Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-03-10

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Mar 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
498 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 434▲ 12 vs year ago 486 · +2.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 286 vs last sale 489▼ 83 vs year ago 286 · −29.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.84/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$161.84
81 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1395170.1167139
Medium and Large 2364162.5759228
Medium and Large 3475137.3665314thin
One grade step is worth $32.74/cwt here — about $19 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 sale81 hd
161.84
—
FL average10 barns · 494 hd
155.58
+6.27
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—Average1,49883.831,25612
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36762.6485622
CowsLean 85-90%Average99356.6056221

Every lot

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1260197.64/cwt190.00–205.005146
Steers—Medium and Large 2269176.22/cwt170.00–185.004747
Steers—Medium and Large 1305184.92/cwt180.00–190.005648
Steers—Medium and Large 2313174.10/cwt170.00–178.005456
Steers—Medium and Large 3315161.56/cwt155.00–165.005093
Steers—Medium and Large 1368169.34/cwt165.00–175.006239
Steers—Medium and Large 2374156.26/cwt150.00–160.005845
Steers—Medium and Large 2408151.91/cwt147.00–157.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 1410164.15/cwt160.00–170.006735
Steers—Medium and Large 3462134.55/cwt130.00–137.006223
Steers—Medium and Large 2467149.70/cwt145.00–152.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1470160.40/cwt157.00–162.007543
Steers—Medium and Large 1508157.46/cwt155.00–160.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 2510145.30/cwt142.00–147.007413
Steers—Medium and Large 3516130.93/cwt125.00–135.006765
Steers—Medium and Large 1565146.56/cwt143.00–150.008282
Steers—Medium and Large 3580126.70/cwt125.00–130.007353
Steers—Medium and Large 1618133.73/cwt131.00–136.008264
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2255147.65/cwt140.00–155.003774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263168.57/cwt160.00–178.004438
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318148.58/cwt145.00–152.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319164.27/cwt160.00–170.0052411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365155.14/cwt150.00–160.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365143.55/cwt140.00–147.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418138.97/cwt135.00–141.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421150.17/cwt146.00–156.006327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477143.63/cwt141.00–149.006853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520130.14/cwt125.00–135.006772
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523118.55/cwt117.00–120.006202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1612129.76/cwt126.00–132.007945
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28876.98/cwt74.00–78.009924
Bulls——1,53583.57/cwt81.00–85.001,2834
Bulls——1,67090.95/cwt90.00–92.001,5194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99356.60/cwt52.00–58.0056221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36762.64/cwt61.00–66.0085622

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.