Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-02-19

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Feb 19
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 791 vs last sale 1,108▼ 406 vs year ago 723 · −56.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 158 vs last sale 294▼ 68 vs year ago 204 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $364.22/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$364.22
67 head · 389 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,417
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.87
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393371.781,46145
Medium and Large 2385349.571,34718thin
Medium and Large 3363345.171,2534thin
One grade step is worth $26.61/cwt here — about $208 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 sale67 hd
364.22
—
FL average6 barns · 281 hd
342.35
+21.87
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—High1,365126.281,72311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,444119.181,72134
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,092109.011,1909thin

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 1275453.64/cwt430.00–480.001,2488
Steers—Medium and Large 1320414.53/cwt400.00–430.001,3266
Steers—Medium and Large 2330380.15/cwt370.00–390.001,2546
Steers—Medium and Large 3363345.17/cwt340.00–350.001,2534
Steers—Medium and Large 1364386.41/cwt380.00–395.001,4079
Steers—Medium and Large 2374368.37/cwt360.00–375.001,3787
Steers—Medium and Large 1420344.46/cwt330.00–360.001,4478
Steers—Medium and Large 1468324.60/cwt310.00–340.001,5198
Steers—Medium and Large 2468286.54/cwt275.00–305.001,3415
Steers—Medium and Large 1530297.26/cwt285.00–310.001,5756
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263344.29/cwt330.00–360.009054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320330.16/cwt320.00–340.001,05710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323292.21/cwt280.00–305.009444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361317.92/cwt310.00–325.001,14811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378284.67/cwt275.00–295.001,0764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413295.45/cwt280.00–310.001,22012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463247.30/cwt240.00–255.001,1454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468269.73/cwt260.00–280.001,2626
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,359123.75/cwt118.00–129.001,6828
Bulls——1,380133.02/cwt132.00–135.001,8363
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092109.01/cwt105.00–115.001,1909
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355124.35/cwt121.00–130.001,68516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,524114.58/cwt111.00–118.001,74618

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.