Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2026-09-09

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Sep 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
905 head
▲ 343 vs last sale 562▼ 178 vs year ago 1,083 · −16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 168▼ 145 vs year ago 305 · −47.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $354.10/cwt on 58 head, down $8.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −73.48 against this barn's trailing median of $427.58.
Average price
$354.10
▼ 8.16 vs prior sale
58 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,949
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.89
vs FL average
−36.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559366.372,04634
Medium and Large 2539336.721,81424
One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about $232 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 sale58 hd
354.10
—
FL average5 barns · 256 hd
355.99
−1.89
National average134 barns · 6,067 hd
390.59
−36.49
This barn, trailing median34 sales
427.58
−73.48
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

34 sales
476430384338median 427.5803/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $462.18, low $352.46, median $427.58 across 34 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—High1,556186.472,9027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,152147.981,70525
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,024133.271,36546

Every lot

38 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225643.33/cwt620.00–670.001,44710
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268618.69/cwt600.00–640.001,65810
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280543.75/cwt510.00–580.001,52310
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323584.42/cwt570.00–600.001,88812
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3323489.61/cwt480.00–500.001,58110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325540.92/cwt520.00–560.001,75814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363499.59/cwt480.00–520.001,81410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363410.34/cwt400.00–420.001,49010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370455.41/cwt440.00–470.001,68514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3413385.95/cwt375.00–395.001,59413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420464.11/cwt440.00–490.001,94916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424418.20/cwt405.00–430.001,77311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463412.70/cwt400.00–425.001,91112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477369.39/cwt360.00–380.001,76213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520352.14/cwt340.00–365.001,83114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523387.80/cwt375.00–400.002,02812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565315.13/cwt300.00–330.001,78010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578354.68/cwt340.00–370.002,05022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618330.52/cwt320.00–340.002,04325
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270573.61/cwt550.00–600.001,54920
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320479.53/cwt470.00–490.001,53412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329450.36/cwt440.00–460.001,48215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368384.49/cwt370.00–400.001,41510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370454.19/cwt440.00–470.001,68110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373420.34/cwt410.00–430.001,56816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423410.30/cwt400.00–420.001,73614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424376.01/cwt360.00–390.001,59411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470359.79/cwt350.00–370.001,69110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474389.73/cwt380.00–400.001,84717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525359.43/cwt340.00–380.001,88710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527320.53/cwt310.00–330.001,68913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568330.13/cwt320.00–340.001,87516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623317.75/cwt305.00–330.001,98020
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,471169.74/cwt165.00–171.002,4974
Bulls——1,670208.78/cwt206.00–213.003,4873
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016138.05/cwt135.00–140.001,40328
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037125.84/cwt120.00–130.001,30518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152147.98/cwt141.00–153.001,70525

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.