Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-04-07

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
917 head
▲ 439 vs last sale 478▲ 142 vs year ago 775 · +18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 159▲ 3 vs year ago 287 · +1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower, with instances on plainer cattle 20.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.43/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −90.69 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$325.43
18 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.24
vs FL average
−28.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520325.431,69218thin
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 sale18 hd
325.43
—
FL average4 barns · 76 hd
335.67
−10.24
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−28.87
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−90.69
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—Average1,518155.092,3549thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177135.501,59474
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,119123.071,37729

Every lot

33 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 1277499.68/cwt490.00–510.001,38417
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320445.23/cwt430.00–460.001,42522
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3321368.05/cwt350.00–390.001,18115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2331409.11/cwt400.00–420.001,35417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365399.73/cwt380.00–420.001,45912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367360.21/cwt350.00–375.001,3227
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424328.80/cwt320.00–340.001,3947
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429371.08/cwt350.00–390.001,59213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3429300.88/cwt290.00–310.001,2919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463343.40/cwt330.00–360.001,59011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471308.49/cwt300.00–315.001,4539
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520325.43/cwt310.00–340.001,69218
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322350.20/cwt340.00–360.001,12817
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326318.95/cwt310.00–330.001,04017
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3329296.15/cwt290.00–305.009747
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358340.21/cwt330.00–350.001,21816
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358286.38/cwt280.00–295.001,0257
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381311.37/cwt300.00–320.001,1869
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418290.85/cwt280.00–300.001,21615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423314.70/cwt305.00–325.001,33112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468285.13/cwt280.00–290.001,3348
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470307.26/cwt300.00–315.001,44418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519280.62/cwt270.00–290.001,45611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525255.19/cwt245.00–265.001,34018
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1361389.14/cwt380.00–400.001,40517
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2366348.77/cwt340.00–360.001,2767
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418356.62/cwt345.00–370.001,49119
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429326.80/cwt310.00–340.001,4027
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473317.38/cwt310.00–325.001,50116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,518155.09/cwt146.00–166.002,3549
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,119123.07/cwt118.00–128.001,37729
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158132.58/cwt126.00–139.001,53557
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239145.30/cwt143.00–148.001,80017

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.