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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
790 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 933▼ 66 vs year ago 856 · −7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 279▼ 194 vs year ago 333 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $343.88/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −83.70 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$343.88
59 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.39
vs FL average
−25.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535351.211,87741
Medium and Large 2523327.201,71118thin
One grade step is worth $24.01/cwt here — about $166 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 sale59 hd
343.88
—
FL average4 barns · 155 hd
346.28
−2.39
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−25.70
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−83.70
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—High1,527199.313,0448thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,124168.551,89559
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,121148.621,66617

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2316496.47/cwt480.00–510.001,56915
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318453.49/cwt440.00–470.001,44213
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323545.58/cwt530.00–560.001,76218
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365375.41/cwt360.00–390.001,37010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372470.57/cwt440.00–500.001,75119
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372414.62/cwt400.00–430.001,54217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416389.09/cwt380.00–400.001,61915
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422430.74/cwt410.00–450.001,81815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3426358.98/cwt350.00–370.001,52915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470384.44/cwt375.00–395.001,80715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483351.47/cwt340.00–365.001,69815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515355.35/cwt345.00–367.001,83025
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523327.20/cwt315.00–340.001,71118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565344.73/cwt330.00–360.001,94816
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621333.85/cwt320.00–350.002,07319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320384.30/cwt370.00–400.001,23014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322434.65/cwt410.00–460.001,40019
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323345.58/cwt330.00–360.001,11610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365390.55/cwt370.00–410.001,42620
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365352.16/cwt340.00–365.001,28514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365323.81/cwt310.00–335.001,18211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420332.68/cwt325.00–340.001,39716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425309.76/cwt300.00–320.001,31610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426353.26/cwt345.00–360.001,50515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475337.26/cwt330.00–345.001,60218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475312.26/cwt305.00–320.001,48314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523327.32/cwt320.00–335.001,71214
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524307.86/cwt300.00–315.001,61315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569320.51/cwt310.00–330.001,82413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622284.30/cwt270.00–300.001,76815
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,464192.41/cwt190.00–194.002,8175
Bulls——1,632210.82/cwt205.00–222.003,4413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,106165.34/cwt153.00–171.001,82944
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121148.62/cwt145.00–155.001,66617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178177.97/cwt175.00–185.002,09615

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.