Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2025-11-19

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
839 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 850▲ 74 vs year ago 765 · +9.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 364▼ 44 vs year ago 228 · −19.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $385.87/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −41.71 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$385.87
59 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.03
vs FL average
−24.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545402.712,19526
Medium and Large 2547372.602,03933
One grade step is worth $30.11/cwt here — about $157 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
385.87
—
FL average4 barns · 176 hd
380.84
+5.03
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−24.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−41.71
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—High1,464181.542,65715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,209158.251,91362
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,000144.081,44116

Every lot

38 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225638.67/cwt620.00–660.001,43710
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270623.61/cwt600.00–650.001,68412
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320555.47/cwt540.00–570.001,77812
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322590.20/cwt580.00–600.001,90017
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326513.31/cwt500.00–530.001,67315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373515.50/cwt500.00–530.001,92314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3376468.03/cwt450.00–490.001,76017
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415463.82/cwt450.00–480.001,92515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3421390.90/cwt380.00–400.001,64615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428424.74/cwt410.00–440.001,81824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463394.76/cwt380.00–410.001,82814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468440.32/cwt420.00–460.002,06116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521384.22/cwt375.00–395.002,00217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524409.52/cwt400.00–420.002,14615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574393.42/cwt380.00–405.002,25811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575360.26/cwt350.00–370.002,07116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615346.42/cwt340.00–350.002,13011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323485.35/cwt470.00–500.001,56820
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323445.58/cwt430.00–460.001,43920
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362440.32/cwt430.00–450.001,59415
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368412.07/cwt400.00–425.001,51612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368375.51/cwt360.00–390.001,38214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418349.23/cwt340.00–360.001,46017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419415.47/cwt400.00–430.001,74115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425379.47/cwt365.00–395.001,61314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464390.34/cwt380.00–400.001,81115
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465362.77/cwt350.00–375.001,68718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521363.50/cwt345.00–380.001,89434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525330.29/cwt320.00–340.001,73414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569324.06/cwt315.00–335.001,8449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575349.83/cwt340.00–360.002,01210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621326.58/cwt320.00–335.002,0287
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,417171.83/cwt165.00–175.002,4357
Bulls——1,478184.82/cwt180.00–195.002,7326
Bulls——1,583205.66/cwt200.00–210.003,2562
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000144.08/cwt140.00–148.001,44116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205155.40/cwt150.00–161.001,87345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219165.80/cwt162.00–173.002,02117

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.