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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 4
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
627 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 678▼ 193 vs year ago 820 · −23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 238▼ 224 vs year ago 422 · −53.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls fully steady. 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 $328.31/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −99.27 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$328.31
40 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.74
vs FL average
−50.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540345.471,86618thin
Medium and Large 2559314.261,75822
One grade step is worth $31.21/cwt here — about $108 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 sale40 hd
328.31
—
FL average4 barns · 116 hd
336.04
−7.74
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−50.27
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−99.27
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

34 sales
476430384338median 427.5803/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.18, low $352.46, median $427.58 across 34 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—Average1,656202.993,36212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,122164.671,84772
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,151142.091,63525

Every lot

37 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. 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 1220618.70/cwt600.00–640.001,3617
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2271522.93/cwt490.00–550.001,4177
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275607.82/cwt570.00–650.001,67214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323444.42/cwt430.00–460.001,43510
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326548.03/cwt530.00–570.001,78719
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329492.30/cwt480.00–510.001,6207
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366500.38/cwt480.00–520.001,83115
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373448.76/cwt420.00–470.001,67417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3374398.71/cwt380.00–420.001,49111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419419.66/cwt400.00–440.001,75819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420347.05/cwt335.00–360.001,4588
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423381.98/cwt370.00–395.001,6168
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3464319.65/cwt315.00–325.001,48311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468376.03/cwt360.00–390.001,7609
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468342.30/cwt335.00–350.001,60216
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520349.71/cwt340.00–360.001,81810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534319.49/cwt315.00–325.001,7069
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565340.18/cwt330.00–350.001,9228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577310.64/cwt300.00–320.001,79213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270446.30/cwt410.00–480.001,20512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324373.34/cwt365.00–380.001,2107
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328404.66/cwt390.00–420.001,32712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3329331.28/cwt320.00–340.001,0907
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362354.36/cwt340.00–370.001,28313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365395.62/cwt380.00–410.001,44414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373319.66/cwt310.00–330.001,1928
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419285.49/cwt275.00–300.001,1967
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420353.82/cwt340.00–370.001,48615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427315.28/cwt305.00–330.001,3467
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471314.15/cwt305.00–325.001,4809
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478344.76/cwt330.00–360.001,64812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523317.25/cwt310.00–325.001,6598
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528190.60/cwt181.00–196.002,9125
Bulls——1,748211.84/cwt208.00–222.003,7037
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,047159.12/cwt150.00–167.001,66648
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151142.09/cwt137.00–148.001,63525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271175.77/cwt171.00–183.002,23424

This sale against other markets

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.