Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-07-28

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 28
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
678 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 909▼ 346 vs year ago 1,024 · −33.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 184 vs last sale 354▲ 3 vs year ago 167 · +1.8%
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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 steady to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $359.13/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −56.99 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$359.13
55 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,957
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.99
vs FL average
−22.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554365.712,02641
Medium and Large 2518339.861,76014thin
One grade step is worth $25.85/cwt here — about $265 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 sale55 hd
359.13
—
FL average4 barns · 196 hd
351.14
+7.99
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−22.55
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−56.99
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—Average1,584183.332,9046thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,232166.972,05755
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,001140.911,41146

Every lot

32 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270614.17/cwt600.00–630.001,65810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318504.17/cwt490.00–520.001,60314
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323469.61/cwt460.00–480.001,51710
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325560.62/cwt540.00–580.001,82214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363520.34/cwt510.00–530.001,88914
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370404.39/cwt390.00–420.001,49610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374462.75/cwt440.00–480.001,73111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418361.29/cwt350.00–370.001,5109
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420455.89/cwt430.00–480.001,91514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429397.90/cwt385.00–415.001,7079
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466381.76/cwt360.00–400.001,77915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470425.32/cwt410.00–440.001,99914
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518339.86/cwt330.00–350.001,76014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525375.29/cwt360.00–390.001,97014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569360.74/cwt350.00–380.002,05327
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275539.27/cwt520.00–560.001,48312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318415.83/cwt400.00–430.001,32214
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327464.29/cwt440.00–490.001,51815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370386.79/cwt370.00–405.001,43110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379439.19/cwt420.00–460.001,66515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424394.20/cwt380.00–410.001,67113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425355.53/cwt340.00–370.001,51110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473368.14/cwt350.00–390.001,74115
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473329.74/cwt320.00–340.001,56012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519349.04/cwt330.00–370.001,81213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520315.29/cwt305.00–325.001,64010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578335.76/cwt325.00–347.001,94114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,584183.33/cwt179.00–188.002,9046
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%929132.54/cwt127.00–138.001,23116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040145.37/cwt140.00–151.001,51230
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183162.48/cwt153.00–169.001,92240
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,362178.96/cwt173.00–185.002,43715

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.