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Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 26
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
← Oct 19Oct 26latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
986 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 913▼ 104 vs year ago 1,090 · −9.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 101▼ 65 vs year ago 239 · −27.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 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 $379.64/cwt on 44 head, up $19.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 27 comparable sales and sits −38.19 against this barn's trailing median of $417.83.
Average price
$379.64
▲ 19.37 vs prior sale
44 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.05
vs FL average
−55.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542390.582,11732
Medium and Large 2523350.481,83312thin
One grade step is worth $40.10/cwt here — about $284 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale44 hd
379.64
—
FL average7 barns · 245 hd
361.59
+18.05
National average163 barns · 26,594 hd
435.15
−55.51
This barn, trailing median27 sales
417.83
−38.19
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

27 sales
467426385345median 417.8303/0205/1107/2009/1410/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.68, low $358.50, median $417.83 across 27 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—Average1,439173.192,49211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,224132.331,62034
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,189121.041,44046

Every lot, as filed

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1213694.97/cwt660.00–740.001,48011
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268628.60/cwt600.00–660.001,68520
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270566.39/cwt540.00–590.001,52914
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310593.97/cwt580.00–610.001,84119
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3322505.57/cwt490.00–520.001,62813
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325550.62/cwt530.00–570.001,79024
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368466.98/cwt440.00–490.001,71817
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3368410.48/cwt400.00–420.001,51112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370525.68/cwt500.00–550.001,94520
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418476.05/cwt450.00–500.001,99016
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418426.06/cwt410.00–440.001,78119
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425384.47/cwt370.00–400.001,63410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464370.69/cwt350.00–390.001,72015
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465424.19/cwt400.00–450.001,97218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514400.79/cwt380.00–420.002,06017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523350.48/cwt330.00–370.001,83312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574379.01/cwt360.00–400.002,17615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625337.68/cwt330.00–345.002,11110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670332.28/cwt325.00–340.002,2268
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215579.07/cwt560.00–600.001,24510
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270494.17/cwt480.00–510.001,33414
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275544.18/cwt530.00–560.001,49616
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318485.98/cwt460.00–510.001,54516
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3321392.16/cwt370.00–410.001,25913
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332435.54/cwt420.00–450.001,44617
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369427.59/cwt415.00–440.001,57821
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374355.28/cwt340.00–370.001,32917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420395.54/cwt380.00–410.001,66114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425354.47/cwt340.00–370.001,50618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457345.36/cwt335.00–355.001,57819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465384.52/cwt370.00–400.001,78812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519341.90/cwt330.00–355.001,77413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523310.24/cwt300.00–320.001,62310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566317.85/cwt310.00–325.001,79913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,418165.54/cwt162.00–168.002,3474
Bulls——1,451177.56/cwt177.00–180.002,5767
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,189124.52/cwt120.00–129.001,48128
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190115.62/cwt110.00–118.001,37618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224132.33/cwt125.00–139.001,62034

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.