Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-02-03

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
694 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 964▲ 163 vs year ago 531 · +30.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
▼ 209 vs last sale 453▲ 6 vs year ago 238 · +2.5%
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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 steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.77/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$162.77
92 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.98
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1421170.5971851
Medium and Large 2427154.0865933
Medium and Large 3378148.795638thin
One grade step is worth $21.80/cwt here — about $156 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 sale92 hd
162.77
—
FL average7 barns · 589 hd
158.80
+3.98
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—Average1,72881.561,4095thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39763.9589328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14555.9664115

Every lot

32 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 1218226.72/cwt220.00–230.004943
Steers—Medium and Large 1259199.09/cwt195.00–205.005165
Steers—Medium and Large 1325182.46/cwt180.00–185.005934
Steers—Medium and Large 2328173.37/cwt170.00–177.005696
Steers—Medium and Large 3328163.37/cwt160.00–167.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 3360148.45/cwt145.00–152.005344
Steers—Medium and Large 2375158.45/cwt155.00–162.0059410
Steers—Medium and Large 1382168.06/cwt165.00–170.006425
Steers—Medium and Large 2414151.09/cwt145.00–155.006265
Steers—Medium and Large 1433164.46/cwt160.00–170.0071211
Steers—Medium and Large 3465134.89/cwt130.00–140.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 1475162.89/cwt158.00–168.0077414
Steers—Medium and Large 2475150.39/cwt145.00–153.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 2505144.62/cwt140.00–147.007303
Steers—Medium and Large 1515154.90/cwt150.00–160.007984
Steers—Medium and Large 2563136.60/cwt132.00–141.007696
Steers—Medium and Large 1569149.04/cwt145.00–155.008485
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2305140.98/cwt140.00–142.004302
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319132.96/cwt130.00–135.004245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360132.57/cwt130.00–135.004778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370144.26/cwt140.00–149.005346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408141.04/cwt139.00–143.005756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425127.44/cwt125.00–130.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463137.57/cwt135.00–140.0063710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512128.13/cwt125.00–133.006565
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518117.58/cwt114.00–121.006092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563123.55/cwt120.00–127.006962
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60578.64/cwt77.00–80.001,2622
Bulls——1,81083.50/cwt82.00–87.001,5113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14555.96/cwt53.00–59.0064115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36263.55/cwt61.00–65.0086625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,68867.24/cwt67.00–68.001,1353

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.