Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2024-11-11

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Nov 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,344 head
▲ 257 vs last sale 1,087▲ 206 vs year ago 1,138 · +18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 306▼ 175 vs year ago 303 · −57.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $287.24/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −128.88 against this barn's trailing median of $416.12.
Average price
$287.24
14 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.21
vs FL average
−18.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520302.141,5718thin
Medium and Large 2515267.381,3776thin
One grade step is worth $34.76/cwt here — about $194 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd
287.24
—
FL average5 barns · 93 hd
278.03
+9.21
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−18.20
This barn, trailing median28 sales
416.12
−128.88
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—Average1,500152.932,2949thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,224120.751,47835
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053109.901,15722

Every lot

24 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268444.58/cwt430.00–460.001,1916
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315419.68/cwt410.00–430.001,3226
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325389.54/cwt375.00–405.001,2666
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370384.59/cwt370.00–400.001,4238
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370349.73/cwt340.00–360.001,2948
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418334.55/cwt320.00–350.001,3988
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423299.59/cwt290.00–310.001,26712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465312.37/cwt300.00–325.001,45310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473282.38/cwt275.00–290.001,33610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515267.38/cwt255.00–280.001,3776
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520302.14/cwt290.00–315.001,5718
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320321.91/cwt310.00–335.001,0308
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320279.53/cwt270.00–290.008946
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368272.24/cwt260.00–285.001,0028
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370302.16/cwt290.00–315.001,11812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423282.13/cwt270.00–295.001,19314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423251.98/cwt240.00–265.001,06610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468237.46/cwt235.00–240.001,1116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475264.79/cwt255.00–275.001,2584
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,430137.30/cwt131.00–145.001,9635
Bulls——1,588172.47/cwt165.00–178.002,7394
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053109.90/cwt105.00–114.001,15722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168117.84/cwt115.00–120.001,37620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299124.63/cwt122.00–126.001,61915

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.