Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-11-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,027 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 1,097▲ 247 vs year ago 780 · +31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
342 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 386▲ 7 vs year ago 335 · +2.1%
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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 $290.56/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$290.56
71 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.35
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1419297.751,24953
Medium and Large 2423269.381,13918thin
One grade step is worth $28.37/cwt here — about $110 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
290.56
—
FL average8 barns · 494 hd
267.21
+23.35
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—Low1,475110.631,63110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25290.571,13428
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16679.269247thin

Every lot

27 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 1265356.17/cwt340.00–370.009447
Steers—Medium and Large 1323329.61/cwt320.00–340.001,06510
Steers—Medium and Large 2323299.61/cwt290.00–310.009684
Steers—Medium and Large 2374284.76/cwt275.00–300.001,0655
Steers—Medium and Large 1376312.17/cwt305.00–322.001,1747
Steers—Medium and Large 1410306.27/cwt295.00–317.001,2566
Steers—Medium and Large 1462281.69/cwt270.00–290.001,3015
Steers—Medium and Large 2470254.68/cwt245.00–265.001,1974
Steers—Medium and Large 1505260.89/cwt250.00–272.001,3178
Steers—Medium and Large 2514241.58/cwt237.00–248.001,2425
Steers—Medium and Large 1570247.30/cwt240.00–255.001,41010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310269.84/cwt265.00–275.008378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318255.28/cwt250.00–260.008124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367241.20/cwt237.00–247.008855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373258.28/cwt250.00–265.009637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409249.13/cwt240.00–260.001,0199
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416230.35/cwt225.00–235.009589
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456225.92/cwt220.00–230.001,0305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458245.64/cwt237.00–254.001,12510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514230.06/cwt225.00–237.001,1837
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522218.28/cwt213.00–222.001,1395
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,303100.30/cwt96.00–104.001,3074
Bulls——1,521114.73/cwt110.00–116.001,7454
Bulls——1,725123.11/cwt121.00–125.002,1242
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16679.26/cwt78.00–83.009247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23488.54/cwt85.00–92.001,09323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33799.88/cwt97.00–102.001,3355

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.