Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-05-26

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 26
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
777 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 529▲ 73 vs year ago 704 · +10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 249▲ 249 vs year ago 50 · +498.0%
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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 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 $157.75/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$157.75
81 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.30
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435159.4269444
Medium and Large 2369156.5457826
Medium and Large 3331153.9250911thin
One grade step is worth $5.50/cwt here — about $185 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
157.75
—
FL average9 barns · 568 hd
147.44
+10.30
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—Average1,72293.421,6095thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32768.0790344
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09859.8265713

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2267163.13/cwt160.00–170.004363
Steers—Medium and Large 1270181.79/cwt175.00–185.004913
Steers—Medium and Large 2309165.11/cwt162.00–170.005105
Steers—Medium and Large 3311157.10/cwt155.00–160.004897
Steers—Medium and Large 1313179.80/cwt175.00–185.005632
Steers—Medium and Large 2365157.08/cwt155.00–159.005738
Steers—Medium and Large 3365148.36/cwt145.00–152.005424
Steers—Medium and Large 1369165.95/cwt162.00–169.006127
Steers—Medium and Large 2406153.55/cwt150.00–159.006235
Steers—Medium and Large 1408163.05/cwt160.00–167.006659
Steers—Medium and Large 1460159.05/cwt154.00–164.0073210
Steers—Medium and Large 2462146.12/cwt143.00–151.006755
Steers—Medium and Large 1511147.57/cwt143.00–153.007549
Steers—Medium and Large 1565140.43/cwt138.00–143.007934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268146.17/cwt140.00–152.003926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316155.44/cwt152.00–160.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318132.36/cwt130.00–135.004216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320143.28/cwt140.00–147.004586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365147.44/cwt143.00–152.005388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380138.41/cwt135.00–142.005266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415140.37/cwt137.00–144.0058312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415120.93/cwt119.00–123.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425131.53/cwt126.00–135.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455116.98/cwt115.00–119.005322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460132.93/cwt130.00–135.006115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470124.46/cwt121.00–128.005858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509120.83/cwt118.00–125.006155
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57887.51/cwt85.00–90.001,3812
Bulls——1,81897.36/cwt95.00–100.001,7703
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09859.82/cwt56.00–62.0065713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31872.06/cwt71.00–73.509508
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32967.18/cwt64.00–70.0089336

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.