Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-06-24

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
865 head
▲ 430 vs last sale 435▲ 120 vs year ago 745 · +16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 169▼ 32 vs year ago 262 · −12.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $279.69/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −136.43 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$279.69
19 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,448
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.25
vs FL average
−19.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520290.191,50912thin
Medium and Large 2514261.691,3457thin
One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale19 hd
279.69
—
FL average6 barns · 128 hd
278.44
+1.25
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
−19.57
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−136.43
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—Average1,382166.042,2947thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,130146.191,65222
CowsLean 85-90%Average941118.841,1187thin

Every lot

27 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318375.83/cwt360.00–390.001,1954
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320405.16/cwt400.00–410.001,2974
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3322348.66/cwt340.00–355.001,1235
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358382.45/cwt380.00–385.001,3694
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3378324.67/cwt315.00–335.001,2278
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383352.25/cwt340.00–365.001,34910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418336.77/cwt320.00–355.001,40812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425299.76/cwt290.00–310.001,2746
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466315.92/cwt310.00–320.001,4725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469286.59/cwt280.00–295.001,3447
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514261.69/cwt252.00–275.001,3457
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520290.19/cwt280.00–300.001,50912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310336.61/cwt325.00–345.001,0435
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2317314.23/cwt305.00–320.009965
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358325.21/cwt315.00–335.001,1646
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363292.76/cwt285.00–300.001,0634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408303.82/cwt295.00–310.001,2405
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424279.12/cwt270.00–290.001,1839
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465272.55/cwt270.00–275.001,2676
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479258.42/cwt250.00–265.001,2387
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518244.83/cwt240.00–250.001,2688
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520224.86/cwt220.00–230.001,1694
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,273160.57/cwt158.00–163.002,0444
Bulls——1,527173.34/cwt168.00–179.002,6473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%941118.84/cwt117.00–126.001,1187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,072140.70/cwt131.00–145.001,50814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231155.79/cwt152.00–163.001,9188

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.