Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-06-14

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
715 head
▼ 214 vs last sale 929▲ 434 vs year ago 281 · +154.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
306 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 360▲ 103 vs year ago 203 · +50.7%
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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 steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $259.72/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$259.72
66 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1388271.851,05545
Medium and Large 2426233.7299521
One grade step is worth $38.13/cwt here — about $60 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 sale66 hd
259.72
—
FL average8 barns · 645 hd
261.56
−1.84
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—Average1,478128.271,89612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,366103.461,41326
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06088.919426thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265319.15/cwt305.00–335.008466
Steers—Medium and Large 1320301.91/cwt290.00–315.009666
Steers—Medium and Large 2325258.92/cwt247.00–272.008414
Steers—Medium and Large 2360244.86/cwt240.00–250.008814
Steers—Medium and Large 1365270.77/cwt260.00–280.0098811
Steers—Medium and Large 1420264.68/cwt257.00–272.001,11210
Steers—Medium and Large 2423228.87/cwt225.00–237.009683
Steers—Medium and Large 1465240.94/cwt235.00–247.001,1208
Steers—Medium and Large 2468226.15/cwt220.00–230.001,0585
Steers—Medium and Large 1505238.58/cwt230.00–247.001,2054
Steers—Medium and Large 2519215.14/cwt212.00–220.001,1175
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305242.62/cwt235.00–250.007404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373229.83/cwt225.00–235.0085710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373208.26/cwt200.00–220.007775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2404210.94/cwt205.00–215.008525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434224.87/cwt220.00–232.009765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460220.87/cwt215.00–225.001,0165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473204.92/cwt200.00–210.009694
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,350121.15/cwt113.00–125.001,6363
Bulls——1,521130.64/cwt127.00–136.001,9879
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06088.91/cwt85.00–92.009426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29998.88/cwt94.00–101.001,28410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,408106.32/cwt103.00–113.001,49716

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.