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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 5
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
901 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 915▼ 10 vs year ago 911 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 162▼ 125 vs year ago 272 · −46.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $382.03/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −45.55 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$382.03
66 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs FL average
−37.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536402.702,15733
Medium and Large 2544361.361,96633
One grade step is worth $41.34/cwt here — about $191 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 sale66 hd
382.03
—
FL average4 barns · 187 hd
380.86
+1.17
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−37.07
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−45.55
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—Average1,676196.953,30011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,492157.422,34943
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,169143.731,68037

Every lot

41 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1224629.21/cwt600.00–650.001,40911
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273610.55/cwt590.00–630.001,66712
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318500.47/cwt480.00–520.001,59118
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320544.30/cwt530.00–560.001,74220
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322579.99/cwt570.00–590.001,86825
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365460.55/cwt440.00–480.001,68116
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371498.83/cwt490.00–510.001,85113
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374529.81/cwt520.00–540.001,98117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423425.27/cwt410.00–440.001,79918
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423394.85/cwt390.00–400.001,67012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427464.92/cwt450.00–480.001,98529
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464405.16/cwt400.00–410.001,88019
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473374.44/cwt360.00–390.001,77114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481431.22/cwt415.00–450.002,07419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519419.52/cwt400.00–440.002,17719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519369.64/cwt355.00–385.001,91819
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558379.87/cwt370.00–390.002,12014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578350.13/cwt340.00–360.002,02414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618350.12/cwt340.00–360.002,1648
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669341.54/cwt330.00–350.002,2857
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322435.30/cwt420.00–450.001,40217
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324470.22/cwt460.00–480.001,52419
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327395.43/cwt380.00–410.001,29315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375435.40/cwt420.00–450.001,63314
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375375.40/cwt365.00–385.001,40814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381401.34/cwt390.00–415.001,52915
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417409.94/cwt400.00–420.001,70921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418380.66/cwt370.00–390.001,59121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3424354.57/cwt345.00–365.001,50315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475357.34/cwt350.00–365.001,69712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476380.49/cwt375.00–385.001,81115
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3479333.38/cwt325.00–340.001,59711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516350.25/cwt340.00–360.001,80717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520324.81/cwt315.00–335.001,68916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579334.26/cwt325.00–345.001,93511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,589194.17/cwt190.00–199.003,0858
Bulls——1,907204.36/cwt200.00–213.003,8973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031135.69/cwt133.00–138.001,3997
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,201145.60/cwt140.00–150.001,74930
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,468154.32/cwt150.00–158.002,26530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,548164.56/cwt163.00–167.002,54713

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.