Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-05-31

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
664 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 847▲ 22 vs year ago 642 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 312▲ 25 vs year ago 151 · +16.6%
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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 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.95/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$243.95
92 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,087
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$51.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.18
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458251.141,15166
Medium and Large 2391233.4591320
Medium and Large 3491199.949826thin
One grade step is worth $51.20/cwt here — about $169 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 sale92 hd
243.95
—
FL average5 barns · 267 hd
246.14
−2.18
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—Average1,519120.051,8245thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,116102.601,14525
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01889.0590710

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1278327.84/cwt315.00–340.009116
Steers—Medium and Large 1313292.80/cwt285.00–300.009166
Steers—Medium and Large 2320258.86/cwt247.00–270.008286
Steers—Medium and Large 1371255.78/cwt245.00–265.009499
Steers—Medium and Large 2375226.15/cwt215.00–237.008486
Steers—Medium and Large 1430247.33/cwt240.00–255.001,06410
Steers—Medium and Large 2435221.39/cwt212.00–231.009634
Steers—Medium and Large 3467201.61/cwt200.00–205.009423
Steers—Medium and Large 1470244.58/cwt237.00–252.001,15010
Steers—Medium and Large 2478218.33/cwt212.00–225.001,0444
Steers—Medium and Large 3515198.27/cwt195.00–205.001,0213
Steers—Medium and Large 1523234.68/cwt227.00–242.001,2278
Steers—Medium and Large 1561225.89/cwt215.00–235.001,2679
Steers—Medium and Large 1623219.96/cwt217.00–222.001,3705
Steers—Medium and Large 1668206.63/cwt200.00–210.001,3803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1272246.26/cwt240.00–260.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319215.91/cwt210.00–220.006897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323237.79/cwt230.00–245.007688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381225.78/cwt220.00–230.008607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414220.36/cwt217.00–225.009125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414207.74/cwt205.00–212.008605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471217.26/cwt213.00–221.001,02311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518210.07/cwt205.00–215.001,0886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560199.56/cwt196.00–203.001,1184
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,510114.34/cwt112.00–116.001,7273
Bulls——1,533128.62/cwt125.00–132.001,9722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01889.05/cwt85.00–92.0090710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02596.53/cwt94.00–101.0098910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177106.65/cwt103.00–110.001,25515

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.