Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-05-22

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, May 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
785 head
▲ 281 vs last sale 504▲ 239 vs year ago 546 · +43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 186▼ 72 vs year ago 294 · −24.5%
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 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $244.67/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$244.67
91 head · 397 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.96
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1394252.7699761
Medium and Large 2403228.2492030
One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about $77 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 sale91 hd
244.67
—
FL average8 barns · 453 hd
240.72
+3.96
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—High1,566115.531,8097thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,175105.521,24030
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07888.2795210

Every lot, as filed

28 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—255241.90/cwt237.00–247.006178
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426219.10/cwt212.00–228.0093313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418206.17/cwt202.00–210.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470199.84/cwt195.00–205.009394
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520184.90/cwt180.00–190.009614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323209.81/cwt205.00–215.006784
SteersMedium and Large 2—468214.84/cwt205.00–225.001,0058
SteersMedium and Large 2—273249.76/cwt245.00–260.006823
SteersMedium and Large 1—509222.13/cwt216.00–230.001,1317
SteersMedium and Large 1—568215.92/cwt210.00–222.001,2264
SteersMedium and Large 2—378230.57/cwt217.00–237.008723
SteersMedium and Large 1—368255.20/cwt245.00–265.0093910
SteersMedium and Large 2—414225.80/cwt220.00–230.009355
SteersMedium and Large 2—321248.27/cwt240.00–260.007977
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370207.01/cwt200.00–212.007665
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364222.44/cwt215.00–232.0081011
SteersMedium and Large 1—306278.41/cwt270.00–290.008527
SteersMedium and Large 1—407249.39/cwt240.00–260.001,01515
SteersMedium and Large 1—458236.10/cwt230.00–242.001,0818
SteersMedium and Large 1—263286.90/cwt275.00–300.0075510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461214.59/cwt207.00–221.009899
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315229.80/cwt220.00–239.0072416
SteersMedium and Large 2—518205.17/cwt200.00–210.001,0634
Bulls——1,750119.70/cwt118.00–122.002,0953
Bulls——1,428112.40/cwt109.00–116.001,6054
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,093100.16/cwt97.00–102.001,0956
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,196106.86/cwt104.00–114.001,27824
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07888.27/cwt85.00–91.0095210

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.