Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-09-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Sep 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,143 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 1,002▲ 209 vs year ago 934 · +22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
268 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 282▲ 35 vs year ago 233 · +15.0%
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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 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $401.65/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −14.47 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$401.65
75 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.75
vs FL average
−11.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540419.152,26436
Medium and Large 2547385.492,10839
One grade step is worth $33.66/cwt here — about $156 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 sale75 hd
401.65
—
FL average4 barns · 208 hd
405.39
−3.75
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
−11.87
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−14.47
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—Average1,549203.513,15210
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,278171.722,195104
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,100150.081,65140

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210700.48/cwt680.00–720.001,47116
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1277660.65/cwt630.00–690.001,83015
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320619.38/cwt600.00–640.001,98220
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3326523.60/cwt510.00–540.001,70721
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330568.44/cwt550.00–590.001,87621
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363602.95/cwt580.00–630.002,18921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3366476.20/cwt460.00–490.001,74319
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375524.00/cwt500.00–550.001,96522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413529.64/cwt510.00–550.002,18724
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425475.35/cwt460.00–490.002,02020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465424.68/cwt410.00–440.001,97520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473390.16/cwt380.00–400.001,84510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475469.58/cwt450.00–490.002,23124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519424.64/cwt410.00–440.002,20419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523390.33/cwt380.00–400.002,04120
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564413.01/cwt400.00–425.002,32917
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572380.40/cwt370.00–390.002,17619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627387.15/cwt375.00–395.002,42710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268552.84/cwt520.00–580.001,48215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315534.18/cwt520.00–560.001,68333
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315475.79/cwt450.00–500.001,49920
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3324424.69/cwt410.00–440.001,37615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365392.84/cwt380.00–405.001,43420
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375484.67/cwt460.00–510.001,81825
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376430.77/cwt415.00–450.001,62017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423460.59/cwt440.00–480.001,94820
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423414.73/cwt400.00–430.001,75416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426384.37/cwt380.00–390.001,63711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473420.53/cwt400.00–440.001,98920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473376.39/cwt360.00–395.001,78021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474340.46/cwt330.00–350.001,61415
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515384.66/cwt380.00–390.001,98117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524354.50/cwt340.00–370.001,85819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570380.09/cwt370.00–390.002,16714
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,408193.36/cwt188.00–198.002,7234
Bulls——1,643210.27/cwt200.00–218.003,4556
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100150.08/cwt142.00–155.001,65140
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268187.01/cwt180.00–191.002,37123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281167.38/cwt160.00–178.002,14481

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.