Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-02-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Feb 10
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
604 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 694▼ 233 vs year ago 837 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 244▲ 158 vs year ago 114 · +138.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.97/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$145.97
70 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477152.1672626
Medium and Large 2427147.7663031
Medium and Large 3477129.3361713thin
One grade step is worth $22.84/cwt here — about $109 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 sale70 hd
145.97
—
FL average10 barns · 530 hd
146.69
−0.72
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—Average1,44989.001,2905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21967.2982130
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27656.5172114

Every lot

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2265174.43/cwt165.00–185.004624
Steers—Medium and Large 1268194.67/cwt190.00–200.005222
Steers—Medium and Large 1320180.88/cwt177.00–185.005794
Steers—Medium and Large 2322168.63/cwt168.00–170.005433
Steers—Medium and Large 2368150.94/cwt148.00–154.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 3417137.44/cwt132.00–140.005733
Steers—Medium and Large 2419146.48/cwt144.00–150.006147
Steers—Medium and Large 3458131.05/cwt128.00–134.006004
Steers—Medium and Large 1459150.96/cwt147.00–154.006937
Steers—Medium and Large 2466141.79/cwt136.00–146.006615
Steers—Medium and Large 1515146.63/cwt142.00–151.007556
Steers—Medium and Large 2520134.08/cwt130.00–138.0069710
Steers—Medium and Large 3520124.12/cwt120.00–128.006456
Steers—Medium and Large 1578135.97/cwt134.00–138.007862
Steers—Medium and Large 1626126.98/cwt124.00–131.007955
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2316137.42/cwt134.00–140.004345
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415119.95/cwt118.00–122.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418131.03/cwt130.00–132.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467107.66/cwt104.00–110.005035
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475116.84/cwt112.00–122.0055510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508115.01/cwt114.00–116.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514111.17/cwt110.00–112.005717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570112.35/cwt110.00–114.006407
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570105.98/cwt104.00–108.006044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44094.02/cwt93.00–95.001,3542
Bulls——1,45585.65/cwt83.00–89.001,2463
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21564.66/cwt60.00–66.0078611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22268.82/cwt68.00–72.0084119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27656.51/cwt53.00–59.0072114

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.