Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2024-01-24

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 24
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
872 head
▲ 338 vs last sale 534▼ 26 vs year ago 898 · −2.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
410 head
▼ 232 vs last sale 642▲ 25 vs year ago 385 · +6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $257.86/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$257.86
90 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.24
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440264.461,16556
Medium and Large 2419246.981,03534
One grade step is worth $17.48/cwt here — about $130 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 sale90 hd
257.86
—
FL average7 barns · 534 hd
258.10
−0.24
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—Average1,416130.801,8527thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,178117.451,38355
CowsLean 85-90%High1,121107.331,20317

Every lot

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268430.56/cwt410.00–450.001,1548
Steers—Medium and Large 2315335.24/cwt320.00–350.001,0566
Steers—Medium and Large 1324382.56/cwt360.00–400.001,2397
Steers—Medium and Large 1361361.13/cwt340.00–380.001,30411
Steers—Medium and Large 3370292.20/cwt285.00–300.001,0814
Steers—Medium and Large 2375320.13/cwt310.00–330.001,2006
Steers—Medium and Large 2409291.01/cwt280.00–305.001,1907
Steers—Medium and Large 1413327.12/cwt315.00–340.001,3516
Steers—Medium and Large 1460299.78/cwt290.00–310.001,37910
Steers—Medium and Large 2482276.10/cwt270.00–280.001,3315
Steers—Medium and Large 1528274.86/cwt265.00–285.001,4516
Steers—Medium and Large 1573264.93/cwt260.00–270.001,5184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285322.63/cwt315.00–330.009196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314268.34/cwt260.00–275.008437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328287.56/cwt280.00–300.009435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361278.62/cwt270.00–290.001,0069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374254.42/cwt250.00–260.009527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412265.23/cwt260.00–270.001,09313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418246.11/cwt240.00–252.001,0296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460261.07/cwt255.00–267.001,2014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482236.78/cwt230.00–245.001,1419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510243.63/cwt237.00–250.001,2436
Heifers—Medium and Large 2516226.05/cwt220.00–230.001,1665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573238.87/cwt230.00–245.001,3695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618222.53/cwt220.00–225.001,3758
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,283123.39/cwt120.00–128.001,5834
Bulls——1,593140.69/cwt130.00–145.002,2413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,109111.49/cwt107.00–114.001,2369
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135102.66/cwt98.00–105.001,1658
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140109.09/cwt105.00–113.001,24412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188119.78/cwt115.00–130.001,42343

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.