Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.82/cwt on 29 head, down $4.74 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 25 comparable sales and sits +1.04 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$439.82

▼ 4.74 vs prior sale

29 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$14.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs FL average

−39.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	444.81	2,434	19thin
Medium and Large 2	518	430.34	2,229	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.47/cwt here — about $205 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $482.99, low $369.20, median $438.78 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale29 hd

439.82

—

FL average4 barns · 64 hd

439.35

+0.47

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−39.21

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

+1.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,415	220.85	3,124	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	179.07	2,314	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	160.37	1,695	18

Every lot, as filed

37 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	414.13/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,158	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	467.24/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	528.35/cwt	500.00–560.00	1,390	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	544.41/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	603.15/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,629	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	465.50/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,760	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	413.26/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,905	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	698.34/cwt	680.00–720.00	1,955	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	439.50/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,850	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	747.79/cwt	710.00–790.00	1,653	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	605.59/cwt	580.00–630.00	1,926	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	509.52/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	534.12/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,270	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	279	628.89/cwt	610.00–650.00	1,755	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	666.68/cwt	640.00–690.00	2,120	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	485.27/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,028	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	428.20/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,458	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	430.34/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,229	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	554.35/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,029	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	544.42/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,758	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	417.90/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,947	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	465.44/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,992	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	459.76/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,405	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	432.14/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	489.79/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,302	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	605.84/cwt	580.00–630.00	2,260	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	409.88/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,701	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	500.31/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	450.21/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,116	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	446.10/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,101	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	519.05/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,910	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	385.19/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,042	12
Bulls	—	—	1,422	216.13/cwt	206.00–222.00	3,073	6
Bulls	—	—	1,400	230.29/cwt	225.00–240.00	3,224	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	190.02/cwt	183.00–199.00	2,533	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	160.37/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,695	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	174.25/cwt	164.00–180.00	2,220	25

How this sale compares

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)

Mon Apr 20, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 742Last week 591Year ago 316

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 176Year ago 123

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	270	580.00–630.00	603.15
14	300–350	318	530.00–560.00	544.41
12	350–400	368	500.00–540.00	519.05
16	400–450	428	450.00–480.00	465.44
11	450–500	471	435.00–460.00	446.10
9	500–550	521	405.00–425.00	414.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	450.00–480.00	467.24
10	400–450	415	400.00–420.00	409.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	263	500.00–560.00	528.35
10	300–350	325	490.00–510.00	500.31
14	350–400	378	450.00–480.00	465.50
10	400–450	420	425.00–440.00	432.14
11	450–500	466	410.00–425.00	417.90
12	500–550	530	375.00–395.00	385.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	323	530.00–560.00	544.42
8	350–400	368	500.00–520.00	509.52
11	400–450	421	430.00–450.00	439.50
7	450–500	461	400.00–430.00	413.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	221	710.00–790.00	747.79
21	250–300	280	680.00–720.00	698.34
23	300–350	318	640.00–690.00	666.68
14	350–400	373	580.00–630.00	605.84
14	400–450	425	510.00–560.00	534.12
14	450–500	470	480.00–500.00	489.79
10	500–550	523	450.00–470.00	459.76
9	550–600	574	420.00–435.00	428.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	279	610.00–650.00	628.89
10	300–350	318	580.00–630.00	605.59
11	350–400	366	540.00–570.00	554.35
10	400–450	418	470.00–500.00	485.27
12	450–500	470	440.00–460.00	450.21
10	500–550	518	420.00–440.00	430.34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,422	206.00–222.00	216.13
3	—	1,400	225.00–240.00	230.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,333	183.00–199.00	190.02
25	—	1,274	164.00–180.00	174.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,057	155.00–169.00	160.37

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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