Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-01-02

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
▲ 477 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 478 · −0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 537 vs last sale 672▲ 44 vs year ago 91 · +48.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $196.91/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$196.91
91 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433202.5687763
Medium and Large 2399187.4174722
Medium and Large 3424172.397316thin
One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $146 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 sale91 hd
196.91
—
FL average3 barns · 222 hd
192.07
+4.84
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—Average1,582101.241,6027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15177.7489524
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05266.3169815

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Mon)
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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2260205.45/cwt200.00–217.005343
Steers—Medium and Large 1265233.82/cwt225.00–242.006208
Steers—Medium and Large 1316223.45/cwt215.00–230.007069
Steers—Medium and Large 3318188.19/cwt185.00–195.005983
Steers—Medium and Large 2335204.00/cwt200.00–210.006835
Steers—Medium and Large 2363190.37/cwt185.00–200.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 1370217.09/cwt210.00–225.008038
Steers—Medium and Large 1414204.13/cwt195.00–215.008459
Steers—Medium and Large 2417182.83/cwt177.00–192.007625
Steers—Medium and Large 1468199.63/cwt190.00–210.009348
Steers—Medium and Large 1517182.59/cwt177.00–190.009449
Steers—Medium and Large 2523166.90/cwt163.00–171.008736
Steers—Medium and Large 3530156.60/cwt155.00–160.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1570176.67/cwt170.00–183.001,0074
Steers—Medium and Large 1618169.86/cwt165.00–175.001,0508
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265185.09/cwt180.00–190.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313172.38/cwt170.00–177.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318153.51/cwt150.00–160.004883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328188.31/cwt180.00–197.006186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368177.93/cwt170.00–185.006559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373162.43/cwt157.00–165.006063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408175.09/cwt170.00–180.0071414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421160.57/cwt155.00–165.006767
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460154.13/cwt150.00–160.007095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471167.24/cwt162.00–174.007887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518159.88/cwt155.00–165.008284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558149.56/cwt145.00–154.008354
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50398.16/cwt95.00–102.001,4754
Bulls——1,688105.35/cwt105.00–106.001,7783
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05266.31/cwt63.00–69.0069815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13881.17/cwt80.00–83.009248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15876.02/cwt73.00–79.0088016

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.