Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-07-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 17
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
858 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 947▲ 3 vs year ago 855 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
228 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 316▼ 213 vs year ago 441 · −48.3%
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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 $274.41/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$274.41
99 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.89
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408281.161,14765
Medium and Large 2388261.531,01434
One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $133 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 sale99 hd
274.41
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FL average8 barns · 559 hd
262.52
+11.89
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—Average1,524127.861,9496thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,150107.401,23532
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00594.979546thin

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 1264342.63/cwt330.00–360.009059
Steers—Medium and Large 2268302.54/cwt290.00–310.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 1311321.07/cwt305.00–335.009999
Steers—Medium and Large 2326287.12/cwt270.00–300.009369
Steers—Medium and Large 1361290.85/cwt275.00–305.001,05011
Steers—Medium and Large 2365257.16/cwt245.00–270.009396
Steers—Medium and Large 1418267.16/cwt257.00–275.001,1179
Steers—Medium and Large 2430239.77/cwt230.00–250.001,0316
Steers—Medium and Large 1458257.30/cwt245.00–270.001,17812
Steers—Medium and Large 2470235.05/cwt230.00–240.001,1054
Steers—Medium and Large 1513246.09/cwt240.00–252.001,2628
Steers—Medium and Large 2565218.33/cwt212.00–225.001,2344
Steers—Medium and Large 1573234.53/cwt230.00–241.001,3447
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1259260.79/cwt255.00–270.006755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328253.18/cwt245.00–262.008308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329231.85/cwt220.00–240.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366238.54/cwt230.00–245.008739
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370215.97/cwt205.00–225.007997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408237.64/cwt230.00–245.0097010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423218.31/cwt212.00–225.009234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463216.59/cwt213.00–220.001,0034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464233.32/cwt230.00–238.001,0837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518224.90/cwt218.00–232.001,1654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555214.62/cwt210.00–217.001,1913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,345130.80/cwt129.00–134.001,7593
Bulls——1,703124.91/cwt121.00–127.002,1273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00594.97/cwt92.00–98.009546
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120100.39/cwt95.00–102.001,1248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160109.74/cwt106.00–115.001,27324

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.