Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-03-16

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Mar 16
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
474 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 414▼ 142 vs year ago 616 · −23.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 383▲ 4 vs year ago 240 · +1.7%
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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 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.16/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$151.16
55 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1428162.5769623
Medium and Large 2449146.6065819thin
Medium and Large 3435137.6359813thin
One grade step is worth $24.95/cwt here — about $98 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
151.16
—
FL average9 barns · 566 hd
151.78
−0.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14589.781,02831
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02978.1980526

Every lot

34 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 1275221.91/cwt215.00–225.006103
Steers—Medium and Large 2275204.91/cwt200.00–210.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 2315201.56/cwt195.00–205.006353
Steers—Medium and Large 1327212.70/cwt210.00–217.006965
Steers—Medium and Large 3358178.57/cwt175.00–182.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 2363193.21/cwt190.00–195.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 1416194.09/cwt190.00–200.008075
Steers—Medium and Large 3418166.17/cwt162.00–170.006952
Steers—Medium and Large 2435179.61/cwt177.00–185.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 2464176.96/cwt175.00–180.008215
Steers—Medium and Large 1475185.38/cwt183.00–190.008813
Steers—Medium and Large 1510178.57/cwt175.00–182.009116
Steers—Medium and Large 3525152.38/cwt150.00–157.008003
Steers—Medium and Large 2537165.98/cwt164.00–170.008913
Steers—Medium and Large 1568171.69/cwt170.00–175.009753
Steers—Medium and Large 1613163.30/cwt162.00–166.001,0013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308176.49/cwt170.00–180.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308163.24/cwt160.00–165.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318147.24/cwt145.00–152.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360156.57/cwt150.00–160.005643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365167.43/cwt165.00–170.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418141.08/cwt139.00–145.005903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423163.06/cwt160.00–168.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428153.39/cwt150.00–155.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465146.13/cwt142.00–150.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475134.84/cwt130.00–140.006404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478159.43/cwt157.00–162.007628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508149.75/cwt147.00–155.007613
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515128.27/cwt125.00–130.006613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524137.67/cwt135.00–142.007215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565128.39/cwt125.00–135.007253
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02978.19/cwt76.00–82.0080526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12987.18/cwt83.00–91.0098421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17995.24/cwt93.00–101.001,12310

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.