Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-07-21

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 21
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
909 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 864▲ 125 vs year ago 784 · +15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
354 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 244▲ 216 vs year ago 138 · +156.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $346.61/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −69.51 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$346.61
78 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.97
vs FL average
−29.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540360.151,94443
Medium and Large 2543329.971,79135
One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale78 hd
346.61
—
FL average4 barns · 232 hd
347.58
−0.97
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
−29.13
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−69.51
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—Average1,371177.192,42914
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,196163.551,957125
CowsLean 85-90%Average952147.171,40160

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1226636.02/cwt610.00–670.001,43715
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270626.39/cwt600.00–650.001,69116
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324555.16/cwt530.00–580.001,79919
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326458.95/cwt450.00–470.001,49617
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333499.55/cwt480.00–520.001,66418
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368483.81/cwt460.00–510.001,78020
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381433.99/cwt415.00–450.001,65417
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418395.96/cwt380.00–410.001,65518
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419449.76/cwt430.00–470.001,88421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423360.41/cwt350.00–370.001,52514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458428.62/cwt410.00–450.001,96319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470380.85/cwt360.00–400.001,79022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520332.28/cwt325.00–340.001,72820
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525370.38/cwt350.00–390.001,94422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555349.43/cwt340.00–360.001,93921
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573326.90/cwt320.00–335.001,87315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615339.76/cwt330.00–350.002,09014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265519.25/cwt500.00–540.001,37614
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318360.82/cwt350.00–370.001,14717
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323454.03/cwt430.00–480.001,46720
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323396.46/cwt380.00–410.001,28117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365364.59/cwt350.00–380.001,33116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370409.19/cwt390.00–430.001,51420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372329.81/cwt320.00–340.001,22719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424378.00/cwt360.00–400.001,60317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468335.27/cwt325.00–345.001,56914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469365.56/cwt350.00–380.001,71417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522335.17/cwt330.00–340.001,75017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528320.41/cwt315.00–325.001,69217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563330.11/cwt325.00–335.001,85914
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,268165.56/cwt160.00–172.002,0996
Bulls——1,448185.91/cwt180.00–200.002,6928
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%952147.17/cwt142.00–154.001,40160
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153159.49/cwt150.00–170.001,83998
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,354178.28/cwt175.00–181.002,41427

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.