Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-01-29

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 29
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
839 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 916▲ 16 vs year ago 823 · +1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
326 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 412▲ 51 vs year ago 275 · +18.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $331.45/cwt on 75 head.
Average price
$331.45
75 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,389
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.02
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402353.221,42048
Medium and Large 2449292.761,31527
One grade step is worth $60.46/cwt here — about $106 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 sale75 hd
331.45
—
FL average7 barns · 419 hd
322.43
+9.02
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—Average1,447123.061,7819thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,122112.691,26431
CowsLean 85-90%Average98895.2594113

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 1279423.12/cwt410.00–440.001,1817
Steers—Medium and Large 2315348.07/cwt340.00–365.001,0963
Steers—Medium and Large 1329393.20/cwt385.00–405.001,2947
Steers—Medium and Large 2356329.83/cwt320.00–345.001,1745
Steers—Medium and Large 1368375.51/cwt360.00–390.001,38210
Steers—Medium and Large 1415334.82/cwt320.00–350.001,39010
Steers—Medium and Large 2423297.37/cwt290.00–305.001,2584
Steers—Medium and Large 1466319.81/cwt305.00–330.001,4905
Steers—Medium and Large 2469277.15/cwt265.00–285.001,3005
Steers—Medium and Large 2515270.29/cwt260.00–280.001,3926
Steers—Medium and Large 1518294.66/cwt285.00–305.001,5264
Steers—Medium and Large 1563271.83/cwt260.00–280.001,5305
Steers—Medium and Large 2568253.55/cwt250.00–257.001,4404
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260327.02/cwt315.00–340.008506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319273.46/cwt265.00–280.008727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326295.92/cwt285.00–310.009659
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375249.73/cwt240.00–260.009364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378284.70/cwt270.00–300.001,07612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426245.70/cwt240.00–255.001,0475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428275.18/cwt265.00–285.001,1784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456271.05/cwt265.00–275.001,2365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483247.62/cwt240.00–255.001,1964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514254.11/cwt245.00–260.001,3065
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,353118.99/cwt115.00–122.001,6105
Bulls——1,565128.15/cwt126.00–130.002,0064
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98895.25/cwt91.00–100.0094113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,073111.21/cwt106.00–114.001,19324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290117.76/cwt116.00–120.001,5197

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.