Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2024-02-14

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
583 head
▼ 189 vs last sale 772▼ 52 vs year ago 635 · −8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
440 head
▼ 301 vs last sale 741▼ 80 vs year ago 520 · −15.4%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 28, 2026
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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, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $345.67/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$345.67
70 head · 405 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.41
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426349.091,48641
Medium and Large 3349341.061,1919thin
Medium and Large 2388340.721,32320
One grade step is worth $8.38/cwt here — about $163 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 sale70 hd
345.67
—
FL average7 barns · 413 hd
345.26
+0.41
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—Average1,615130.632,1097thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,353109.651,48369
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10698.701,09221

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1—262338.55/cwt320.00–350.008875
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328289.33/cwt280.00–295.009495
HeifersMedium and Large 1—506274.07/cwt270.00–280.001,3875
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428264.97/cwt260.00–270.001,1344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368302.86/cwt295.00–310.001,1158
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465257.66/cwt250.00–265.001,1984
SteersMedium and Large 1—468319.44/cwt305.00–335.001,4956
SteersMedium and Large 2—468290.37/cwt280.00–300.001,3594
SteersMedium and Large 1—365382.71/cwt375.00–390.001,3976
SteersMedium and Large 1—511303.22/cwt290.00–320.001,5497
SteersMedium and Large 3—378337.25/cwt330.00–345.001,2754
SteersMedium and Large 1—569294.84/cwt285.00–310.001,6785
SteersMedium and Large 1—318407.68/cwt400.00–415.001,2964
SteersMedium and Large 1—273421.65/cwt410.00–430.001,1515
SteersMedium and Large 1—425345.53/cwt330.00–360.001,4698
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411286.89/cwt280.00–295.001,1799
SteersMedium and Large 2—430294.88/cwt290.00–300.001,2684
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325319.54/cwt310.00–335.001,0395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476275.74/cwt270.00–285.001,3135
SteersMedium and Large 2—323380.39/cwt370.00–390.001,2296
SteersMedium and Large 2—373365.17/cwt360.00–370.001,3626
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376278.19/cwt270.00–290.001,0465
SteersMedium and Large 3—326344.11/cwt340.00–350.001,1225
Bulls——1,633124.04/cwt121.00–129.002,0264
Bulls——1,590139.42/cwt133.00–142.002,2173
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,296107.23/cwt101.00–111.001,39050
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,502116.02/cwt115.00–123.001,74319
CowsLean 85-90%—1,20395.22/cwt92.00–97.001,14511
CowsLean 85-90%—1,000102.53/cwt100.00–105.001,02510

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.