Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-06-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
700 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 690▲ 28 vs year ago 672 · +4.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 194▼ 98 vs year ago 262 · −37.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady 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 $434.58/cwt on 41 head, down $2.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 34 comparable sales and sits +7.01 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$434.58
▼ 2.05 vs prior sale
41 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,296
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs FL average
−19.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535440.412,35626
Medium and Large 2517424.482,19515thin
One grade step is worth $15.93/cwt here — about $161 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 sale41 hd
434.58
—
FL average7 barns · 304 hd
432.78
+1.80
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−19.14
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
+7.01
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—Low1,646223.673,6829thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,318182.982,41250
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,286169.502,18028

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 1225714.00/cwt700.00–730.001,60710
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270679.26/cwt670.00–690.001,83412
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2281636.89/cwt620.00–650.001,79011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313639.76/cwt630.00–650.002,00216
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3313560.48/cwt540.00–580.001,7548
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327609.71/cwt600.00–620.001,99415
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369559.21/cwt540.00–580.002,06315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370519.73/cwt510.00–530.001,92316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413487.27/cwt475.00–500.002,01214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415524.64/cwt510.00–540.002,17716
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425449.65/cwt440.00–460.001,91116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471455.88/cwt445.00–465.002,14715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510444.62/cwt440.00–450.002,26815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517424.48/cwt415.00–435.002,19515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569434.68/cwt430.00–440.002,47311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608417.49/cwt415.00–420.002,5386
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269595.53/cwt580.00–610.001,60211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323511.05/cwt500.00–520.001,65115
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325560.62/cwt540.00–580.001,82218
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325463.85/cwt440.00–490.001,5088
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368468.06/cwt450.00–490.001,72213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370419.46/cwt400.00–440.001,55212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420465.18/cwt460.00–470.001,95412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423407.72/cwt400.00–415.001,72510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424430.68/cwt420.00–440.001,82611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463419.84/cwt410.00–430.001,94414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470445.21/cwt440.00–450.002,09212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519410.62/cwt400.00–420.002,13111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519387.22/cwt380.00–395.002,01015
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,408205.25/cwt204.00–208.002,8903
Bulls——1,760225.31/cwt220.00–231.003,9654
Bulls——1,775248.02/cwt244.00–251.004,4022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,286169.50/cwt165.00–175.002,18028
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302202.45/cwt199.00–203.002,6367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,321179.81/cwt175.00–188.002,37543

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.