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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Aug 19
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
899 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 1,021▲ 20 vs year ago 879 · +2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
267 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 272▼ 10 vs year ago 277 · −3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.46/cwt on 77 head, down $33.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −75.12 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$352.46
▼ 33.59 vs prior sale
77 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.64
vs FL average
−44.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539368.411,98741
Medium and Large 2531334.291,77536
One grade step is worth $34.11/cwt here — about $212 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 sale77 hd
352.46
—
FL average7 barns · 316 hd
357.09
−4.64
National average147 barns · 5,729 hd
396.78
−44.32
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−75.12
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—High1,451202.142,9338thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,279158.412,02755
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,083140.161,51850

Every lot

44 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 1223663.15/cwt620.00–700.001,47912
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270571.48/cwt550.00–590.001,54316
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274629.87/cwt600.00–660.001,72617
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320510.31/cwt500.00–520.001,6338
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323585.58/cwt570.00–600.001,89124
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324544.54/cwt530.00–560.001,76413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3362424.36/cwt410.00–440.001,53613
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364469.77/cwt450.00–490.001,71019
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371514.70/cwt500.00–530.001,91015
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416414.63/cwt400.00–430.001,72515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418455.45/cwt440.00–470.001,90418
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418375.63/cwt360.00–390.001,57010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465402.90/cwt390.00–415.001,87312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465370.22/cwt360.00–380.001,72212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3469339.55/cwt330.00–350.001,59215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518345.51/cwt330.00–360.001,79026
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520380.38/cwt370.00–390.001,97822
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562354.54/cwt340.00–370.001,99319
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565305.13/cwt300.00–310.001,72410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220626.02/cwt610.00–640.001,37718
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263600.95/cwt580.00–620.001,58012
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273551.28/cwt530.00–570.001,50512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318430.79/cwt410.00–450.001,3706
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322514.87/cwt500.00–530.001,65821
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323475.81/cwt460.00–490.001,53714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370491.08/cwt470.00–510.001,81714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373445.50/cwt430.00–460.001,6628
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373410.47/cwt400.00–420.001,53110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410380.24/cwt370.00–390.001,55910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418420.60/cwt400.00–440.001,75810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423355.15/cwt350.00–360.001,5026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459343.96/cwt330.00–360.001,57911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468385.40/cwt370.00–400.001,80414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469309.10/cwt300.00–320.001,4509
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516324.14/cwt310.00–340.001,67311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523375.50/cwt360.00–390.001,9648
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568340.22/cwt330.00–350.001,93210
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,250188.81/cwt185.00–195.002,3603
Bulls——1,510204.60/cwt201.00–210.003,0893
Bulls——1,663218.44/cwt215.00–221.003,6332
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040135.00/cwt132.00–140.001,40432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160149.34/cwt142.00–155.001,73218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259166.29/cwt162.00–170.002,09419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290154.25/cwt146.00–160.001,99036

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.