Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-05-15

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 15
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
504 head
▲ 189 vs last sale 315▲ 29 vs year ago 475 · +6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 148▼ 59 vs year ago 245 · −24.1%
Also sold hereRegular saleWed Sep 30, 2026
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $236.63/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$236.63
59 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,012
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458237.411,08741
Medium and Large 2359234.8784218thin
One grade step is worth $2.54/cwt here — about $245 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
236.63
—
FL average7 barns · 289 hd
235.29
+1.34
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
Bulls—Average1,379114.841,5845thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16196.851,12419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05285.8790320

Every lot, as filed

24 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—368215.10/cwt210.00–220.007924
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466188.88/cwt180.00–195.008805
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325225.72/cwt220.00–235.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421199.23/cwt195.00–205.008397
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470205.74/cwt200.00–212.009678
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413212.64/cwt208.00–217.008788
SteersMedium and Large 1—270286.57/cwt275.00–300.007744
SteersMedium and Large 1—364252.27/cwt245.00–262.009189
SteersMedium and Large 1—408239.16/cwt235.00–247.009763
SteersMedium and Large 2—278249.73/cwt240.00–260.006948
SteersMedium and Large 2—368233.33/cwt230.00–237.008594
SteersMedium and Large 2—460216.07/cwt210.00–222.009946
SteersMedium and Large 1—605207.48/cwt205.00–210.001,2554
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323237.21/cwt230.00–245.007666
HeifersMedium and Large 1—505199.95/cwt195.00–205.001,0104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268252.46/cwt245.00–265.006775
SteersMedium and Large 1—466234.66/cwt230.00–241.001,0947
SteersMedium and Large 1—509225.13/cwt219.00–233.001,1467
SteersMedium and Large 1—564221.59/cwt217.00–228.001,2507
Bulls——1,458109.75/cwt107.00–112.001,6002
Bulls——1,327118.23/cwt115.00–120.001,5693
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16594.14/cwt91.00–97.001,09714
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,149104.42/cwt101.00–110.001,2005
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05285.87/cwt83.00–89.0090320

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.