Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-10-20

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 20
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
878 head
▼ 493 vs last sale 1,371▼ 503 vs year ago 1,381 · −36.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 152▼ 89 vs year ago 244 · −36.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $412.95/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −3.17 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$412.95
39 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$235
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs FL average
−45.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535425.442,27524
Medium and Large 2519392.972,04015thin
One grade step is worth $32.47/cwt here — about $235 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 sale39 hd
412.95
—
FL average4 barns · 140 hd
411.32
+1.63
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−45.19
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−3.17
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—Average1,454177.352,57913
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,287160.202,06144
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033141.421,46130

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 1215735.70/cwt720.00–750.001,58212
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275686.27/cwt650.00–720.001,88716
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278628.96/cwt620.00–640.001,74913
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317585.73/cwt560.00–610.001,85719
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320653.83/cwt630.00–680.002,09220
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328530.76/cwt510.00–550.001,74110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362595.48/cwt580.00–610.002,15615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368540.20/cwt530.00–550.001,98824
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375495.60/cwt480.00–510.001,85914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414525.64/cwt510.00–540.002,17615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423473.56/cwt450.00–500.002,00325
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3426423.29/cwt410.00–440.001,80311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466479.41/cwt460.00–500.002,23415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469425.31/cwt410.00–440.001,99519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3471386.69/cwt375.00–400.001,82111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519392.97/cwt380.00–405.002,04015
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523433.09/cwt415.00–450.002,26516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558410.13/cwt400.00–420.002,2898
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258600.58/cwt580.00–620.001,54910
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320455.70/cwt440.00–470.001,45818
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322489.72/cwt480.00–500.001,57715
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325419.69/cwt410.00–430.001,36414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368468.89/cwt460.00–480.001,72613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369434.73/cwt420.00–450.001,60417
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370399.39/cwt385.00–415.001,47822
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3419379.59/cwt370.00–390.001,59013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420404.94/cwt400.00–410.001,70116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421429.10/cwt420.00–440.001,80715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463409.73/cwt400.00–420.001,89710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463354.84/cwt345.00–365.001,64310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477385.51/cwt375.00–395.001,83915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523350.36/cwt335.00–365.001,83210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558334.48/cwt330.00–340.001,86611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,435164.72/cwt160.00–170.002,3646
Bulls——1,471188.18/cwt180.00–195.002,7687
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003137.20/cwt135.00–138.001,37612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053144.23/cwt140.00–148.001,51918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194155.89/cwt150.00–163.001,86134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,602174.87/cwt167.00–179.002,80110

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.