Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-06-12

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
820 head
89 vs last sale 909 366 vs year ago 454 · +80.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
386 head
114 vs last sale 272 218 vs year ago 168 · +129.8%
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 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $259.12/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$259.12
78 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.90
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424267.761,13557
Medium and Large 2416235.6798121
One grade step is worth $32.09/cwt here — about $153 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 sale78 hd
259.12
FL average8 barns · 646 hd
262.02
−2.90
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
BullsAverage1,510126.001,90312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,204105.691,27337
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04493.899808thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1420228.25/cwt225.00–235.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 1367233.18/cwt225.00–243.008569
HeifersMedium and Large 2363213.38/cwt210.00–217.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 2434213.04/cwt210.00–215.009255
SteersMedium and Large 1524245.42/cwt240.00–253.001,2867
SteersMedium and Large 1285309.82/cwt300.00–320.0088310
SteersMedium and Large 2423232.19/cwt225.00–240.009824
SteersMedium and Large 2515225.05/cwt220.00–230.001,1594
SteersMedium and Large 2473227.62/cwt220.00–235.001,0774
SteersMedium and Large 1560231.98/cwt225.00–242.001,2995
SteersMedium and Large 2318257.20/cwt245.00–270.008184
HeifersMedium and Large 1268249.72/cwt240.00–260.006694
HeifersMedium and Large 2320221.19/cwt217.00–225.007084
SteersMedium and Large 1366271.70/cwt260.00–280.009947
SteersMedium and Large 2366236.15/cwt230.00–245.008645
SteersMedium and Large 1413269.33/cwt264.00–275.001,1128
SteersMedium and Large 1458251.18/cwt240.00–262.001,15010
HeifersMedium and Large 1470224.79/cwt220.00–230.001,0576
HeifersMedium and Large 1322242.16/cwt235.00–252.007809
HeifersMedium and Large 1527209.75/cwt205.00–220.001,1053
SteersMedium and Large 1315304.68/cwt295.00–315.009606
SteersMedium and Large 1625222.46/cwt220.00–225.001,3904
Bulls1,538116.65/cwt110.00–121.001,7945
Bulls1,490132.67/cwt125.00–140.001,9777
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10499.64/cwt94.00–104.001,10017
CowsBoner 80-85%1,289110.84/cwt106.00–120.001,42920
CowsLean 85-90%1,04493.89/cwt89.00–99.009808

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.