Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-05-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
299 vs last sale 911 18 vs year ago 594 · +3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
302 head
30 vs last sale 272 10 vs year ago 292 · +3.4%
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 steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.48/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$247.48
59 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.34
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1386250.0496448
Medium and Large 2318236.3075211thin
One grade step is worth $13.74/cwt here — about $212 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 sale59 hd
247.48
FL average8 barns · 356 hd
233.14
+14.34
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
BullsAverage1,508118.691,7905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151100.121,15232
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04187.1590714

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 1530196.73/cwt190.00–200.001,0433
HeifersMedium and Large 2316212.06/cwt205.00–217.006705
HeifersMedium and Large 1285229.91/cwt225.00–235.006554
HeifersMedium and Large 1465203.55/cwt201.00–206.009474
HeifersMedium and Large 1402209.18/cwt205.00–212.008415
HeifersMedium and Large 1321228.71/cwt222.00–237.007347
SteersMedium and Large 2278245.41/cwt230.00–260.006824
SteersMedium and Large 1268281.02/cwt270.00–295.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 2363222.25/cwt220.00–227.008073
SteersMedium and Large 1365248.15/cwt240.00–257.009068
SteersMedium and Large 2325237.73/cwt230.00–245.007734
HeifersMedium and Large 1361220.38/cwt215.00–225.007969
SteersMedium and Large 1575214.07/cwt210.00–218.001,2314
SteersMedium and Large 1420236.94/cwt230.00–247.009957
SteersMedium and Large 1463232.11/cwt225.00–241.001,0757
SteersMedium and Large 1323264.61/cwt255.00–275.008558
SteersMedium and Large 1527223.05/cwt215.00–227.001,1753
HeifersMedium and Large 2425198.11/cwt195.00–201.008426
Bulls1,340114.27/cwt110.00–118.001,5312
Bulls1,620121.63/cwt121.00–123.001,9703
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11096.91/cwt94.00–100.001,07618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,204104.24/cwt102.00–107.001,25514
CowsLean 85-90%1,04187.15/cwt85.00–92.0090714

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.