Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-02-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
602 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 750▲ 289 vs year ago 313 · +92.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 237▼ 572 vs year ago 806 · −71.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers unevenly steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $470.70/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 35 of 34 comparable sales and sits +43.12 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$470.70
32 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,454
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.78
vs FL average
−7.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523490.332,56414thin
Medium and Large 2520455.432,36818thin
One grade step is worth $34.90/cwt here — about $196 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 sale32 hd
470.70
—
FL average4 barns · 75 hd
456.92
+13.78
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−7.69
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
+43.12
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—Average1,576198.213,12313
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,240170.892,11976
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,013151.731,53728

Every lot

29 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215781.40/cwt750.00–810.001,68010
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273756.61/cwt720.00–790.002,06618
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320711.41/cwt680.00–740.002,2778
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323631.09/cwt610.00–650.002,03810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372629.62/cwt610.00–650.002,34219
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373575.50/cwt560.00–590.002,14718
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421494.47/cwt480.00–510.002,08213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423540.83/cwt520.00–560.002,28810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465467.88/cwt450.00–485.002,17616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470520.64/cwt500.00–540.002,44716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520455.43/cwt440.00–470.002,36818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523490.33/cwt480.00–500.002,56414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223766.97/cwt740.00–790.001,71012
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270706.39/cwt680.00–730.001,9078
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320636.17/cwt610.00–660.002,03614
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323571.09/cwt550.00–590.001,84512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364574.21/cwt550.00–600.002,09017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373520.94/cwt500.00–540.001,9438
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423486.04/cwt460.00–510.002,0568
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423435.62/cwt420.00–450.001,84316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468410.16/cwt400.00–420.001,92014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472451.91/cwt430.00–475.002,13319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520385.14/cwt380.00–390.002,0036
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521427.07/cwt420.00–435.002,22511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,516192.13/cwt188.00–196.002,9139
Bulls——1,710211.88/cwt206.00–216.003,6234
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013151.73/cwt145.00–157.001,53728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175165.57/cwt160.00–170.001,94550
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365181.12/cwt174.00–186.002,47226

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.