Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-02-15

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
635 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 720▼ 38 vs year ago 673 · −5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
520 head
▼ 148 vs last sale 668▼ 9 vs year ago 529 · −1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $217.78/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$217.78
69 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$39.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.71
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409226.6792745
Medium and Large 2397204.8481319thin
Medium and Large 3416186.977785thin
One grade step is worth $39.70/cwt here — about $150 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 sale69 hd
217.78
—
FL average7 barns · 345 hd
210.07
+7.71
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—Average1,637109.021,78510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19894.481,13266
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17285.0299623

Every lot

29 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1263257.14/cwt245.00–270.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 1319240.43/cwt230.00–255.007677
Steers—Medium and Large 2325214.77/cwt210.00–220.006986
Steers—Medium and Large 1353237.59/cwt225.00–250.008398
Steers—Medium and Large 2362208.70/cwt200.00–215.007555
Steers—Medium and Large 1408222.40/cwt215.00–232.009079
Steers—Medium and Large 3416186.97/cwt185.00–190.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 2420200.06/cwt195.00–205.008404
Steers—Medium and Large 1465217.66/cwt210.00–225.001,0128
Steers—Medium and Large 2525189.90/cwt185.00–195.009974
Steers—Medium and Large 1534211.07/cwt205.00–220.001,1275
Steers—Medium and Large 1560197.37/cwt190.00–205.001,1054
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276209.46/cwt200.00–215.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310185.81/cwt180.00–190.005765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314208.60/cwt200.00–215.006555
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319173.06/cwt170.00–175.005525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358174.90/cwt170.00–180.006264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368196.79/cwt190.00–200.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416176.06/cwt170.00–180.007325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418195.74/cwt190.00–205.008185
Heifers—Medium and Large 3464156.96/cwt155.00–160.007285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487181.71/cwt175.00–195.008853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520175.19/cwt170.00–185.009113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558174.93/cwt170.00–180.009764
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,603105.93/cwt103.00–109.001,6986
Bulls——1,688113.65/cwt112.00–118.001,9184
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13691.38/cwt89.00–95.001,03844
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17285.02/cwt81.00–87.0099623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,321100.67/cwt97.00–107.001,33022

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.