Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-07-17

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 17
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
858 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 947▲ 3 vs year ago 855 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
228 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 316▼ 213 vs year ago 441 · −48.3%
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 $274.41/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$274.41
99 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.89
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408281.161,14765
Medium and Large 2388261.531,01434
One grade step is worth $19.63/cwt here — about $133 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 sale99 hd
274.41
—
FL average8 barns · 559 hd
262.52
+11.89
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—Average1,524127.861,9496thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,150107.401,23532
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00594.979546thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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—366238.54/cwt230.00–245.008739
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328253.18/cwt245.00–262.008308
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555214.62/cwt210.00–217.001,1913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329231.85/cwt220.00–240.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370215.97/cwt205.00–225.007997
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408237.64/cwt230.00–245.0097010
SteersMedium and Large 1—418267.16/cwt257.00–275.001,1179
SteersMedium and Large 1—361290.85/cwt275.00–305.001,05011
SteersMedium and Large 1—458257.30/cwt245.00–270.001,17812
SteersMedium and Large 2—326287.12/cwt270.00–300.009369
SteersMedium and Large 2—365257.16/cwt245.00–270.009396
SteersMedium and Large 2—470235.05/cwt230.00–240.001,1054
SteersMedium and Large 2—268302.54/cwt290.00–310.008115
SteersMedium and Large 2—430239.77/cwt230.00–250.001,0316
SteersMedium and Large 1—264342.63/cwt330.00–360.009059
SteersMedium and Large 2—565218.33/cwt212.00–225.001,2344
SteersMedium and Large 1—311321.07/cwt305.00–335.009999
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423218.31/cwt212.00–225.009234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463216.59/cwt213.00–220.001,0034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—259260.79/cwt255.00–270.006755
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518224.90/cwt218.00–232.001,1654
SteersMedium and Large 1—513246.09/cwt240.00–252.001,2628
SteersMedium and Large 1—573234.53/cwt230.00–241.001,3447
HeifersMedium and Large 1—464233.32/cwt230.00–238.001,0837
Bulls——1,703124.91/cwt121.00–127.002,1273
Bulls——1,345130.80/cwt129.00–134.001,7593
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,120100.39/cwt95.00–102.001,1248
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,160109.74/cwt106.00–115.001,27324
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00594.97/cwt92.00–98.009546

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.