Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-09-22

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Sep 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
878 head
▲ 189 vs last sale 689▲ 5 vs year ago 873 · +0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 218▲ 2 vs year ago 232 · +0.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $428.04/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 16 of 28 comparable sales and sits +11.92 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$428.04
85 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.34
vs FL average
+10.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546442.312,41658
Medium and Large 2544397.392,16427
One grade step is worth $44.92/cwt here — about $253 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 sale85 hd
428.04
—
FL average4 barns · 246 hd
406.71
+21.34
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+10.95
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
+11.92
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—Average1,697195.443,31712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,158156.501,81290
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,049142.961,50051

Every lot

40 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1213746.23/cwt720.00–780.001,58911
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270673.70/cwt640.00–710.001,81916
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316632.89/cwt610.00–660.002,00019
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318585.35/cwt570.00–600.001,86116
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3331531.94/cwt510.00–550.001,76115
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369604.20/cwt580.00–630.002,22917
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371543.71/cwt530.00–560.002,01717
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3371501.87/cwt480.00–520.001,86215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423489.11/cwt460.00–520.002,06916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423430.59/cwt410.00–450.001,82112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430559.30/cwt530.00–590.002,40520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464460.90/cwt440.00–480.002,13915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465514.52/cwt500.00–530.002,39318
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3466406.84/cwt400.00–415.001,89615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522465.59/cwt440.00–490.002,43021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524403.10/cwt390.00–415.002,11215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560429.10/cwt410.00–450.002,40337
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570390.26/cwt380.00–400.002,22412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620378.90/cwt375.00–385.002,3495
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660373.86/cwt365.00–380.002,4675
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320553.14/cwt530.00–580.001,77017
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321482.75/cwt460.00–510.001,55017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362484.55/cwt460.00–510.001,75419
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371423.20/cwt410.00–440.001,57015
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3378380.40/cwt360.00–400.001,43814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418395.27/cwt380.00–410.001,65212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425469.29/cwt450.00–490.001,99420
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430427.21/cwt415.00–440.001,83714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463396.40/cwt380.00–410.001,83515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463358.40/cwt345.00–375.001,65911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476443.01/cwt420.00–470.002,10917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521350.67/cwt340.00–360.001,82711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523383.47/cwt365.00–405.002,00619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568374.31/cwt360.00–388.002,12622
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618344.86/cwt340.00–350.002,1316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,613190.19/cwt185.00–195.003,0688
Bulls——1,865205.93/cwt205.00–209.003,8414
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049142.96/cwt140.00–147.001,50051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154169.13/cwt165.00–179.001,95215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159153.97/cwt148.00–160.001,78575

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.