Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-07-31

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Jul 31
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
845 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 909▲ 76 vs year ago 769 · +9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
297 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 336▲ 54 vs year ago 243 · +22.2%
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 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 $257.90/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$257.90
94 head · 419 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,081
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.87
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1421267.631,12652
Medium and Large 2417245.861,02542
One grade step is worth $21.76/cwt here — about $101 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 sale94 hd
257.90
—
FL average8 barns · 584 hd
250.03
+7.87
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—High1,445127.601,84417
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,153110.281,27230
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11294.161,0476thin

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—516216.98/cwt215.00–220.001,1205
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373237.39/cwt230.00–247.008859
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477218.39/cwt215.00–220.001,0423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423222.06/cwt220.00–225.009395
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533208.55/cwt205.00–212.001,1128
SteersMedium and Large 1—562232.39/cwt230.00–237.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 2—418238.86/cwt230.00–247.0099810
SteersMedium and Large 2—467231.10/cwt225.00–235.001,0795
SteersMedium and Large 1—363281.02/cwt270.00–290.001,0207
SteersMedium and Large 2—310284.92/cwt280.00–290.008834
SteersMedium and Large 2—526219.07/cwt215.00–225.001,1525
SteersMedium and Large 2—584213.94/cwt210.00–220.001,2495
SteersMedium and Large 2—268289.35/cwt280.00–300.007756
SteersMedium and Large 2—371248.77/cwt240.00–260.009237
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470227.39/cwt225.00–230.001,0696
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323223.84/cwt220.00–232.007233
SteersMedium and Large 1—316314.48/cwt300.00–325.009947
SteersMedium and Large 1—418259.46/cwt255.00–265.001,0857
SteersMedium and Large 1—518240.63/cwt235.00–245.001,2469
SteersMedium and Large 1—268320.60/cwt315.00–330.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313250.40/cwt240.00–260.007846
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425234.94/cwt230.00–240.0099812
SteersMedium and Large 1—465247.58/cwt240.00–255.001,15114
Bulls——1,435133.70/cwt127.00–139.001,9199
Bulls——1,456120.74/cwt115.00–124.001,7588
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,172105.38/cwt99.00–109.001,23518
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,125117.63/cwt114.00–122.001,32312
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11294.16/cwt91.00–98.001,0476

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.