Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2023-11-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Nov 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,097 head
▼ 337 vs last sale 1,434▲ 284 vs year ago 813 · +34.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
386 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 428▲ 85 vs year ago 301 · +28.2%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 14, 2026
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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 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $288.30/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$288.30
92 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$330
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.94
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434298.251,29653
Medium and Large 2418275.601,15134
Medium and Large 3359269.159665thin
One grade step is worth $29.10/cwt here — about $330 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale92 hd
288.30
—
FL average8 barns · 484 hd
272.35
+15.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,572111.071,7467thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34693.101,25330
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07075.8181122

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466226.95/cwt220.00–232.001,0585
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320250.23/cwt245.00–255.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563227.67/cwt220.00–235.001,2826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418246.53/cwt240.00–255.001,0309
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363258.80/cwt250.00–265.009395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328264.81/cwt260.00–270.008696
SteersMedium and Large 1—520260.29/cwt250.00–270.001,35410
SteersMedium and Large 1—263359.05/cwt340.00–380.009446
SteersMedium and Large 2—463255.27/cwt245.00–265.001,1828
SteersMedium and Large 2—420275.24/cwt265.00–285.001,1568
SteersMedium and Large 2—528240.91/cwt235.00–245.001,2725
SteersMedium and Large 1—410307.56/cwt290.00–320.001,2615
SteersMedium and Large 1—566244.06/cwt240.00–250.001,3815
SteersMedium and Large 1—621233.57/cwt230.00–239.001,4505
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519217.83/cwt215.00–220.001,1317
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574214.04/cwt210.00–217.001,2297
SteersMedium and Large 1—319342.51/cwt330.00–360.001,0937
SteersMedium and Large 2—324308.33/cwt290.00–320.009995
SteersMedium and Large 1—456286.90/cwt270.00–300.001,3087
SteersMedium and Large 1—355339.79/cwt325.00–355.001,2068
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511231.61/cwt225.00–240.001,1847
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465247.26/cwt240.00–255.001,1508
SteersMedium and Large 2—360297.50/cwt290.00–305.001,0718
SteersMedium and Large 3—359269.15/cwt260.00–275.009665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430231.93/cwt230.00–235.009975
HeifersMedium and Large 2—372242.90/cwt240.00–245.009045
Bulls——1,659114.35/cwt113.00–117.001,8974
Bulls——1,455106.70/cwt106.00–108.001,5523
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,274104.06/cwt102.00–107.001,3265
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36090.91/cwt84.00–95.001,23625
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07180.10/cwt78.00–83.0085810
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07072.23/cwt71.00–74.0077312

How this sale compares

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.