Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-09-16

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Sep 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
795 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 934▼ 75 vs year ago 870 · −8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 233▼ 159 vs year ago 288 · −55.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder 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 $251.50/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −164.62 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$251.50
27 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.53
vs FL average
−15.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527267.081,40713thin
Medium and Large 2540237.031,28014thin
One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale27 hd
251.50
—
FL average6 barns · 190 hd
242.97
+8.53
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
−15.14
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−164.62
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—Average1,456143.252,0865thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,190128.011,52313
CowsLean 85-90%Average994117.831,1717thin

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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3318345.35/cwt330.00–360.001,0984
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366388.45/cwt370.00–410.001,4229
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370323.84/cwt320.00–330.001,1985
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379351.17/cwt340.00–360.001,3317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421337.96/cwt320.00–360.001,42315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428304.71/cwt295.00–315.001,3044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465307.88/cwt290.00–325.001,43210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3473244.74/cwt235.00–255.001,1584
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479274.11/cwt265.00–280.001,3135
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511271.41/cwt260.00–285.001,3879
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515242.14/cwt230.00–255.001,2478
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563257.33/cwt250.00–265.001,4494
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573230.22/cwt220.00–240.001,3196
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3322263.85/cwt260.00–270.008505
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326284.14/cwt280.00–290.009267
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364266.63/cwt260.00–275.009717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3373245.10/cwt240.00–250.009146
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418265.09/cwt260.00–270.001,1086
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418229.85/cwt225.00–235.009614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425247.68/cwt240.00–255.001,0534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464249.39/cwt245.00–255.001,1577
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478236.15/cwt230.00–240.001,1295
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528232.61/cwt225.00–240.001,2286
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533217.54/cwt215.00–220.001,1596
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,456143.25/cwt135.00–155.002,0865
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%994117.83/cwt115.00–121.001,1717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151123.40/cwt118.00–128.001,4208
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252135.39/cwt133.00–139.001,6955

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.