Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-01-07

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
537 head
▼ 285 vs last sale 822▼ 105 vs year ago 642 · −16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 259▼ 104 vs year ago 302 · −34.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holiday period.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $437.85/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 25 of 34 comparable sales and sits +10.27 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$437.85
18 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.44
vs FL average
−28.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518455.832,3619thin
Medium and Large 2524419.862,2009thin
One grade step is worth $35.97/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale18 hd
437.85
—
FL average4 barns · 75 hd
418.40
+19.44
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−28.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
+10.27
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—High1,761193.953,4169thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,281163.212,09069
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,177146.981,73037

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1226717.74/cwt680.00–760.001,6229
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260693.65/cwt660.00–730.001,8038
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275624.45/cwt610.00–640.001,71710
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323648.48/cwt630.00–670.002,09519
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325569.54/cwt560.00–580.001,85110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328605.57/cwt590.00–620.001,98610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3358510.21/cwt500.00–520.001,8278
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372590.66/cwt570.00–610.002,19715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375544.40/cwt530.00–560.002,04210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420443.47/cwt430.00–460.001,8637
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421542.01/cwt520.00–560.002,28213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432490.74/cwt480.00–500.002,12011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464446.76/cwt430.00–460.002,07311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471502.64/cwt480.00–520.002,3679
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518455.83/cwt445.00–465.002,3619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524419.86/cwt400.00–435.002,2009
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275635.91/cwt610.00–660.001,74916
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316598.06/cwt570.00–620.001,89011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319530.88/cwt510.00–550.001,69411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361521.13/cwt500.00–540.001,88111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3364417.65/cwt400.00–430.001,5207
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370460.54/cwt440.00–480.001,70410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423429.41/cwt410.00–450.001,81612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423390.30/cwt380.00–400.001,65110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424486.69/cwt460.00–510.002,06411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470444.52/cwt430.00–460.002,0898
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474416.76/cwt400.00–430.001,97511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523371.66/cwt350.00–390.001,9449
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525412.26/cwt400.00–425.002,16410
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,751190.27/cwt181.00–199.003,3327
Bulls——1,798206.81/cwt203.00–211.003,7182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028140.60/cwt135.00–143.001,4459
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225149.03/cwt145.00–153.001,82628
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243172.52/cwt168.00–180.002,14420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296159.41/cwt155.00–165.002,06649

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.