Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-05-04

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, May 4
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
546 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 606▼ 8 vs year ago 554 · −1.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 213▲ 27 vs year ago 185 · +14.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $179.25/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$179.25
84 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446181.5681046
Medium and Large 2394177.9470132
Medium and Large 3395168.566666thin
One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $144 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 sale84 hd
179.25
—
FL average9 barns · 376 hd
175.98
+3.27
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—Average1,430101.751,4552thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30685.761,12048
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10473.4781113

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1262203.25/cwt200.00–205.005333
Steers—Medium and Large 2268189.67/cwt185.00–195.005084
Steers—Medium and Large 2308186.10/cwt182.00–190.005734
Steers—Medium and Large 1330198.13/cwt195.00–205.006543
Steers—Medium and Large 1354194.07/cwt190.00–200.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 3367172.38/cwt167.00–175.006333
Steers—Medium and Large 2373182.42/cwt180.00–185.006808
Steers—Medium and Large 1415186.41/cwt182.00–190.007747
Steers—Medium and Large 3423164.74/cwt160.00–167.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 2425175.18/cwt170.00–180.007458
Steers—Medium and Large 1458178.54/cwt173.00–183.0081811
Steers—Medium and Large 2479168.04/cwt165.00–170.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 2508163.28/cwt160.00–165.008293
Steers—Medium and Large 1525171.90/cwt167.00–177.0090214
Steers—Medium and Large 1557167.31/cwt165.00–172.009323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2287158.74/cwt152.00–162.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315154.59/cwt150.00–157.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328168.40/cwt165.00–175.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377155.45/cwt150.00–158.005863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379168.84/cwt165.00–172.006409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410164.88/cwt160.00–170.006768
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418153.44/cwt150.00–157.006414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427138.89/cwt135.00–145.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468152.46/cwt150.00–155.007144
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470135.16/cwt130.00–140.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475164.65/cwt160.00–170.0078217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525155.37/cwt150.00–160.0081611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570138.38/cwt135.00–142.007894
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,430101.75/cwt100.00–104.001,4552
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10473.47/cwt70.00–76.0081113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24390.13/cwt88.00–96.001,12019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34882.89/cwt79.00–85.001,11729

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.