Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-11-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Nov 17
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
973 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 958▼ 486 vs year ago 1,459 · −33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 182▼ 151 vs year ago 365 · −41.4%
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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 $381.79/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 11 of 28 comparable sales and sits −34.33 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$381.79
57 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.43
vs FL average
−28.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543395.442,14924
Medium and Large 2542371.852,01533
One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about $134 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 sale57 hd
381.79
—
FL average3 barns · 123 hd
376.36
+5.43
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−28.29
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−34.33
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—Average1,478176.802,61310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,192157.791,88067
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,009140.341,41647

Every lot

44 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 1220660.68/cwt650.00–670.001,45310
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1257619.53/cwt600.00–640.001,59219
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2276572.83/cwt560.00–590.001,58111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3319500.60/cwt480.00–520.001,59713
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323579.61/cwt570.00–590.001,87212
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323545.58/cwt530.00–560.001,76218
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369554.24/cwt540.00–570.002,04511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3372444.62/cwt430.00–460.001,65417
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374499.20/cwt480.00–520.001,86715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418417.72/cwt405.00–430.001,74618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420454.46/cwt440.00–470.001,90920
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425389.65/cwt380.00–400.001,65616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460389.78/cwt380.00–400.001,79324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468418.81/cwt405.00–435.001,96019
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520410.19/cwt400.00–420.002,13310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521380.72/cwt370.00–390.001,98419
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560384.91/cwt380.00–390.002,15514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570359.82/cwt350.00–370.002,05114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614349.23/cwt345.00–355.002,1447
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673340.09/cwt335.00–345.002,2898
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220573.98/cwt560.00–590.001,26310
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1259526.32/cwt500.00–550.001,36311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273448.62/cwt420.00–480.001,22512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315387.62/cwt380.00–395.001,22114
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316444.82/cwt440.00–450.001,40611
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333416.56/cwt405.00–430.001,38719
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364419.74/cwt410.00–430.001,52815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380395.21/cwt385.00–405.001,50221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3417347.94/cwt340.00–355.001,45113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420374.18/cwt360.00–390.001,57215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421409.10/cwt400.00–420.001,72215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464351.18/cwt340.00–360.001,62911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469389.60/cwt375.00–405.001,82717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518319.86/cwt310.00–330.001,65716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524354.40/cwt340.00–370.001,85717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569344.47/cwt330.00–360.001,96019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573312.34/cwt300.00–325.001,79012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622318.92/cwt315.00–335.001,98410
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,414168.15/cwt165.00–173.002,3785
Bulls——1,542185.45/cwt181.00–189.002,8605
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954133.22/cwt132.00–135.001,27111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026142.51/cwt138.00–147.001,46236
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191154.58/cwt148.00–163.001,84156
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195174.14/cwt168.00–182.002,08111

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.