Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-06-26

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 26
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
745 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 589▲ 52 vs year ago 693 · +7.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
262 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 303▼ 163 vs year ago 425 · −38.4%
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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 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 $263.91/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$263.91
82 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.11
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1399274.291,09555
Medium and Large 2411242.7699927
One grade step is worth $31.54/cwt here — about $97 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 sale82 hd
263.91
—
FL average8 barns · 476 hd
251.80
+12.11
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—Average1,727116.642,01515
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188104.611,24231

Every lot

24 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1279325.76/cwt315.00–335.009099
Steers—Medium and Large 2280274.82/cwt265.00–285.007694
Steers—Medium and Large 1320310.47/cwt295.00–325.009946
Steers—Medium and Large 2328280.23/cwt270.00–290.009194
Steers—Medium and Large 1364270.29/cwt260.00–285.009847
Steers—Medium and Large 2369246.10/cwt240.00–255.009085
Steers—Medium and Large 2423229.70/cwt220.00–240.009724
Steers—Medium and Large 1428261.30/cwt250.00–273.001,11816
Steers—Medium and Large 1458254.74/cwt240.00–269.001,16712
Steers—Medium and Large 2463219.10/cwt215.00–225.001,0145
Steers—Medium and Large 1528232.36/cwt225.00–237.001,2275
Steers—Medium and Large 2565217.89/cwt212.00–222.001,2315
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275264.45/cwt255.00–275.007274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322223.66/cwt215.00–230.007205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330242.61/cwt235.00–250.008016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380236.24/cwt227.00–245.008988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434234.86/cwt225.00–242.001,0197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465228.74/cwt221.00–237.001,06410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466206.74/cwt202.00–210.009635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560205.89/cwt200.00–212.001,1534
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,698114.98/cwt112.00–119.001,95211
Bulls——1,808121.20/cwt120.00–125.002,1914
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178101.54/cwt96.00–104.001,19620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205110.18/cwt108.00–117.001,32811

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.