Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-04-22

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 22
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
657 head
▲ 173 vs last sale 484▼ 254 vs year ago 911 · −27.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
255 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 198▼ 17 vs year ago 272 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $288.33/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −127.79 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$288.33
5 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.35
vs FL average
−21.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514288.331,4825thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
288.33
—
FL average4 barns · 34 hd
272.98
+15.35
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
−21.22
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−127.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
467426385345median 416.1203/0206/0107/2709/2111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $452.68, low $358.50, median $416.12 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,702147.752,51413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,176123.581,45422
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,065110.431,17612

Every lot

25 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270380.74/cwt370.00–390.001,0284
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275414.73/cwt400.00–430.001,14110
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318392.20/cwt380.00–405.001,24710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363380.34/cwt370.00–390.001,3814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369353.95/cwt340.00–365.001,3067
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417325.48/cwt320.00–330.001,3577
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425347.06/cwt335.00–360.001,4756
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470314.79/cwt310.00–320.001,4806
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475297.74/cwt290.00–305.001,4144
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514288.33/cwt280.00–300.001,4825
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275354.45/cwt340.00–370.009756
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318331.81/cwt320.00–345.001,0558
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323305.19/cwt300.00–310.009864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370321.99/cwt310.00–335.001,19110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373289.50/cwt275.00–305.001,0804
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417278.35/cwt270.00–290.001,1615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418309.58/cwt300.00–320.001,29410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471277.64/cwt270.00–290.001,3085
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480259.34/cwt252.00–267.001,2454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513254.93/cwt250.00–260.001,3084
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,662138.46/cwt132.00–147.002,3016
Bulls——1,736155.71/cwt151.00–163.002,7037
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065110.43/cwt105.00–114.001,17612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100130.26/cwt128.00–134.001,4337
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212120.46/cwt116.00–124.001,46015

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.