Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2024-02-07

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
772 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 726▲ 52 vs year ago 720 · +7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
741 head
▲ 237 vs last sale 504▲ 73 vs year ago 668 · +10.9%
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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 mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher, with instances 10.00 higher in some classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $354.67/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$354.67
90 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,454
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$55.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.03
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1406375.531,52656
Medium and Large 2416320.301,33134
One grade step is worth $55.23/cwt here — about $195 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
354.67
—
FL average5 barns · 234 hd
338.64
+16.03
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—Low1,480125.101,85115
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,249115.291,44066
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06995.291,01973

Every lot

32 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 1273459.08/cwt440.00–480.001,2538
Steers—Medium and Large 2315374.52/cwt360.00–390.001,1808
Steers—Medium and Large 1323428.91/cwt410.00–450.001,38510
Steers—Medium and Large 2365360.41/cwt345.00–375.001,3156
Steers—Medium and Large 1370414.39/cwt400.00–430.001,53310
Steers—Medium and Large 2420312.95/cwt300.00–325.001,3148
Steers—Medium and Large 1423354.38/cwt340.00–370.001,4998
Steers—Medium and Large 2465274.68/cwt260.00–290.001,2774
Steers—Medium and Large 1470320.32/cwt305.00–335.001,5068
Steers—Medium and Large 1522298.29/cwt290.00–310.001,5577
Steers—Medium and Large 2525266.17/cwt257.00–275.001,3978
Steers—Medium and Large 1570287.68/cwt270.00–300.001,6405
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275354.09/cwt330.00–380.009744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320328.09/cwt315.00–340.001,0504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323284.52/cwt270.00–305.009195
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365275.41/cwt260.00–290.001,0056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370308.01/cwt295.00–320.001,1406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423254.59/cwt245.00–265.001,0776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429289.64/cwt275.00–300.001,2437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473275.24/cwt260.00–290.001,30210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473246.15/cwt240.00–255.001,1645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520234.71/cwt225.00–245.001,2204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525267.26/cwt255.00–280.001,4036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573252.23/cwt240.00–265.001,4456
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,240108.85/cwt105.00–112.001,3504
Bulls——1,525124.70/cwt119.00–129.001,9026
Bulls——1,617138.57/cwt133.00–145.002,2415
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98585.41/cwt80.00–90.0084118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05795.76/cwt92.00–100.001,01235
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165103.37/cwt100.00–106.001,20420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194110.26/cwt105.00–115.001,31742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345124.08/cwt119.00–129.001,66924

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.