Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.26/cwt on 21 head, up $7.48 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 25 comparable sales and sits +3.48 against this barn's trailing median of $438.78.

Average price

$442.26

▲ 7.48 vs prior sale

21 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$33.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.46

vs FL average

−45.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	458.28	2,401	11thin
Medium and Large 2	523	424.64	2,221	10thin

One grade step is worth $33.64/cwt here — about $181 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 sale21 hd

442.26

—

FL average4 barns · 97 hd

449.72

−7.46

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−45.29

This barn, trailing median25 sales

438.78

+3.48

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	1,376	218.70	3,009	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	183.14	2,246	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	170.83	1,801	16

Every lot, as filed

35 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	525	412.29/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,165	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	554.23/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,801	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	422.05/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	436.87/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,429	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	470.36/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,966	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	500.77/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,612	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	445.53/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	628.60/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,685	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	613.68/cwt	600.00–630.00	1,645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	458.28/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,401	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	697.64/cwt	670.00–730.00	1,556	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	558.09/cwt	540.00–575.00	2,082	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	464.70/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,757	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	615.68/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,278	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	455.24/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,176	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	424.64/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,221	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	493.46/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,048	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	604.31/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,964	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	455.41/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,109	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	659.06/cwt	640.00–680.00	2,109	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	675.93/cwt	650.00–700.00	1,825	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	490.16/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,318	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	540.83/cwt	520.00–560.00	2,288	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	516.75/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,943	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	414.84/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,941	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	560.73/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,542	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	385.43/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,004	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	426.72/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,796	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	219	650.26/cwt	620.00–680.00	1,424	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	500.41/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,826	14
Bulls	—	—	1,376	218.70/cwt	213.00–224.00	3,009	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	179.14/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,105	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	192.65/cwt	190.00–202.00	2,597	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	170.83/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,801	16

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 May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 774Last week 609Year ago 779

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 162Year ago 106

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	219	620.00–680.00	650.26
18	250–300	268	600.00–660.00	628.60
12	300–350	325	530.00–580.00	554.23
14	350–400	365	490.00–510.00	500.41
22	400–450	418	450.00–490.00	470.36
18	450–500	463	440.00–470.00	455.41
10	500–550	525	405.00–420.00	412.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	420.00–460.00	436.87
7	350–400	363	400.00–440.00	422.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	275	540.00–580.00	560.73
13	300–350	322	480.00–520.00	500.77
16	350–400	378	450.00–480.00	464.70
11	400–450	421	410.00–440.00	426.72
10	450–500	468	405.00–425.00	414.84
8	500–550	520	370.00–400.00	385.43
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	540.00	540.00
13	350–400	376	500.00–530.00	516.75
10	400–450	425	430.00–460.00	445.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	268	600.00–630.00	613.68
14	300–350	325	590.00–620.00	604.31
16	350–400	373	540.00–575.00	558.09
11	400–450	415	480.00–510.00	493.46
10	450–500	478	440.00–470.00	455.24
10	500–550	523	410.00–440.00	424.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	223	670.00–730.00	697.64
26	250–300	270	650.00–700.00	675.93
20	300–350	320	640.00–680.00	659.06
12	350–400	370	590.00–640.00	615.68
16	400–450	423	520.00–560.00	540.83
14	450–500	473	480.00–500.00	490.16
11	500–550	524	445.00–475.00	458.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,376	213.00–224.00	218.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,175	170.00–185.00	179.14
8	—	1,348	190.00–202.00	192.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,054	166.00–176.00	170.83

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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