Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2024-01-31

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 31
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 872▲ 6 vs year ago 720 · +0.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
504 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 410▼ 160 vs year ago 664 · −24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 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 $276.11/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$276.11
57 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.92
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393285.681,12338
Medium and Large 2412256.971,05819thin
One grade step is worth $28.71/cwt here — about $66 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 sale57 hd
276.11
—
FL average7 barns · 449 hd
286.03
−9.92
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—Average1,545131.012,02412
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,344109.931,47741
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11097.931,08725

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 1263430.71/cwt415.00–445.001,1334
Steers—Medium and Large 1315415.48/cwt400.00–430.001,3096
Steers—Medium and Large 2330356.97/cwt340.00–375.001,1788
Steers—Medium and Large 1363384.48/cwt370.00–400.001,3968
Steers—Medium and Large 2375327.80/cwt320.00–335.001,2294
Steers—Medium and Large 1420345.54/cwt330.00–360.001,4516
Steers—Medium and Large 2425285.24/cwt275.00–295.001,2124
Steers—Medium and Large 1473299.84/cwt290.00–310.001,4184
Steers—Medium and Large 1506283.14/cwt275.00–295.001,4335
Steers—Medium and Large 2518256.88/cwt250.00–270.001,3313
Steers—Medium and Large 1555277.43/cwt270.00–285.001,5404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1258330.58/cwt310.00–350.008534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1311313.45/cwt300.00–330.009757
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320282.62/cwt275.00–290.009044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359288.37/cwt280.00–300.001,0357
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371263.32/cwt255.00–270.009777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419275.74/cwt265.00–290.001,1559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466266.85/cwt255.00–285.001,2445
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468244.92/cwt240.00–250.001,1464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518232.25/cwt225.00–240.001,2034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520250.83/cwt245.00–257.001,3046
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,534126.04/cwt118.00–131.001,9337
Bulls——1,561137.97/cwt134.00–143.002,1545
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095103.31/cwt102.00–105.001,1317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11695.84/cwt91.00–101.001,07018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293116.59/cwt113.00–123.001,50815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373106.09/cwt104.00–110.001,45726

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.