Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-05-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
315 head
297 vs last sale 612 45 vs year ago 360 · 12.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
154 vs last sale 302 21 vs year ago 127 · +16.5%
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 $236.98/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$236.98
37 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.88
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414238.5998730
Medium and Large 2346230.067967thin
One grade step is worth $8.53/cwt here — about $191 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 sale37 hd
236.98
FL average8 barns · 280 hd
249.85
−12.88
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
BullsHigh1,810123.252,2312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,166102.711,19717
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04984.5388710

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1257234.55/cwt230.00–237.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 1460203.26/cwt200.00–210.009353
HeifersMedium and Large 1372220.81/cwt215.00–225.008215
SteersMedium and Large 1470232.11/cwt227.00–237.001,0914
SteersMedium and Large 1374247.42/cwt240.00–258.009257
SteersMedium and Large 1273263.54/cwt260.00–270.007193
SteersMedium and Large 1518210.80/cwt205.00–217.001,0924
SteersMedium and Large 1558208.28/cwt205.00–210.001,1623
SteersMedium and Large 1318259.88/cwt255.00–265.008264
SteersMedium and Large 1416239.85/cwt235.00–243.009985
HeifersMedium and Large 2333206.60/cwt200.00–210.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 2413199.45/cwt197.00–202.008244
HeifersMedium and Large 1325229.77/cwt225.00–235.007474
HeifersMedium and Large 1415213.37/cwt210.00–217.008854
SteersMedium and Large 2370223.24/cwt220.00–230.008263
SteersMedium and Large 2328235.18/cwt227.00–244.007714
Bulls1,810123.25/cwt121.00–125.002,2312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250107.07/cwt104.00–110.001,3384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,140101.37/cwt92.00–108.001,15613
CowsLean 85-90%1,04984.53/cwt81.00–88.0088710

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.