Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

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 $374.73/cwt on 43 head, up $16.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 27 comparable sales and sits −62.89 against this barn's trailing median of $437.63.

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

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	387.24	2,082	23
Medium and Large 2	527	360.35	1,899	20

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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $482.99, low $358.50, median $437.63 across 27 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 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 median27 sales

437.63

−62.89

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	—	Low	1,686	189.00	3,187	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,388	161.71	2,245	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,070	144.35	1,544	33

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	409.53/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,728	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	326.74/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,019	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	480.31/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,561	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	617.74/cwt	580.00–660.00	1,637	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	415.32/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,931	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	420.25/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,748	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	388.23/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,444	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	378.34/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,782	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	560.47/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,794	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	317	509.33/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	345.15/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,460	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	440.30/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,862	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	374.65/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,611	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	419.60/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	470.37/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,759	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	334.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,718	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	405.16/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,297	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	470.30/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,942	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	449.59/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	490.27/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,363	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	405.81/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,070	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	370.22/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,084	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	438.20/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,393	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	364.78/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,871	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	357.93/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,847	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	384.68/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,808	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	588.85/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,843	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	529.80/cwt	520.00–540.00	1,351	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	161.71/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,245	25
Bulls	—	—	1,645	181.20/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,981	6
Bulls	—	—	1,748	200.70/cwt	195.00–207.00	3,508	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	140.94/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,339	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	146.30/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,665	21

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 Aug 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 707Last week 816Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 144Year ago 0

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
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	500.00–520.00	509.33
10	350–400	378	400.00–440.00	419.60
13	400–450	422	400.00–420.00	409.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	265	580.00–660.00	617.74
11	300–350	313	580.00–600.00	588.85
12	400–450	413	460.00–480.00	470.30
10	450–500	465	405.00–425.00	415.32
11	500–550	510	395.00–415.00	405.81
12	550–600	563	360.00–380.00	370.22
9	600–650	618	320.00–330.00	326.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	550.00–570.00	560.47
13	350–400	374	460.00–480.00	470.37
10	400–450	423	430.00–450.00	440.30
11	450–500	471	370.00–385.00	378.34
14	500–550	513	350.00–380.00	364.78
6	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	255	520.00–540.00	529.80
10	300–350	325	470.00–490.00	480.31
10	350–400	370	440.00–460.00	449.59
15	400–450	416	410.00–430.00	420.25
10	450–500	470	375.00–395.00	384.68
11	500–550	516	350.00–365.00	357.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	278	480.00–500.00	490.27
15	300–350	318	420.00–460.00	438.20
23	350–400	372	350.00–430.00	388.23
14	400–450	430	360.00–390.00	374.65
10	500–550	513	330.00–340.00	334.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	400.00–410.00	405.16
14	400–450	423	340.00–350.00	345.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,388	157.00–170.00	161.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	950	140.00–142.00	140.94
21	—	1,138	143.00–154.00	146.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,645	175.00–185.00	181.20
4	—	1,748	195.00–207.00	200.70

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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