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Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Apr 21
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▼ 511 vs last sale 904▲ 78 vs year ago 315 · +24.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
296 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 172▲ 197 vs year ago 99 · +199.0%
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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 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.30/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$164.30
55 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430168.9172625
Medium and Large 2394162.3964020
Medium and Large 3381156.5959710thin
One grade step is worth $12.32/cwt here — about $129 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 sale55 hd
164.30
—
FL average9 barns · 444 hd
157.50
+6.80
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—Average1,73988.811,5444thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17963.5274951
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03256.1057915

Every lot

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2277173.49/cwt170.00–180.004813
Steers—Medium and Large 1308185.12/cwt180.00–190.005704
Steers—Medium and Large 2323177.05/cwt175.00–179.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 3325167.58/cwt165.00–170.005454
Steers—Medium and Large 2356166.72/cwt162.00–170.005945
Steers—Medium and Large 1358179.56/cwt175.00–182.006433
Steers—Medium and Large 3373157.38/cwt155.00–160.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 1413174.85/cwt170.00–180.007226
Steers—Medium and Large 3413149.45/cwt147.00–152.006172
Steers—Medium and Large 2432161.11/cwt155.00–165.006965
Steers—Medium and Large 1458165.08/cwt160.00–170.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 3470140.96/cwt137.00–145.006632
Steers—Medium and Large 2473152.07/cwt150.00–154.007192
Steers—Medium and Large 2507143.29/cwt140.00–145.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1515151.70/cwt150.00–155.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 1558149.60/cwt145.00–152.008353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2260145.19/cwt140.00–150.003776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265157.55/cwt155.00–160.004184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323152.60/cwt150.00–155.004934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363138.62/cwt135.00–142.005032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368148.43/cwt145.00–152.005462
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383129.59/cwt125.00–134.004966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413142.45/cwt140.00–145.005884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425133.38/cwt130.00–137.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470118.09/cwt116.00–120.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510122.31/cwt121.00–125.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518132.08/cwt126.00–135.006843
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,73988.81/cwt85.00–90.001,5444
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03256.10/cwt53.00–59.0057915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14961.71/cwt58.00–64.0070933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23466.84/cwt65.00–71.0082518

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.