Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-01-02

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jan 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
▲ 477 vs last sale 0▼ 1 vs year ago 478 · −0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 537 vs last sale 672▲ 44 vs year ago 91 · +48.4%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends offered due to market closure for Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $196.91/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$196.91
91 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.84
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433202.5687763
Medium and Large 2399187.4174722
Medium and Large 3424172.397316thin
One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $146 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 sale91 hd
196.91
—
FL average3 barns · 222 hd
192.07
+4.84
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—Average1,582101.241,6027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15177.7489524
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05266.3169815

Every lot, as filed

32 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265185.09/cwt180.00–190.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421160.57/cwt155.00–165.006767
HeifersMedium and Large 3—318153.51/cwt150.00–160.004883
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460154.13/cwt150.00–160.007095
SteersMedium and Large 1—618169.86/cwt165.00–175.001,0508
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408175.09/cwt170.00–180.0071414
SteersMedium and Large 2—363190.37/cwt185.00–200.006913
SteersMedium and Large 1—414204.13/cwt195.00–215.008459
SteersMedium and Large 3—318188.19/cwt185.00–195.005983
SteersMedium and Large 1—517182.59/cwt177.00–190.009449
SteersMedium and Large 2—417182.83/cwt177.00–192.007625
SteersMedium and Large 1—265233.82/cwt225.00–242.006208
SteersMedium and Large 2—335204.00/cwt200.00–210.006835
SteersMedium and Large 2—260205.45/cwt200.00–217.005343
SteersMedium and Large 2—523166.90/cwt163.00–171.008736
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313172.38/cwt170.00–177.005403
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368177.93/cwt170.00–185.006559
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558149.56/cwt145.00–154.008354
SteersMedium and Large 1—316223.45/cwt215.00–230.007069
SteersMedium and Large 1—370217.09/cwt210.00–225.008038
SteersMedium and Large 1—570176.67/cwt170.00–183.001,0074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471167.24/cwt162.00–174.007887
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328188.31/cwt180.00–197.006186
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373162.43/cwt157.00–165.006063
SteersMedium and Large 1—468199.63/cwt190.00–210.009348
SteersMedium and Large 3—530156.60/cwt155.00–160.008303
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518159.88/cwt155.00–165.008284
Bulls——1,50398.16/cwt95.00–102.001,4754
Bulls——1,688105.35/cwt105.00–106.001,7783
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13881.17/cwt80.00–83.009248
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15876.02/cwt73.00–79.0088016
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05266.31/cwt63.00–69.0069815

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.