Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-10-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Oct 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,219 head
▼ 246 vs last sale 1,465▲ 288 vs year ago 931 · +30.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
344 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 390▼ 136 vs year ago 480 · −28.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 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 $272.30/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$272.30
104 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,185
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.82
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427294.501,25645
Medium and Large 3383256.3098116thin
Medium and Large 2464255.011,18443
One grade step is worth $39.48/cwt here — about $73 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 sale104 hd
272.30
—
FL average8 barns · 549 hd
270.47
+1.82
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—Average1,448117.241,6984thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39399.901,39234
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16381.9995316

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1263374.29/cwt360.00–390.009846
Steers—Medium and Large 2323307.21/cwt300.00–315.009926
Steers—Medium and Large 3323280.19/cwt275.00–285.009054
Steers—Medium and Large 1325337.38/cwt330.00–345.001,0966
Steers—Medium and Large 1363312.24/cwt305.00–320.001,1338
Steers—Medium and Large 3373258.81/cwt255.00–265.009655
Steers—Medium and Large 2384284.77/cwt275.00–300.001,0945
Steers—Medium and Large 1415290.18/cwt275.00–305.001,2046
Steers—Medium and Large 3424240.86/cwt235.00–245.001,0217
Steers—Medium and Large 2425259.65/cwt250.00–270.001,1046
Steers—Medium and Large 1468274.60/cwt260.00–290.001,2854
Steers—Medium and Large 2468244.44/cwt240.00–250.001,1447
Steers—Medium and Large 2516236.85/cwt230.00–245.001,2229
Steers—Medium and Large 1518251.83/cwt247.00–257.001,3046
Steers—Medium and Large 2563229.78/cwt220.00–240.001,29410
Steers—Medium and Large 1572243.96/cwt242.00–247.001,3955
Steers—Medium and Large 1608228.54/cwt225.00–232.001,3904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313277.80/cwt270.00–285.008706
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320257.85/cwt250.00–265.008258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361264.46/cwt260.00–270.009557
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370247.70/cwt240.00–255.009164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418248.07/cwt240.00–255.001,0379
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423233.60/cwt230.00–237.009888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458240.08/cwt235.00–245.001,1006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470226.13/cwt220.00–232.001,0636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514227.84/cwt222.00–235.001,1719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518214.83/cwt210.00–220.001,1134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565213.44/cwt210.00–217.001,20610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566224.40/cwt220.00–230.001,2709
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,448117.24/cwt111.00–121.001,6984
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07074.70/cwt72.00–79.007995
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20585.31/cwt80.00–90.001,02811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,393107.96/cwt102.00–115.001,50412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39395.51/cwt91.00–101.001,33022

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.