Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-09-21

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Sep 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
987 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 1,106▲ 109 vs year ago 878 · +12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 137▼ 160 vs year ago 234 · −68.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter 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 $371.49/cwt on 59 head, up $7.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 28 comparable sales and sits −44.63 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$371.49
▲ 7.00 vs prior sale
59 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.26
vs FL average
−33.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536390.942,09731
Medium and Large 2544349.951,90428
One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale59 hd
371.49
—
FL average6 barns · 279 hd
366.22
+5.26
National average175 barns · 12,027 hd
405.41
−33.92
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−44.63
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—Low1,653193.513,19811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,062127.371,35321
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,029126.481,30111

Every lot

43 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1218732.41/cwt700.00–760.001,59712
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1261647.09/cwt620.00–680.001,68917
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280589.64/cwt580.00–600.001,65110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320614.30/cwt600.00–630.001,96612
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323568.91/cwt550.00–590.001,83818
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325520.92/cwt500.00–540.001,69314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362529.35/cwt510.00–550.001,91615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371483.60/cwt470.00–500.001,79415
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3374446.70/cwt430.00–460.001,67115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418473.08/cwt450.00–500.001,97717
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425430.35/cwt420.00–440.001,82914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425395.53/cwt380.00–410.001,68110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470425.16/cwt410.00–440.001,99814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480385.31/cwt370.00–400.001,84916
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518359.71/cwt340.00–380.001,86314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523402.08/cwt390.00–415.002,10320
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561370.69/cwt360.00–380.002,08011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570340.18/cwt330.00–350.001,93914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621333.75/cwt330.00–340.002,07316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668328.34/cwt320.00–337.002,19310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265537.34/cwt500.00–580.001,42421
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315494.29/cwt480.00–510.001,55716
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3321411.08/cwt400.00–420.001,32013
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325450.46/cwt440.00–460.001,46410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364464.04/cwt450.00–480.001,68911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365390.27/cwt380.00–400.001,42412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370425.41/cwt410.00–440.001,57426
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418419.70/cwt410.00–430.001,75412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430389.77/cwt380.00–400.001,67616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466393.53/cwt380.00–410.001,83413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469355.56/cwt340.00–370.001,66817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513329.85/cwt320.00–340.001,69214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519307.73/cwt300.00–315.001,59717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560319.91/cwt315.00–325.001,79110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621305.35/cwt300.00–310.001,89611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368499.66/cwt490.00–510.001,83912
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421457.31/cwt440.00–480.001,9259
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465412.90/cwt400.00–425.001,92010
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,598180.39/cwt178.00–183.002,8832
Bulls——1,648193.17/cwt190.00–200.003,1837
Bulls——1,723207.80/cwt204.00–212.003,5802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,029126.48/cwt123.00–131.001,30111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,062127.37/cwt124.00–141.001,35321

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.