Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-09-29

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Sep 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
994 head
▲ 388 vs last sale 606▲ 121 vs year ago 873 · +13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
447 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 327▲ 215 vs year ago 232 · +92.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.33/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$154.33
61 head · 427 lb average
Value per head Derived
$659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.28
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436163.8671410thin
Medium and Large 2434155.4867430
Medium and Large 3413148.1561221
One grade step is worth $15.71/cwt here — about $101 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 sale61 hd
154.33
—
FL average9 barns · 964 hd
149.05
+5.28
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—Average1,49587.801,3133thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17161.2971836
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03654.035609thin

Every lot

30 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 2262173.63/cwt170.00–180.004553
Steers—Medium and Large 3310167.90/cwt165.00–170.005205
Steers—Medium and Large 1365182.60/cwt180.00–185.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 3372154.55/cwt152.00–160.005753
Steers—Medium and Large 2381168.02/cwt165.00–172.006409
Steers—Medium and Large 2410155.85/cwt150.00–160.006395
Steers—Medium and Large 1416165.27/cwt162.00–170.006885
Steers—Medium and Large 3423142.57/cwt140.00–145.006036
Steers—Medium and Large 2462146.71/cwt145.00–150.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 3462140.94/cwt137.00–143.006513
Steers—Medium and Large 2513142.56/cwt140.00–145.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 1515149.02/cwt147.00–150.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 3523132.44/cwt130.00–135.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 2570139.14/cwt135.00–143.007934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322151.62/cwt147.00–155.004885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328159.04/cwt157.00–160.005223
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330138.61/cwt135.00–142.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359153.10/cwt147.00–157.005505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359141.65/cwt137.00–145.005097
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368132.38/cwt130.00–135.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408132.45/cwt130.00–135.005404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423145.15/cwt142.00–152.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475132.58/cwt130.00–135.006304
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475121.70/cwt120.00–125.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478142.46/cwt137.00–145.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530123.47/cwt122.00–125.006544
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,49587.80/cwt86.00–90.001,3133
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03654.03/cwt51.00–57.005609
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16460.44/cwt58.00–63.0070431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21766.56/cwt65.00–70.008105

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.