Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-01-13

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jan 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,494 head
▲ 736 vs last sale 758▲ 99 vs year ago 1,395 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
350 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 220▲ 104 vs year ago 246 · +42.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.22/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$150.22
88 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.12
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413162.6567239
Medium and Large 2461141.5665234
Medium and Large 3429137.4959015thin
One grade step is worth $25.16/cwt here — about $82 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 sale88 hd
150.22
—
FL average10 barns · 591 hd
148.10
+2.12
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—Average1,65585.421,41312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29159.7777222
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10851.415706thin

Every lot

38 lots · USDA AMS · Arcadia Livestock Auction - Arcadia, FL (Wed)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1260199.62/cwt190.00–210.005194
Steers—Medium and Large 2260171.41/cwt165.00–185.004463
Steers—Medium and Large 1313177.40/cwt175.00–180.005554
Steers—Medium and Large 3320160.23/cwt155.00–165.005134
Steers—Medium and Large 2362152.48/cwt150.00–157.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1363164.83/cwt160.00–170.005986
Steers—Medium and Large 3368142.38/cwt140.00–145.005242
Steers—Medium and Large 2420149.49/cwt145.00–155.006287
Steers—Medium and Large 1423164.79/cwt160.00–170.006978
Steers—Medium and Large 3425137.59/cwt135.00–140.005852
Steers—Medium and Large 1458154.92/cwt150.00–160.007108
Steers—Medium and Large 3460133.54/cwt130.00–137.006142
Steers—Medium and Large 2465142.58/cwt139.00–147.006637
Steers—Medium and Large 1511143.20/cwt140.00–147.007329
Steers—Medium and Large 2520130.40/cwt127.00–134.006788
Steers—Medium and Large 3530118.89/cwt115.00–125.006305
Steers—Medium and Large 2575125.62/cwt121.00–130.007226
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275158.21/cwt155.00–165.004353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277148.43/cwt145.00–150.004113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318138.69/cwt135.00–142.004416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323149.73/cwt145.00–155.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328127.40/cwt125.00–130.004184
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365122.40/cwt120.00–125.004472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371138.89/cwt137.00–142.005155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375132.57/cwt130.00–135.004974
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420112.41/cwt110.00–115.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426134.79/cwt131.00–138.005749
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430122.94/cwt118.00–128.005298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456126.86/cwt124.00–131.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467110.71/cwt108.00–112.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477118.77/cwt116.00–122.0056711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513112.44/cwt110.00–115.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523118.65/cwt116.00–120.006213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560108.44/cwt105.00–112.006078
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64583.20/cwt81.00–85.001,3697
Bulls——1,66888.53/cwt87.00–91.001,4775
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10851.41/cwt49.00–54.005706
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29159.77/cwt57.00–63.0077222

This sale against other markets

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.