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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jul 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
928 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 790▼ 123 vs year ago 1,051 · −11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
417 head
▲ 278 vs last sale 139▲ 121 vs year ago 296 · +40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure last week for July 4th Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.30/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −85.28 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$342.30
38 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.89
vs FL average
−36.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544347.231,89029
Medium and Large 2527326.391,7209thin
One grade step is worth $20.84/cwt here — about $170 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 sale38 hd
342.30
—
FL average4 barns · 152 hd
344.19
−1.89
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−36.83
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−85.28
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—Average1,633194.943,18414
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,320161.732,13497
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,263144.931,83058

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270576.11/cwt560.00–590.001,55514
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318494.78/cwt480.00–510.001,57313
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320556.17/cwt530.00–580.001,78014
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3321402.91/cwt360.00–440.001,2939
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363464.14/cwt440.00–490.001,68510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365370.27/cwt360.00–380.001,35112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368413.70/cwt400.00–430.001,52215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419395.47/cwt380.00–410.001,65715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425427.06/cwt415.00–440.001,81512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3431358.29/cwt345.00–375.001,54411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463392.70/cwt380.00–405.001,81814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468322.30/cwt310.00–335.001,5088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470355.48/cwt340.00–370.001,67114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513354.19/cwt345.00–365.001,81715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2527326.39/cwt315.00–335.001,7209
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578339.78/cwt330.00–350.001,96414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613336.58/cwt325.00–345.002,06313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265475.94/cwt450.00–500.001,26114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323344.42/cwt330.00–360.001,11210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324439.34/cwt410.00–470.001,42319
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327383.98/cwt370.00–400.001,25611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369345.39/cwt330.00–360.001,27415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373389.33/cwt370.00–410.001,45218
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421360.90/cwt350.00–370.001,51915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421337.69/cwt330.00–345.001,42215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423309.59/cwt300.00–320.001,31010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460319.78/cwt310.00–330.001,47114
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471348.78/cwt340.00–360.001,64311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524334.43/cwt330.00–340.001,75211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524301.72/cwt285.00–315.001,58111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557324.51/cwt320.00–330.001,8089
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,557185.18/cwt180.00–192.002,88310
Bulls——1,824219.34/cwt209.00–242.004,0014
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,263144.93/cwt135.00–151.001,83058
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,292158.63/cwt153.00–166.002,04974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,408171.70/cwt169.00–179.002,41823

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.