Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-06-05

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
909 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 785▲ 283 vs year ago 626 · +45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 222▲ 115 vs year ago 157 · +73.2%
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 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $255.58/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$255.58
86 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.82
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436258.141,12666
Medium and Large 2345247.1185120
One grade step is worth $11.03/cwt here — about $274 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 sale86 hd
255.58
—
FL average8 barns · 479 hd
249.76
+5.82
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—Average1,530118.901,8209thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,209111.931,35331
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,062101.001,0738thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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—418226.09/cwt220.00–231.009457
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270243.67/cwt235.00–250.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329238.77/cwt230.00–246.007869
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470204.45/cwt200.00–209.009614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—462191.71/cwt190.00–195.008863
HeifersMedium and Large 2—271223.69/cwt220.00–230.006065
SteersMedium and Large 1—279307.74/cwt300.00–320.008595
SteersMedium and Large 1—428255.18/cwt245.00–265.001,09214
SteersMedium and Large 2—318255.35/cwt240.00–270.008128
SteersMedium and Large 2—376237.13/cwt225.00–245.008925
SteersMedium and Large 1—321292.63/cwt280.00–310.009397
SteersMedium and Large 2—420228.20/cwt220.00–237.009584
SteersMedium and Large 2—262267.01/cwt260.00–280.007003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512210.75/cwt201.00–217.001,0795
SteersMedium and Large 1—627213.57/cwt210.00–221.001,3393
SteersMedium and Large 1—563230.13/cwt220.00–240.001,2968
SteersMedium and Large 1—458252.30/cwt240.00–265.001,1568
SteersMedium and Large 1—524243.65/cwt230.00–255.001,2779
SteersMedium and Large 1—365265.41/cwt250.00–280.0096912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378210.10/cwt205.00–215.007944
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408206.11/cwt200.00–212.008414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368230.10/cwt225.00–235.008478
HeifersMedium and Large 2—313217.20/cwt210.00–225.006808
HeifersMedium and Large 1—457221.99/cwt215.00–228.001,01411
Bulls——1,338119.18/cwt116.00–123.001,5953
Bulls——1,900131.73/cwt128.00–133.002,5033
Bulls——1,353105.79/cwt103.00–112.001,4313
CowsLean 85-90%—96396.20/cwt91.00–99.009263
CowsLean 85-90%—1,122103.88/cwt102.00–105.001,1665
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,264115.31/cwt114.00–119.001,45818
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,132107.25/cwt103.00–112.001,21413

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.