Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2025-11-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Nov 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
958 head
▼ 205 vs last sale 1,163▼ 386 vs year ago 1,344 · −28.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 222▲ 54 vs year ago 128 · +42.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 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 $377.65/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 10 of 28 comparable sales and sits −38.47 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$377.65
36 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.91
vs FL average
−47.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541387.242,09725
Medium and Large 2521355.861,85411thin
One grade step is worth $31.38/cwt here — about $242 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 sale36 hd
377.65
—
FL average4 barns · 168 hd
376.74
+0.91
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−47.22
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−38.47
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—Average1,387184.362,55616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215161.831,96655
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008142.291,43452

Every lot

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275602.18/cwt560.00–640.001,65618
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3321485.86/cwt470.00–500.001,5609
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323573.64/cwt550.00–600.001,85322
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323524.19/cwt510.00–540.001,69314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368529.32/cwt510.00–550.001,94814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375489.60/cwt480.00–500.001,83618
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375454.40/cwt440.00–470.001,70410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417420.29/cwt410.00–430.001,75317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423389.59/cwt380.00–400.001,64814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424471.06/cwt440.00–500.001,99717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3466360.85/cwt350.00–370.001,6829
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473382.30/cwt375.00–390.001,80820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474417.78/cwt400.00–435.001,98021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519395.57/cwt380.00–410.002,05315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521355.86/cwt340.00–370.001,85411
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575374.74/cwt360.00–390.002,15510
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318484.41/cwt470.00–500.001,54022
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323444.19/cwt430.00–460.001,43514
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323409.46/cwt400.00–420.001,3238
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370444.39/cwt430.00–460.001,64416
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375409.60/cwt400.00–420.001,53616
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375379.60/cwt370.00–390.001,42410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421410.25/cwt400.00–420.001,72715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423379.70/cwt370.00–390.001,60620
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425349.65/cwt340.00–360.001,48614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465359.78/cwt350.00–370.001,67312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473389.74/cwt380.00–400.001,84320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524360.24/cwt350.00–370.001,88819
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,258176.03/cwt171.00–180.002,2148
Bulls——1,465189.95/cwt185.00–194.002,7836
Bulls——1,665200.88/cwt198.00–203.003,3452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970135.28/cwt132.00–138.001,31216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025145.41/cwt140.00–150.001,49036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115156.56/cwt151.00–161.001,74630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335168.15/cwt165.00–171.002,24525

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.