Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-01-14

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 14
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
885 head
▲ 348 vs last sale 537▼ 3 vs year ago 888 · −0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 198▼ 263 vs year ago 457 · −57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $481.99/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 35 of 34 comparable sales and sits +54.41 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$481.99
48 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.51
vs FL average
+10.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539514.512,77423
Medium and Large 2545452.072,46225
One grade step is worth $62.44/cwt here — about $312 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 sale48 hd
481.99
—
FL average4 barns · 143 hd
461.48
+20.51
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
+10.01
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
+54.41
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—High1,669195.143,25716
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,316161.622,12779
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,111143.021,58832

Every lot

42 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1213805.88/cwt780.00–830.001,71714
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1266722.59/cwt700.00–750.001,92225
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,8538
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318610.47/cwt590.00–630.001,94116
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323664.19/cwt650.00–680.002,14524
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323566.58/cwt550.00–580.001,83015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367629.63/cwt610.00–650.002,31119
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3369515.27/cwt500.00–530.001,90117
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374572.11/cwt550.00–590.002,14017
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418513.73/cwt500.00–530.002,14715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423570.53/cwt540.00–600.002,41320
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469539.09/cwt520.00–560.002,52815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475465.47/cwt450.00–480.002,21114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518527.08/cwt510.00–545.002,73014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521472.60/cwt450.00–500.002,46213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570429.82/cwt420.00–440.002,45012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572494.95/cwt480.00–515.002,8319
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622440.27/cwt420.00–450.002,7389
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660404.85/cwt395.00–415.002,6726
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1217715.14/cwt700.00–730.001,55223
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275650.73/cwt630.00–670.001,79022
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318560.47/cwt540.00–580.001,78224
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320515.70/cwt500.00–530.001,65014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327610.72/cwt590.00–630.001,99717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370555.61/cwt540.00–570.002,05618
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370401.08/cwt360.00–440.001,48410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371500.86/cwt490.00–510.001,85817
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419445.35/cwt430.00–460.001,86617
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426413.20/cwt405.00–420.001,76017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432506.04/cwt480.00–530.002,18617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465420.65/cwt400.00–440.001,95622
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469475.94/cwt450.00–500.002,23217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515444.71/cwt430.00–460.002,2908
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516410.96/cwt400.00–420.002,12113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563407.67/cwt400.00–415.002,29512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,308176.03/cwt171.00–179.002,3023
Bulls——1,608193.28/cwt183.00–199.003,1088
Bulls——1,984209.57/cwt204.00–217.004,1585
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091137.78/cwt135.00–141.001,50311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121145.76/cwt144.00–151.001,63421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181168.37/cwt165.00–173.001,98827
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,386158.12/cwt152.00–162.002,19252

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.