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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 12
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
850 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 901▲ 162 vs year ago 688 · +23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
364 head
▲ 217 vs last sale 147▲ 25 vs year ago 339 · +7.4%
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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 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $373.66/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −53.92 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$373.66
44 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.93
vs FL average
−51.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543386.922,10326
Medium and Large 2523354.501,85418thin
One grade step is worth $32.42/cwt here — about $249 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 sale44 hd
373.66
—
FL average3 barns · 114 hd
369.72
+3.93
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−51.22
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−53.92
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—Average1,578189.422,98816
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,195159.261,90350
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,033142.031,46740

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1223678.31/cwt650.00–710.001,51318
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1264638.26/cwt600.00–670.001,68523
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270568.89/cwt550.00–590.001,53616
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320603.83/cwt580.00–630.001,93222
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320544.30/cwt530.00–560.001,74222
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325504.31/cwt490.00–520.001,63916
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365439.45/cwt420.00–460.001,60418
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370559.19/cwt540.00–580.002,06916
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372510.51/cwt490.00–530.001,89917
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423419.17/cwt400.00–440.001,77318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423379.70/cwt370.00–390.001,60610
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425474.12/cwt450.00–500.002,01514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473404.60/cwt390.00–420.001,91424
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473359.47/cwt340.00–380.001,70012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475449.58/cwt430.00–470.002,13622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523354.50/cwt340.00–370.001,85418
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525394.57/cwt380.00–410.002,07116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573374.67/cwt360.00–390.002,14710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223592.25/cwt560.00–630.001,32114
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273513.85/cwt490.00–540.001,40322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315439.37/cwt420.00–460.001,38412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323389.46/cwt380.00–400.001,25810
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325489.08/cwt470.00–510.001,59024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370454.32/cwt430.00–480.001,68116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373409.66/cwt400.00–420.001,52810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373379.66/cwt370.00–390.001,4164
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423424.38/cwt410.00–440.001,79510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423354.79/cwt350.00–360.001,5018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428384.56/cwt370.00–400.001,6468
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469400.35/cwt390.00–410.001,87815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3471335.42/cwt330.00–340.001,5809
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473364.60/cwt350.00–380.001,7258
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523334.67/cwt325.00–345.001,75014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525369.57/cwt355.00–385.001,94018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564356.40/cwt340.00–370.002,0109
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573319.78/cwt310.00–330.001,8326
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,338172.38/cwt168.00–176.002,3064
Bulls——1,580189.45/cwt182.00–195.002,9936
Bulls——1,735200.75/cwt198.00–203.003,4836
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970135.41/cwt130.00–140.001,31318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,51520
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085147.44/cwt142.00–152.001,60022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318165.44/cwt162.00–168.002,18030

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.