Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-02-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▼ 495 vs last sale 888▼ 715 vs year ago 1,108 · −64.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
211 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 265▼ 83 vs year ago 294 · −28.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.21/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −83.91 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$332.21
5 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+22.16
vs FL average
−6.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516332.211,7145thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
332.21
—
FL average4 barns · 47 hd
310.05
+22.16
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−6.46
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−83.91
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—Average1,586169.452,6878thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,295144.491,87232
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,093126.511,3836thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275544.18/cwt530.00–560.001,4964
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324451.81/cwt440.00–460.001,4647
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327502.18/cwt490.00–520.001,6427
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375444.40/cwt430.00–460.001,6678
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418429.16/cwt410.00–450.001,7948
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418359.64/cwt340.00–380.001,5034
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466315.79/cwt310.00–320.001,4725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470362.62/cwt345.00–375.001,7045
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516332.21/cwt320.00–350.001,7145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270451.56/cwt440.00–460.001,2195
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324356.39/cwt340.00–380.001,1557
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325318.08/cwt305.00–330.001,0344
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375342.17/cwt330.00–360.001,2837
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375312.20/cwt305.00–320.001,1714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413319.71/cwt305.00–330.001,3205
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473297.38/cwt290.00–305.001,4076
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508267.32/cwt255.00–280.001,3584
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,410154.38/cwt152.00–160.002,1773
Bulls——1,691178.50/cwt176.00–182.003,0185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,093126.51/cwt120.00–132.001,3836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239152.69/cwt146.00–167.001,89213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334138.88/cwt135.00–144.001,85319

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.