.94/cwt142.00–154.001,49035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146161.19/cwt155.00–172.001,84747
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295174.40/cwt174.00–177.002,2587

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.