Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-06-09

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
617 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 527▼ 175 vs year ago 792 · −22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 275 vs last sale 449▼ 76 vs year ago 250 · −30.4%
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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 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 $152.51/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$152.51
103 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$78
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.31
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1410162.0366419thin
Medium and Large 2393155.6761248
Medium and Large 3409143.2858636
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $78 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 sale103 hd
152.51
—
FL average10 barns · 741 hd
148.20
+4.31
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—Average1,43590.921,3048thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17068.3279937
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24259.987459thin

Every lot

36 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 2278168.12/cwt160.00–177.0046710
Steers—Medium and Large 1310179.92/cwt175.00–185.005584
Steers—Medium and Large 3316157.41/cwt155.00–160.0049711
Steers—Medium and Large 2333166.89/cwt162.00–172.005568
Steers—Medium and Large 1368165.38/cwt162.00–169.006094
Steers—Medium and Large 2372156.96/cwt154.00–159.005847
Steers—Medium and Large 3378145.87/cwt142.00–150.005514
Steers—Medium and Large 3411141.38/cwt137.00–147.005819
Steers—Medium and Large 1418163.83/cwt160.00–168.006854
Steers—Medium and Large 2423154.63/cwt150.00–159.0065410
Steers—Medium and Large 1455153.41/cwt150.00–160.006983
Steers—Medium and Large 2470146.11/cwt142.00–149.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 3474136.96/cwt135.00–140.006495
Steers—Medium and Large 1508145.45/cwt142.00–149.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 2510137.06/cwt135.00–140.006995
Steers—Medium and Large 3524126.53/cwt122.00–130.006637
Steers—Medium and Large 2568131.63/cwt130.00–135.007483
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268149.43/cwt147.00–152.004002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278159.86/cwt155.00–165.0044410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314153.89/cwt150.00–160.004835
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315143.81/cwt140.00–148.004536
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327131.58/cwt130.00–135.004303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368151.25/cwt147.00–157.005577
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370139.89/cwt136.00–144.0051812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378130.87/cwt125.00–135.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418139.44/cwt136.00–143.0058312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419130.80/cwt125.00–135.005487
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423119.94/cwt118.00–122.005074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463136.11/cwt132.00–140.0063010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520124.53/cwt121.00–128.006486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526113.08/cwt110.00–115.005955
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42895.05/cwt94.00–96.001,3572
Bulls——1,43789.54/cwt88.00–93.001,2876
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07273.05/cwt71.00–74.007836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18967.40/cwt65.00–70.0080131
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24259.98/cwt56.00–62.007459

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.