The Morning Wire / Florida / Mon Aug 10, 2026

Florida cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 10
3 barns reportedEvery figure as filed

The market in a line

Mon, Aug 10
Choice cutout closed $7.06 higher at $371.42. 3 Florida barns reported 160 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Florida, week of Aug 10 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb598.97/cwt$14.11 lower5297
400-499 lb448.51/cwt$8.59 lower3877
500-599 lb381.62/cwt$6.75 lower2867
600-699 lb356.38/cwt$12.54 higher1377
700-799 lb293.73/cwt194
800-899 lb235.00/cwt21

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Aug 10, weighted by head. Spread of $5.09 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.
BarnStateAverageHead
Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)FL393.32/cwt55
Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)FL388.23/cwt20

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 10 USDA
Choice $371.42, $7.06 higher. Select $350.84, $1.53 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $20.58. 69 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
48,598 head traded Aug 1Aug 7.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered375.393,154
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered239.181,090
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB235.326,326
KansasDressed Delivered370.0039
KansasLive FOB234.943,813
NebraskaDressed Delivered370.3914,747

At the Florida barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) · Florida

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 8.00 to 14.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) · Florida

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)313.98/cwt$3.22 higher340
Boner (85% lean)331.20/cwt$2.87 higher1,338
Cutter (90% lean)331.25/cwt$1.49 higher2,344
Premium White324.58/cwt$1.20 lower1,409
Bull (92% lean)374.17/cwt$1.17 higher371

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Florida only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.