Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2026-03-09

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
▼ 466 vs last sale 844▼ 126 vs year ago 504 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 104▼ 82 vs year ago 177 · −46.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $408.23/cwt on 5 head, down $29.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −7.89 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$408.23
▼ 29.40 vs prior sale
5 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,102
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−34.37
vs FL average
−63.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515408.232,1025thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
408.23
—
FL average4 barns · 44 hd
442.60
−34.37
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
−63.97
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−7.89
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—Average1,628201.713,2838thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,199164.351,97043
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,130151.851,71612

Every lot

32 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1216663.31/cwt640.00–680.001,4337
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270624.15/cwt600.00–650.001,68519
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274562.66/cwt550.00–580.001,5429
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315574.76/cwt560.00–590.001,8108
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318541.14/cwt530.00–550.001,72111
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323510.39/cwt500.00–520.001,6498
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360529.44/cwt510.00–550.001,90612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373480.34/cwt470.00–490.001,7928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418488.92/cwt480.00–500.002,0447
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3421411.66/cwt400.00–420.001,7337
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428455.26/cwt440.00–470.001,94910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470439.57/cwt430.00–450.002,0668
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470404.89/cwt400.00–410.001,9036
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515408.23/cwt400.00–420.002,1025
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260548.85/cwt520.00–580.001,42714
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2283494.60/cwt480.00–510.001,40010
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313509.76/cwt500.00–520.001,59610
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3323429.61/cwt420.00–440.001,3888
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325465.23/cwt450.00–480.001,51212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368469.80/cwt460.00–480.001,7296
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368440.48/cwt430.00–450.001,6218
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373410.34/cwt400.00–420.001,5318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419428.40/cwt420.00–440.001,7957
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427401.77/cwt390.00–410.001,7167
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463409.73/cwt400.00–420.001,8978
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471384.63/cwt380.00–390.001,8129
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480200.52/cwt187.00–206.002,9683
Bulls——1,695179.28/cwt176.00–182.003,0392
Bulls——1,730217.84/cwt214.00–225.003,7693
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130151.85/cwt148.00–155.001,71612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152176.31/cwt174.00–180.002,03110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213160.72/cwt154.00–170.001,95033

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.