Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-03-27

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Mar 27
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
20 vs last sale 706 156 vs year ago 570 · +27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
148 vs last sale 134 121 vs year ago 161 · +75.2%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Aug 19, 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 mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.22/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$238.22
70 head · 379 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.49
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1381249.8995144
Medium and Large 2378218.4582526
One grade step is worth $31.44/cwt here — about $126 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
238.22
FL average7 barns · 403 hd
234.73
+3.49
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
BullsAverage1,644108.831,7897thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16599.401,15836
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14886.429928thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1466201.44/cwt195.00–207.009399
HeifersMedium and Large 1429204.34/cwt200.00–210.008777
HeifersMedium and Large 2470185.05/cwt180.00–190.008704
HeifersMedium and Large 2367194.64/cwt190.00–202.007145
SteersMedium and Large 2420210.86/cwt207.00–215.008864
SteersMedium and Large 2567193.35/cwt190.00–195.001,0963
SteersMedium and Large 2315227.70/cwt215.00–240.007176
SteersMedium and Large 1281270.67/cwt260.00–285.007619
SteersMedium and Large 1380248.55/cwt240.00–265.009449
SteersMedium and Large 2482203.22/cwt200.00–210.009803
HeifersMedium and Large 3356179.10/cwt175.00–185.006385
HeifersMedium and Large 1368213.19/cwt207.00–220.007856
SteersMedium and Large 1465238.19/cwt225.00–245.001,1083
SteersMedium and Large 2370217.20/cwt210.00–225.008044
SteersMedium and Large 1523214.88/cwt210.00–220.001,1244
SteersMedium and Large 1324267.71/cwt250.00–280.008677
HeifersMedium and Large 1518188.72/cwt182.00–195.009784
HeifersMedium and Large 2418190.21/cwt185.00–195.007954
HeifersMedium and Large 1324222.64/cwt210.00–232.007219
HeifersMedium and Large 1259230.80/cwt225.00–239.005987
SteersMedium and Large 2270235.28/cwt220.00–250.006356
SteersMedium and Large 1420239.52/cwt230.00–250.001,00612
Bulls1,644108.83/cwt105.00–111.001,7897
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12795.57/cwt91.00–98.001,07720
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213104.18/cwt102.00–109.001,26416
CowsLean 85-90%1,14886.42/cwt85.00–89.009928

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.