Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-07-15

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 15
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
774 head
▼ 243 vs last sale 1,017▼ 84 vs year ago 858 · −9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 304▲ 88 vs year ago 228 · +38.6%
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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 unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $267.88/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −148.24 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$267.88
16 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,388
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.23
vs FL average
−23.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523284.931,4906thin
Medium and Large 2515257.651,32710thin
One grade step is worth $27.28/cwt here — about $163 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 sale16 hd
267.88
—
FL average7 barns · 139 hd
270.11
−2.23
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−23.21
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−148.24
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—High1,421163.742,3278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,275147.251,87745
CowsLean 85-90%Average977128.571,2568thin

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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270451.11/cwt430.00–480.001,2185
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2319387.21/cwt370.00–400.001,2355
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321421.58/cwt410.00–430.001,3537
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328350.23/cwt340.00–360.001,1494
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365385.62/cwt370.00–400.001,4084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2366350.25/cwt340.00–365.001,2825
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373319.90/cwt315.00–325.001,1934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418323.71/cwt315.00–335.001,3539
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2421294.30/cwt285.00–305.001,2399
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461300.45/cwt290.00–315.001,3857
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475277.66/cwt270.00–285.001,31910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515257.65/cwt250.00–265.001,32710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523284.93/cwt280.00–290.001,4906
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314337.80/cwt325.00–355.001,0615
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315305.16/cwt295.00–315.009618
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315279.84/cwt275.00–285.008814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361326.63/cwt310.00–340.001,1797
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368267.24/cwt260.00–275.009834
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376291.24/cwt280.00–300.001,0959
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418292.81/cwt285.00–300.001,2246
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421271.66/cwt260.00–280.001,1447
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467266.10/cwt260.00–270.001,2435
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473286.15/cwt280.00–295.001,3535
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514247.86/cwt240.00–260.001,2745
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,312159.63/cwt154.00–165.002,0945
Bulls——1,603170.60/cwt169.00–174.002,7353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%977128.57/cwt125.00–131.001,2568
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268142.96/cwt135.00–152.001,81333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294159.03/cwt156.00–166.002,05812

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.