Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-01-18

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,157 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 1,038▲ 475 vs year ago 682 · +69.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
623 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 404▲ 453 vs year ago 170 · +266.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.87/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$165.87
97 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.17
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427170.6172969
Medium and Large 2439156.1868519thin
Medium and Large 3397150.055969thin
One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale97 hd
165.87
—
FL average8 barns · 704 hd
166.04
−0.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Low1,59199.161,57810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18080.3494859
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04371.2374331

Every lot

35 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1260255.29/cwt240.00–270.006644
Steers—Medium and Large 2276217.83/cwt210.00–230.006015
Steers—Medium and Large 1325223.82/cwt220.00–230.007275
Steers—Medium and Large 2370197.30/cwt190.00–205.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1372217.43/cwt207.00–227.0080913
Steers—Medium and Large 1420212.14/cwt205.00–220.008918
Steers—Medium and Large 2425195.12/cwt190.00–200.008294
Steers—Medium and Large 2467186.10/cwt180.00–190.008695
Steers—Medium and Large 1468203.10/cwt195.00–210.009519
Steers—Medium and Large 1513189.88/cwt185.00–195.009744
Steers—Medium and Large 2520178.27/cwt175.00–180.009273
Steers—Medium and Large 1565183.62/cwt177.00–190.001,0376
Steers—Medium and Large 2580166.07/cwt162.00–170.009634
Steers—Medium and Large 1617169.12/cwt165.00–175.001,0435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277186.27/cwt180.00–200.005163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307184.24/cwt175.00–192.005669
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313165.20/cwt160.00–170.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 3360152.53/cwt150.00–155.005494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364180.55/cwt172.00–190.0065713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370164.80/cwt160.00–170.006104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412171.84/cwt165.00–179.0070819
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420160.37/cwt157.00–162.006743
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427148.06/cwt145.00–150.006325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484166.34/cwt162.00–172.008057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515147.52/cwt145.00–150.007604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516159.40/cwt155.00–165.008239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564155.27/cwt150.00–159.008765
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570144.04/cwt140.00–148.008214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619141.89/cwt137.00–147.008784
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,433102.06/cwt99.00–105.001,4636
Bulls——1,82894.82/cwt91.00–96.001,7334
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01570.37/cwt63.00–75.0071420
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09472.78/cwt72.00–76.0079611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14886.07/cwt83.00–90.0098821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19777.18/cwt73.00–81.0092438

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.