Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-09-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Sep 13
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,071 head
▲ 552 vs last sale 519▲ 386 vs year ago 685 · +56.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
602 head
▼ 552 vs last sale 1,154▲ 126 vs year ago 476 · +26.5%
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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 mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $279.61/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$279.61
84 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,242
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$254
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.39
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2375280.521,05121
Medium and Large 1467279.301,30563
One grade step is worth $1.22/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale84 hd
279.61
—
FL average8 barns · 549 hd
269.22
+10.39
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—Average1,593132.602,1128thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,213104.411,26670
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10894.121,04314

Every lot

25 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 1314331.12/cwt320.00–340.001,0407
Steers—Medium and Large 2321301.05/cwt290.00–310.009667
Steers—Medium and Large 1371321.23/cwt310.00–330.001,1927
Steers—Medium and Large 2379271.30/cwt260.00–280.001,0287
Steers—Medium and Large 1413290.30/cwt280.00–300.001,19916
Steers—Medium and Large 2424269.20/cwt265.00–275.001,1417
Steers—Medium and Large 1472277.71/cwt265.00–295.001,3119
Steers—Medium and Large 1529254.33/cwt250.00–260.001,3459
Steers—Medium and Large 1556250.22/cwt245.00–257.001,3917
Steers—Medium and Large 1615232.52/cwt230.00–235.001,4304
Steers—Medium and Large 1668228.69/cwt225.00–235.001,5284
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315254.19/cwt250.00–260.008015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325275.15/cwt270.00–280.008948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361261.09/cwt250.00–270.009437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416254.37/cwt250.00–260.001,0587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461228.37/cwt220.00–235.001,0537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467248.07/cwt240.00–257.001,15815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2506217.31/cwt215.00–219.001,1007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519225.00/cwt220.00–232.001,1687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560223.56/cwt220.00–227.001,25212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,452129.27/cwt121.00–133.001,8776
Bulls——2,015142.57/cwt137.00–148.002,8732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10894.12/cwt91.00–100.001,04314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207100.97/cwt95.00–104.001,21947
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225111.44/cwt108.00–117.001,36523

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.