Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Mon) / 2023-10-02

Arcadia Stockyard (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Mon, Oct 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1609
Feeder Cattle receipts
994 head
▲ 169 vs last sale 825▲ 354 vs year ago 640 · +55.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 275▲ 37 vs year ago 181 · +20.4%
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 lower. 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 $293.18/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$293.18
103 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,223
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.66
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416303.101,26172
Medium and Large 2420270.121,13631
One grade step is worth $32.98/cwt here — about $125 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 sale103 hd
293.18
—
FL average8 barns · 520 hd
272.51
+20.66
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—Low1,555111.941,74112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19393.441,11523
CowsLean 85-90%Average99282.418186thin

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—365277.71/cwt270.00–285.001,0148
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480231.13/cwt225.00–237.001,1096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—463247.70/cwt240.00–255.001,14712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—336256.57/cwt245.00–265.008627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363253.27/cwt245.00–260.009197
SteersMedium and Large 1—318345.35/cwt330.00–360.001,09812
SteersMedium and Large 1—267350.61/cwt330.00–370.0093613
SteersMedium and Large 2—384288.38/cwt280.00–300.001,1077
SteersMedium and Large 1—365319.59/cwt305.00–335.001,1678
SteersMedium and Large 1—467278.57/cwt270.00–290.001,3019
SteersMedium and Large 2—428265.23/cwt260.00–272.001,1359
SteersMedium and Large 2—458251.10/cwt245.00–257.001,1504
SteersMedium and Large 2—311307.85/cwt300.00–320.009575
SteersMedium and Large 1—560254.66/cwt247.00–260.001,4265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328289.62/cwt280.00–300.0095012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415234.94/cwt230.00–240.009754
SteersMedium and Large 2—518237.39/cwt230.00–245.001,2306
SteersMedium and Large 1—657231.68/cwt229.00–233.001,5223
SteersMedium and Large 1—518269.95/cwt260.00–280.001,3988
SteersMedium and Large 1—618238.23/cwt237.00–242.001,4724
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418251.85/cwt247.00–257.001,0538
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515236.75/cwt230.00–245.001,21911
SteersMedium and Large 1—415297.65/cwt285.00–310.001,23510
Bulls——1,415106.49/cwt104.00–109.001,5074
Bulls——1,625114.66/cwt110.00–121.001,8638
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18389.19/cwt86.00–94.001,05513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20798.97/cwt97.00–103.001,19510
CowsLean 85-90%—99282.41/cwt80.00–84.008186

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.