Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-06-19

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jun 19
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
589 head
▼ 231 vs last sale 820▲ 40 vs year ago 549 · +7.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 386▲ 68 vs year ago 235 · +28.9%
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 mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $261.44/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$261.44
72 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.59
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414270.521,12046
Medium and Large 2422245.371,03526
One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $85 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 sale72 hd
261.44
—
FL average8 barns · 540 hd
256.84
+4.59
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—Average1,566123.071,92712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,246107.941,34554
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06191.269687thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06191.26/cwt88.00–94.009687
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,216114.05/cwt109.00–121.001,38722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,267103.74/cwt97.00–107.001,31432
Bulls——1,533119.05/cwt116.00–122.001,8259
Bulls——1,663135.14/cwt128.00–139.002,2473
SteersMedium and Large 2—316277.38/cwt260.00–290.008777
HeifersMedium and Large 1—459223.53/cwt220.00–229.001,0265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565201.95/cwt200.00–205.001,1415
SteersMedium and Large 1—430259.77/cwt250.00–270.001,1178
SteersMedium and Large 1—320310.89/cwt300.00–320.009957
SteersMedium and Large 1—458251.27/cwt240.00–260.001,1519
SteersMedium and Large 1—565235.09/cwt230.00–240.001,3284
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515209.65/cwt202.00–217.001,0806
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484208.69/cwt200.00–215.001,0107
SteersMedium and Large 2—462225.95/cwt220.00–237.001,0443
SteersMedium and Large 2—358245.23/cwt240.00–255.008783
SteersMedium and Large 1—371276.17/cwt260.00–290.001,0259
SteersMedium and Large 2—528224.61/cwt217.00–232.001,1866
SteersMedium and Large 1—265324.43/cwt310.00–340.008604
SteersMedium and Large 1—517240.86/cwt235.00–250.001,2455
SteersMedium and Large 2—268282.08/cwt275.00–295.007563
SteersMedium and Large 2—580207.63/cwt200.00–215.001,2044
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317240.97/cwt235.00–248.007647
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427210.89/cwt205.00–215.009017
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328220.11/cwt215.00–225.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371228.31/cwt220.00–240.008477
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408230.18/cwt220.00–240.0093914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—268251.68/cwt240.00–265.006754

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.