Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-06-19

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 19
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
589 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 820▲ 40 vs year ago 549 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 386▲ 68 vs year ago 235 · +28.9%
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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 mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $261.44/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$261.44
72 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.59
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414270.521,12046
Medium and Large 2422245.371,03526
One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $85 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 sale72 hd
261.44
—
FL average8 barns · 540 hd
256.84
+4.59
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—Average1,566123.071,92712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246107.941,34554
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06191.269687thin

Every lot

28 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 1265324.43/cwt310.00–340.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 2268282.08/cwt275.00–295.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 2316277.38/cwt260.00–290.008777
Steers—Medium and Large 1320310.89/cwt300.00–320.009957
Steers—Medium and Large 2358245.23/cwt240.00–255.008783
Steers—Medium and Large 1371276.17/cwt260.00–290.001,0259
Steers—Medium and Large 1430259.77/cwt250.00–270.001,1178
Steers—Medium and Large 1458251.27/cwt240.00–260.001,1519
Steers—Medium and Large 2462225.95/cwt220.00–237.001,0443
Steers—Medium and Large 1517240.86/cwt235.00–250.001,2455
Steers—Medium and Large 2528224.61/cwt217.00–232.001,1866
Steers—Medium and Large 1565235.09/cwt230.00–240.001,3284
Steers—Medium and Large 2580207.63/cwt200.00–215.001,2044
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268251.68/cwt240.00–265.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317240.97/cwt235.00–248.007647
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328220.11/cwt215.00–225.007224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371228.31/cwt220.00–240.008477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408230.18/cwt220.00–240.0093914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427210.89/cwt205.00–215.009017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459223.53/cwt220.00–229.001,0265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2484208.69/cwt200.00–215.001,0107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515209.65/cwt202.00–217.001,0806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565201.95/cwt200.00–205.001,1415
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,533119.05/cwt116.00–122.001,8259
Bulls——1,663135.14/cwt128.00–139.002,2473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06191.26/cwt88.00–94.009687
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216114.05/cwt109.00–121.001,38722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267103.74/cwt97.00–107.001,31432

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.