Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-04-12

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Apr 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
748 head
▲ 330 vs last sale 418▲ 242 vs year ago 506 · +47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
291 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 291▲ 157 vs year ago 134 · +117.2%
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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 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $237.19/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$237.19
81 head · 431 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432242.641,04861
Medium and Large 2429220.5594620
One grade step is worth $22.08/cwt here — about $102 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 sale81 hd
237.19
—
FL average8 barns · 372 hd
240.54
−3.35
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—Low1,460118.261,7268thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,251100.961,26336
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09589.219779thin

Every lot

28 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 1273284.36/cwt275.00–295.007764
Steers—Medium and Large 1321273.80/cwt265.00–280.008797
Steers—Medium and Large 2324238.87/cwt230.00–250.007747
Steers—Medium and Large 2360228.24/cwt225.00–235.008223
Steers—Medium and Large 1373254.66/cwt245.00–265.0095012
Steers—Medium and Large 1411243.85/cwt235.00–255.001,00211
Steers—Medium and Large 2462212.80/cwt205.00–217.009833
Steers—Medium and Large 1469235.43/cwt225.00–243.001,1047
Steers—Medium and Large 1523220.37/cwt215.00–226.001,15312
Steers—Medium and Large 2528204.93/cwt200.00–210.001,0824
Steers—Medium and Large 1558214.53/cwt212.00–217.001,1978
Steers—Medium and Large 2578198.72/cwt196.00–200.001,1493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273257.02/cwt250.00–265.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1304242.24/cwt230.00–260.007365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328215.19/cwt210.00–220.007066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363228.27/cwt220.00–235.008297
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380183.29/cwt180.00–185.006973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423213.69/cwt207.00–220.009046
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475182.28/cwt177.00–185.008663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478202.43/cwt200.00–205.009686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514198.75/cwt190.00–205.001,0225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558189.93/cwt185.00–195.001,0604
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,210104.53/cwt104.00–105.001,2652
Bulls——1,503118.59/cwt118.00–120.001,7824
Bulls——1,623131.33/cwt127.00–136.002,1312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09589.21/cwt86.00–93.009779
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16497.24/cwt94.00–102.001,13220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,359105.60/cwt104.00–111.001,43516

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.