Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-09-28

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Sep 28
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
831 head
▼ 156 vs last sale 987▼ 41 vs year ago 872 · −4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 74▼ 78 vs year ago 260 · −30.0%
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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 steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $367.68/cwt on 37 head, down $3.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 28 comparable sales and sits −48.44 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$367.68
▼ 3.80 vs prior sale
37 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.59
vs FL average
−46.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553373.542,06525
Medium and Large 2518355.481,84112thin
One grade step is worth $18.06/cwt here — about $224 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 sale37 hd
367.68
—
FL average7 barns · 227 hd
368.27
−0.59
National average184 barns · 17,632 hd
414.66
−46.98
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−48.44
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—Low1,602192.623,08514
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,253134.761,68940
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,066123.101,31339

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215668.60/cwt650.00–690.001,4378
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263622.48/cwt600.00–640.001,63713
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2268563.36/cwt540.00–590.001,51016
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316583.64/cwt570.00–600.001,84417
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3319489.60/cwt470.00–510.001,56215
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327540.11/cwt520.00–560.001,76623
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380524.34/cwt500.00–550.001,99224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381466.55/cwt450.00–480.001,77813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409478.95/cwt460.00–500.001,95913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421434.47/cwt420.00–450.001,82913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425394.47/cwt380.00–410.001,67610
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465414.52/cwt400.00–430.001,92822
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468370.27/cwt360.00–380.001,73312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518355.48/cwt335.00–375.001,84112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521403.66/cwt385.00–425.002,10311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578349.87/cwt340.00–360.002,02214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619351.20/cwt330.00–360.002,17410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663334.72/cwt320.00–350.002,2196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263489.52/cwt480.00–500.001,28710
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1266527.20/cwt510.00–540.001,40211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310499.68/cwt480.00–520.001,54912
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3316409.64/cwt400.00–420.001,29411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319449.60/cwt430.00–470.001,43415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364439.36/cwt430.00–450.001,59911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365410.41/cwt400.00–420.001,49810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370369.59/cwt360.00–380.001,3678
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419369.90/cwt350.00–390.001,55019
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423409.70/cwt400.00–420.001,73316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466384.20/cwt370.00–400.001,79011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477350.49/cwt335.00–365.001,67217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523334.64/cwt320.00–350.001,75010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523305.12/cwt300.00–310.001,59610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,436177.34/cwt170.00–180.002,5474
Bulls——1,547192.65/cwt188.00–196.002,9807
Bulls——1,950212.94/cwt210.00–218.004,1523
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039125.04/cwt121.00–132.001,29929
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,146117.47/cwt116.00–120.001,34610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236132.35/cwt128.00–138.001,63630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,305141.97/cwt140.00–149.001,85310

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.