Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-04-26

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Apr 26
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
653 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 559▲ 47 vs year ago 606 · +7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 276▲ 95 vs year ago 213 · +44.6%
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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 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $232.76/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$232.76
71 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$925
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.57
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1403241.6697448
Medium and Large 2411216.9289115thin
Medium and Large 3339209.107098thin
One grade step is worth $32.56/cwt here — about $266 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 sale71 hd
232.76
—
FL average8 barns · 405 hd
230.19
+2.57
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—Average1,627117.541,9129thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23097.431,19834
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06083.8188814

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1271277.21/cwt260.00–290.007519
Steers—Medium and Large 1310259.52/cwt245.00–270.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 2318233.44/cwt225.00–238.007423
Steers—Medium and Large 3318210.76/cwt205.00–217.006704
Steers—Medium and Large 3360207.43/cwt205.00–210.007474
Steers—Medium and Large 2362226.54/cwt220.00–230.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1370244.46/cwt235.00–255.009056
Steers—Medium and Large 2406215.91/cwt210.00–220.008775
Steers—Medium and Large 1423235.24/cwt227.00–243.0099514
Steers—Medium and Large 1470224.65/cwt220.00–232.001,0565
Steers—Medium and Large 1523214.91/cwt210.00–222.001,1245
Steers—Medium and Large 2523198.58/cwt195.00–202.001,0394
Steers—Medium and Large 1565212.30/cwt205.00–220.001,1994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1264230.80/cwt225.00–240.006095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305226.10/cwt220.00–232.006906
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322196.15/cwt190.00–200.006325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360200.83/cwt195.00–205.007235
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368188.26/cwt185.00–190.006933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385215.06/cwt210.00–220.008288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416207.96/cwt205.00–210.008655
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423198.56/cwt195.00–202.008404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461202.96/cwt200.00–205.009365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467189.70/cwt185.00–192.008863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520196.86/cwt192.00–202.001,0244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,371113.39/cwt110.00–116.001,5556
Bulls——2,138125.84/cwt124.00–131.002,6903
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06083.81/cwt81.00–88.0088814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18294.97/cwt91.00–99.001,12323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330102.56/cwt100.00–108.001,36411

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.