Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-05-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 13
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
594 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 637▼ 99 vs year ago 693 · −14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 140▼ 105 vs year ago 244 · −43.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $441.74/cwt on 40 head, down $3.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 34 comparable sales and sits +14.16 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$441.74
▼ 3.24 vs prior sale
40 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.35
vs FL average
−31.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538452.052,43025
Medium and Large 2547424.552,32415thin
One grade step is worth $27.51/cwt here — about $106 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 sale40 hd
441.74
—
FL average7 barns · 136 hd
450.08
−8.35
National average167 barns · 12,191 hd
473.70
−31.96
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
+14.16
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—Average1,364211.662,88712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,322187.202,47447
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,368167.852,29625

Every lot

37 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 1219732.94/cwt700.00–780.001,6057
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1259724.01/cwt690.00–760.001,87515
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2271643.36/cwt620.00–670.001,7449
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323654.03/cwt630.00–680.002,11316
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328604.43/cwt590.00–620.001,98310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3362519.15/cwt500.00–540.001,87913
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374605.97/cwt590.00–620.002,26611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375564.60/cwt550.00–580.002,11714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418453.37/cwt440.00–470.001,89511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424563.66/cwt540.00–590.002,39013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424496.74/cwt480.00–515.002,10615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470454.68/cwt440.00–470.002,13712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472488.44/cwt480.00–500.002,30516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524432.49/cwt415.00–445.002,2667
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526456.79/cwt450.00–465.002,40315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555444.95/cwt440.00–450.002,46910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568417.60/cwt410.00–425.002,3728
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1264638.62/cwt600.00–680.001,68611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273560.92/cwt540.00–580.001,53110
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319583.94/cwt550.00–620.001,86313
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319524.55/cwt510.00–540.001,67313
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325475.77/cwt450.00–500.001,5468
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370469.19/cwt450.00–490.001,73618
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374422.48/cwt400.00–440.001,58011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376519.78/cwt500.00–535.001,95411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428469.71/cwt460.00–480.002,0108
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433440.17/cwt430.00–450.001,9068
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461427.02/cwt420.00–435.001,96911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464455.31/cwt440.00–470.002,11319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523417.08/cwt405.00–430.002,18112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524388.65/cwt380.00–400.002,0379
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,296194.87/cwt189.00–200.002,5267
Bulls——1,298229.06/cwt220.00–234.002,9733
Bulls——1,700244.34/cwt236.00–251.004,1542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,319185.09/cwt175.00–198.002,44143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,351209.86/cwt200.00–217.002,8354
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,368167.85/cwt161.00–178.002,29625

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.