Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-08-31

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Aug 31
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
707 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 816▲ 707 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 144▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $374.73/cwt on 43 head, up $16.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 28 comparable sales and sits −41.39 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$374.73
▲ 16.23 vs prior sale
43 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.99
vs FL average
+3.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538387.242,08223
Medium and Large 2527360.351,89920
One grade step is worth $26.90/cwt here — about $183 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 sale43 hd
374.73
—
FL average7 barns · 242 hd
352.74
+21.99
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
+3.34
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−41.39
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—Average1,686189.003,18710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,388161.712,24525
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,070144.351,54433

Every lot

34 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265617.74/cwt580.00–660.001,63714
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313588.85/cwt580.00–600.001,84311
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3317509.33/cwt500.00–520.001,61511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320560.47/cwt550.00–570.001,79410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374470.37/cwt460.00–480.001,75913
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378419.60/cwt400.00–440.001,58610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413470.30/cwt460.00–480.001,94212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3422409.53/cwt400.00–420.001,72813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423440.30/cwt430.00–450.001,86210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465415.32/cwt405.00–425.001,93110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471378.34/cwt370.00–385.001,78211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510405.81/cwt395.00–415.002,07011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513364.78/cwt350.00–380.001,87114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9606
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563370.22/cwt360.00–380.002,08412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618326.74/cwt320.00–330.002,0199
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255529.80/cwt520.00–540.001,35110
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278490.27/cwt480.00–500.001,36312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318438.20/cwt420.00–460.001,39315
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320405.16/cwt400.00–410.001,29710
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325480.31/cwt470.00–490.001,56110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370449.59/cwt440.00–460.001,66310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372388.23/cwt350.00–430.001,44423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416420.25/cwt410.00–430.001,74815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423345.15/cwt340.00–350.001,46014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430374.65/cwt360.00–390.001,61114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470384.68/cwt375.00–395.001,80810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513334.93/cwt330.00–340.001,71810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516357.93/cwt350.00–365.001,84711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,645181.20/cwt175.00–185.002,9816
Bulls——1,748200.70/cwt195.00–207.003,5084
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%950140.94/cwt140.00–142.001,33912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138146.30/cwt143.00–154.001,66521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,388161.71/cwt157.00–170.002,24525

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.