Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2024-06-12

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
689 head
▼ 131 vs last sale 820▼ 26 vs year ago 715 · −3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
339 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 422▲ 33 vs year ago 306 · +10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $268.75/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −157.38 against this barn's trailing median of $426.13.
Average price
$268.75
28 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.08
vs FL average
−11.38 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443285.421,2649thin
Medium and Large 2445263.391,17311thin
Medium and Large 3413257.361,0638thin
One grade step is worth $28.06/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
268.75
—
FL average4 barns · 115 hd
270.83
−2.08
National average155 barns · 7,223 hd
280.13
−11.38
This barn, trailing median34 sales
426.13
−157.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

34 sales
470428386343median 426.1303/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 400–500 lb: high $456.09, low $357.44, median $426.13 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,469159.922,35013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,349140.511,89528
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,091124.141,3547thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313421.80/cwt405.00–440.001,3204
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318390.55/cwt380.00–400.001,2424
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325349.69/cwt340.00–360.001,1364
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3352336.59/cwt320.00–345.001,1853
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368394.29/cwt380.00–410.001,4516
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373362.08/cwt350.00–375.001,3514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411307.78/cwt305.00–310.001,2657
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416288.75/cwt280.00–300.001,2017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464283.17/cwt275.00–290.001,3149
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517258.28/cwt250.00–270.001,3355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2319306.11/cwt300.00–310.009765
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328337.67/cwt330.00–345.001,1084
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3329278.15/cwt270.00–290.009155
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375322.32/cwt310.00–330.001,2095
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383292.75/cwt280.00–305.001,1218
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3413257.36/cwt250.00–265.001,0638
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418299.58/cwt290.00–310.001,2524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418275.21/cwt270.00–280.001,1504
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461256.63/cwt250.00–265.001,1837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463274.10/cwt270.00–280.001,2695
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,376157.03/cwt147.00–161.002,16110
Bulls——1,780169.54/cwt165.00–171.003,0183
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091124.14/cwt122.00–126.001,3547
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137134.71/cwt127.00–140.001,53214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,560146.30/cwt143.00–156.002,28214

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.