Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-01-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
852 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 732▼ 64 vs year ago 916 · −7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 231▼ 4 vs year ago 244 · −1.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.72/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −109.40 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$306.72
25 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.74
vs FL average
−35.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538318.271,71315thin
Medium and Large 2549289.391,58910thin
One grade step is worth $28.88/cwt here — about $124 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 sale25 hd
306.72
—
FL average4 barns · 57 hd
300.98
+5.74
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−35.73
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−109.40
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

28 sales
467426385345median 416.1203/0206/0107/2709/2111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.68, low $358.50, median $416.12 across 28 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—Average1,619152.852,4757thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,153129.651,49523
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,055115.841,22210

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)
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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268538.69/cwt520.00–560.001,4446
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320486.17/cwt460.00–510.001,5568
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2321416.53/cwt400.00–440.001,3377
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1356437.70/cwt420.00–450.001,5585
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366388.20/cwt380.00–400.001,4215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418374.73/cwt360.00–390.001,5668
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423332.34/cwt320.00–350.001,4065
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469342.54/cwt330.00–360.001,6075
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518324.64/cwt310.00–340.001,6828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522295.86/cwt290.00–300.001,5445
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561310.99/cwt300.00–325.001,7457
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576282.92/cwt275.00–295.001,6305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2314322.80/cwt310.00–340.001,0145
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321363.43/cwt350.00–380.001,1677
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364344.04/cwt330.00–360.001,25211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367309.20/cwt300.00–315.001,1355
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425294.82/cwt290.00–300.001,2536
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427327.19/cwt310.00–340.001,3979
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465297.37/cwt285.00–310.001,3836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521278.38/cwt270.00–290.001,4507
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523247.75/cwt240.00–255.001,2966
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556268.13/cwt260.00–280.001,4915
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,597143.47/cwt137.00–146.002,2915
Bulls——1,675176.31/cwt168.00–184.002,9532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055115.84/cwt111.00–120.001,22210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142127.05/cwt122.00–129.001,45113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167133.04/cwt130.00–137.001,55310

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.