Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-05-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
▼ 299 vs last sale 911▲ 18 vs year ago 594 · +3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
302 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 272▲ 10 vs year ago 292 · +3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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 $247.48/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$247.48
59 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.34
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386250.0496448
Medium and Large 2318236.3075211thin
One grade step is worth $13.74/cwt here — about $212 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 sale59 hd
247.48
—
FL average8 barns · 356 hd
233.14
+14.34
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—Average1,508118.691,7905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151100.121,15232
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04187.1590714

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1268281.02/cwt270.00–295.0075311
Steers—Medium and Large 2278245.41/cwt230.00–260.006824
Steers—Medium and Large 1323264.61/cwt255.00–275.008558
Steers—Medium and Large 2325237.73/cwt230.00–245.007734
Steers—Medium and Large 2363222.25/cwt220.00–227.008073
Steers—Medium and Large 1365248.15/cwt240.00–257.009068
Steers—Medium and Large 1420236.94/cwt230.00–247.009957
Steers—Medium and Large 1463232.11/cwt225.00–241.001,0757
Steers—Medium and Large 1527223.05/cwt215.00–227.001,1753
Steers—Medium and Large 1575214.07/cwt210.00–218.001,2314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1285229.91/cwt225.00–235.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316212.06/cwt205.00–217.006705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321228.71/cwt222.00–237.007347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361220.38/cwt215.00–225.007969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1402209.18/cwt205.00–212.008415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425198.11/cwt195.00–201.008426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465203.55/cwt201.00–206.009474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530196.73/cwt190.00–200.001,0433
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340114.27/cwt110.00–118.001,5312
Bulls——1,620121.63/cwt121.00–123.001,9703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04187.15/cwt85.00–92.0090714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11096.91/cwt94.00–100.001,07618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204104.24/cwt102.00–107.001,25514

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.