Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-04-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Apr 10
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
338 head
▼ 300 vs last sale 638▼ 73 vs year ago 411 · −17.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 213▼ 55 vs year ago 193 · −28.5%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $240.44/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$240.44
43 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1411245.841,00928
Medium and Large 2373230.3586015thin
One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $149 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 sale43 hd
240.44
—
FL average7 barns · 209 hd
236.93
+3.51
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—Average1,638120.721,9774thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,181103.751,22528
CowsLean 85-90%Average97089.028633thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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—410213.50/cwt210.00–220.008753
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417198.06/cwt190.00–202.008263
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517182.30/cwt180.00–187.009423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329233.89/cwt230.00–240.007695
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380220.76/cwt212.00–230.0083910
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525195.14/cwt190.00–200.001,0248
SteersMedium and Large 2—418220.09/cwt215.00–225.009204
SteersMedium and Large 2—522199.10/cwt195.00–207.001,0393
SteersMedium and Large 2—268254.53/cwt245.00–265.006824
SteersMedium and Large 1—518218.31/cwt215.00–220.001,1313
SteersMedium and Large 2—323239.88/cwt235.00–245.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467191.10/cwt185.00–195.008925
SteersMedium and Large 1—558214.85/cwt205.00–220.001,1993
SteersMedium and Large 1—311267.85/cwt260.00–280.008335
SteersMedium and Large 1—408249.82/cwt240.00–260.001,0196
SteersMedium and Large 1—363253.26/cwt242.00–265.009198
SteersMedium and Large 1—453239.93/cwt230.00–245.001,0873
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473204.92/cwt200.00–210.009694
Bulls——1,468110.26/cwt108.00–113.001,6192
Bulls——1,808131.17/cwt130.00–132.002,3722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12597.89/cwt94.00–102.001,10113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,229108.82/cwt105.00–112.001,33715
CowsLean 85-90%—97089.02/cwt86.00–94.008633

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.