Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-01-23

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
▼ 164 vs last sale 845▼ 192 vs year ago 873 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
265 head
▼ 190 vs last sale 455▲ 19 vs year ago 246 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.87/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$211.87
70 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.66
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405218.5588648
Medium and Large 2397197.3078322
One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $103 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 sale70 hd
211.87
—
FL average8 barns · 542 hd
202.21
+9.66
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—High1,520107.851,64013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14988.161,01328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03974.077707thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2263218.37/cwt210.00–230.005745
Steers—Medium and Large 1278259.32/cwt245.00–275.007218
Steers—Medium and Large 2315207.62/cwt200.00–215.006544
Steers—Medium and Large 1320234.38/cwt225.00–245.0075010
Steers—Medium and Large 1358221.51/cwt215.00–230.007939
Steers—Medium and Large 1413215.09/cwt210.00–220.008884
Steers—Medium and Large 2420194.76/cwt190.00–200.008184
Steers—Medium and Large 1458202.62/cwt195.00–210.009284
Steers—Medium and Large 2476185.92/cwt180.00–190.008855
Steers—Medium and Large 2523177.42/cwt175.00–180.009284
Steers—Medium and Large 1528192.68/cwt185.00–200.001,0174
Steers—Medium and Large 1556185.94/cwt180.00–190.001,0345
Steers—Medium and Large 1608176.76/cwt171.00–180.001,0754
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268199.53/cwt190.00–210.005354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277173.83/cwt170.00–180.004825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326191.26/cwt185.00–195.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370181.24/cwt172.00–187.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421177.83/cwt172.00–182.007497
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427165.50/cwt160.00–169.007075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475170.11/cwt165.00–175.008086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520163.60/cwt160.00–167.008516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558159.09/cwt155.00–165.008885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619153.94/cwt150.00–160.009535
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43099.10/cwt97.00–101.001,4174
Bulls——1,500109.13/cwt108.00–111.001,6376
Bulls——1,682116.96/cwt114.00–122.001,9673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03974.07/cwt71.00–77.007707
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10382.82/cwt81.00–87.0091412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18492.17/cwt88.00–98.001,09116

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.