Name: Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

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 $450.06/cwt on 49 head, up $6.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 33 comparable sales and sits +12.22 against this barn's trailing median of $437.85.

Average price

$450.06

▲ 6.06 vs prior sale

49 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$4.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

vs FL average

−30.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	452.60	2,455	20
Medium and Large 2	548	448.31	2,458	29

One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about −$3 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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.99, low $352.46, median $437.85 across 33 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 sale49 hd

450.06

—

FL average4 barns · 99 hd

447.94

+2.12

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−30.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

437.85

+12.22

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	1,744	210.81	3,676	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,425	175.45	2,501	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	160.82	1,833	45

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)

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 1	600–650	614	418.79/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,571	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	500.78/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,618	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	460.54/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,704	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	414.61/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,576	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	451.21/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,462	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	389.85/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,000	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	410.26/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,941	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	500.85/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,094	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	417.84/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,390	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	454.84/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,183	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	553.89/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,077	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	658.17/cwt	630.00–680.00	1,817	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	534.17/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,238	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	440.17/cwt	320.00–550.00	1,426	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	515.52/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,871	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	608.55/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,680	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	585.69/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,903	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	480.96/cwt	440.00–520.00	2,515	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	465.44/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,969	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	497.12/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	609.31/cwt	590.00–630.00	2,212	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	634.17/cwt	620.00–650.00	2,017	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	460.29/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,394	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	444.91/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	430.18/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	504.40/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,886	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	574.11/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,608	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	544.70/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,754	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	454.53/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,159	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	424.71/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,230	12
Bulls	—	—	1,908	226.77/cwt	223.00–230.00	4,327	4
Bulls	—	—	1,580	194.84/cwt	191.00–200.00	3,078	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	173.87/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,512	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	189.47/cwt	187.00–203.00	2,370	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	164.61/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,972	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	155.14/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,634	18

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 (Wed)

Wed Apr 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 872Year ago 613

Slaughter CattleReceipts 227Last week 205Year ago 144

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	276	630.00–680.00	658.17
18	300–350	318	620.00–650.00	634.17
14	350–400	363	590.00–630.00	609.31
11	400–450	419	520.00–550.00	534.17
12	450–500	465	480.00–515.00	497.12
10	500–550	520	450.00–470.00	460.29
10	550–600	565	440.00–450.00	444.91
10	600–650	614	405.00–440.00	418.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	276	600.00–620.00	608.55
14	300–350	325	570.00–600.00	585.69
21	350–400	375	540.00–570.00	553.89
15	400–450	418	490.00–510.00	500.85
16	450–500	480	440.00–470.00	454.84
14	500–550	523	440.00–520.00	480.96
15	550–600	572	410.00–425.00	417.84
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	320.00–550.00	440.17
12	350–400	363	500.00–530.00	515.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	323	480.00–520.00	500.78
18	350–400	370	440.00–480.00	460.54
14	400–450	413	420.00–440.00	430.18
12	450–500	473	400.00–420.00	410.26
10	500–550	513	380.00–400.00	389.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	430.00–470.00	451.21
14	350–400	380	400.00–430.00	414.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	280	550.00–600.00	574.11
17	300–350	322	530.00–560.00	544.70
15	350–400	374	490.00–520.00	504.40
14	400–450	423	450.00–480.00	465.44
18	450–500	475	440.00–470.00	454.53
12	500–550	525	410.00–440.00	424.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,908	223.00–230.00	226.77
4	—	1,580	191.00–200.00	194.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,445	165.00–180.00	173.87
9	—	1,251	187.00–203.00	189.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,198	160.00–171.00	164.61
18	—	1,053	151.00–158.00	155.14

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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