Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2024-01-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
794 head
▲ 190 vs last sale 604▼ 244 vs year ago 1,038 · −23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
265 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 326▼ 139 vs year ago 404 · −34.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.21/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$254.21
71 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.33
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422261.831,10448
Medium and Large 2398242.2296518thin
Medium and Large 3414224.269285thin
One grade step is worth $37.57/cwt here — about $175 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
254.21
—
FL average7 barns · 491 hd
248.88
+5.33
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—Average1,509123.121,85817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,219106.661,30022
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04491.659577thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1265361.13/cwt340.00–380.009574
Steers—Medium and Large 2323311.70/cwt300.00–320.001,0075
Steers—Medium and Large 1330339.70/cwt330.00–350.001,1216
Steers—Medium and Large 2370289.59/cwt275.00–300.001,0715
Steers—Medium and Large 1373322.25/cwt315.00–330.001,2026
Steers—Medium and Large 1414317.17/cwt305.00–325.001,3135
Steers—Medium and Large 2415280.24/cwt270.00–290.001,1636
Steers—Medium and Large 3416252.88/cwt245.00–265.001,0525
Steers—Medium and Large 2463267.70/cwt260.00–275.001,2396
Steers—Medium and Large 3468250.13/cwt245.00–255.001,1714
Steers—Medium and Large 1473293.16/cwt285.00–305.001,3877
Steers—Medium and Large 1525274.81/cwt265.00–285.001,4436
Steers—Medium and Large 1565263.38/cwt257.00–270.001,4884
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1256312.42/cwt300.00–330.008005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328274.54/cwt270.00–282.009005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332254.22/cwt245.00–260.008445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378270.17/cwt265.00–275.001,02110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378244.83/cwt240.00–250.009254
Heifers—Medium and Large 3414224.26/cwt220.00–227.009285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419256.52/cwt250.00–265.001,0757
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420238.73/cwt232.00–245.001,0034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464230.92/cwt227.00–237.001,0715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480248.32/cwt240.00–257.001,19212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516240.28/cwt230.00–247.001,2405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565238.58/cwt230.00–247.001,3484
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,431119.15/cwt116.00–123.001,70510
Bulls——1,621128.79/cwt126.00–133.002,0887
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04491.65/cwt88.00–95.009577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,134102.07/cwt98.00–104.001,15713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,342113.29/cwt109.00–117.001,5209

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.