Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2021-10-20

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Oct 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,296 head
▲ 283 vs last sale 1,013▲ 117 vs year ago 1,179 · +9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
324 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 209▼ 28 vs year ago 352 · −8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.86/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$147.86
77 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.01
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499152.3376135
Medium and Large 2448149.6367023
Medium and Large 3477137.4765619thin
One grade step is worth $14.86/cwt here — about $105 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 sale77 hd
147.86
—
FL average9 barns · 652 hd
148.87
−1.01
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—Average1,41483.931,18710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16262.8173016
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03953.765597thin

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2255177.35/cwt170.00–185.004524
Steers—Medium and Large 1318184.88/cwt180.00–190.005884
Steers—Medium and Large 2360162.57/cwt160.00–165.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 1363175.17/cwt170.00–180.006364
Steers—Medium and Large 3370154.16/cwt150.00–158.005704
Steers—Medium and Large 1413165.15/cwt160.00–170.006826
Steers—Medium and Large 3420143.37/cwt140.00–145.006023
Steers—Medium and Large 1458153.27/cwt150.00–155.007023
Steers—Medium and Large 3468133.38/cwt130.00–140.006243
Steers—Medium and Large 2469143.43/cwt141.00–147.006735
Steers—Medium and Large 1508147.07/cwt145.00–151.007473
Steers—Medium and Large 2513138.01/cwt135.00–141.007084
Steers—Medium and Large 3523130.07/cwt127.00–133.006804
Steers—Medium and Large 1563145.96/cwt144.00–148.008222
Steers—Medium and Large 3565128.95/cwt126.00–131.007295
Steers—Medium and Large 2573135.45/cwt134.00–137.007766
Steers—Medium and Large 1621131.85/cwt127.00–138.008199
Steers—Medium and Large 1666130.21/cwt125.00–133.008674
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318131.70/cwt130.00–135.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328142.24/cwt140.00–147.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360137.43/cwt135.00–140.004954
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373127.42/cwt125.00–130.004754
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410121.51/cwt118.00–124.004985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417141.76/cwt137.00–144.005913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418130.09/cwt125.00–135.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468124.57/cwt120.00–129.005836
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470116.09/cwt112.00–118.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515121.03/cwt118.00–124.006238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518129.46/cwt127.00–132.006712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567126.96/cwt125.00–130.007205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580118.47/cwt115.00–122.006874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32380.35/cwt78.00–81.001,0634
Bulls——1,47586.32/cwt84.00–89.001,2736
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03953.76/cwt52.00–56.005597
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13664.25/cwt63.00–68.0073011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21859.63/cwt58.00–60.007265

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.