Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-07-15

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jul 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,027 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 886▲ 128 vs year ago 899 · +14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
257 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 157▲ 3 vs year ago 254 · +1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $436.63/cwt on 67 head, up $2.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 34 comparable sales and sits +9.05 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$436.63
▲ 2.69 vs prior sale
67 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,343
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs FL average
−2.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536466.272,49934
Medium and Large 2538406.102,18333
One grade step is worth $60.17/cwt here — about $316 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale67 hd
436.63
—
FL average5 barns · 274 hd
435.46
+1.17
National average158 barns · 7,617 hd
439.15
−2.52
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
+9.05
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—Average1,614229.993,7138thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,374186.852,56793
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,164162.961,89641

Every lot

41 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215753.26/cwt730.00–780.001,62014
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268673.36/cwt650.00–700.001,80516
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275618.91/cwt600.00–640.001,70214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317639.57/cwt630.00–650.002,02715
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325610.31/cwt600.00–620.001,98416
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3329575.70/cwt560.00–590.001,89413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370589.59/cwt580.00–600.002,18112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373515.50/cwt500.00–530.001,92314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378556.45/cwt540.00–570.002,10313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418484.73/cwt470.00–500.002,02622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420439.29/cwt430.00–450.001,84521
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421532.81/cwt515.00–550.002,24317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464480.53/cwt460.00–500.002,23017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470434.52/cwt420.00–450.002,04226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520488.73/cwt445.00–530.002,54122
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521410.72/cwt400.00–420.002,14019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560399.82/cwt390.00–410.002,23914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565425.09/cwt415.00–435.002,40212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615366.53/cwt360.00–370.002,25417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623388.36/cwt380.00–395.002,41918
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223716.07/cwt670.00–770.001,59712
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268568.11/cwt550.00–590.001,52315
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269624.46/cwt600.00–650.001,68013
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313580.91/cwt570.00–590.001,81815
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3322485.42/cwt470.00–500.001,56315
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333538.22/cwt520.00–560.001,79215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362522.90/cwt510.00–535.001,89315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365484.38/cwt470.00–500.001,76814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369440.40/cwt430.00–450.001,62515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418450.18/cwt440.00–460.001,88220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423419.23/cwt410.00–430.001,77321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466431.86/cwt425.00–440.002,01219
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470410.21/cwt400.00–420.001,92816
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518389.86/cwt380.00–400.002,01916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523412.32/cwt405.00–420.002,15610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,531220.09/cwt217.00–222.003,3705
Bulls——1,753246.50/cwt240.00–250.004,3213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%998153.28/cwt145.00–158.001,53010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,217166.08/cwt161.00–173.002,02131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,371181.78/cwt171.00–189.002,49258
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,379195.24/cwt191.00–205.002,69235

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.