Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-06-01

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
642 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 614▲ 115 vs year ago 527 · +21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▼ 332 vs last sale 483▼ 298 vs year ago 449 · −66.4%
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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 $176.56/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$176.56
72 head · 421 lb average
Value per head Derived
$743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$180
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.43
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2375179.2467233
Medium and Large 3316177.955627thin
Medium and Large 1491173.4985332
One grade step is worth $5.75/cwt here — about −$180 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 sale72 hd
176.56
—
FL average6 barns · 249 hd
173.13
+3.43
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—Average1,424103.771,4784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40782.011,15413
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05677.678209thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2278187.70/cwt180.00–195.005224
Steers—Medium and Large 2308188.47/cwt185.00–192.005806
Steers—Medium and Large 3316177.95/cwt175.00–182.005627
Steers—Medium and Large 2373180.17/cwt175.00–185.0067210
Steers—Medium and Large 1413179.58/cwt177.00–182.0074210
Steers—Medium and Large 2418173.92/cwt172.00–176.007278
Steers—Medium and Large 2469168.04/cwt165.00–170.007885
Steers—Medium and Large 1470175.46/cwt172.00–179.008256
Steers—Medium and Large 1508171.72/cwt167.00–175.008725
Steers—Medium and Large 1567167.69/cwt165.00–170.0095111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268169.67/cwt165.00–175.004554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325172.85/cwt165.00–180.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328158.02/cwt157.00–160.005183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355164.93/cwt160.00–170.005866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378151.83/cwt147.00–157.005744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420158.81/cwt155.00–163.006676
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428148.40/cwt145.00–152.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462142.40/cwt140.00–147.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471154.29/cwt152.00–158.007275
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,424103.77/cwt101.00–107.001,4784
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05677.67/cwt75.00–79.008209
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24380.30/cwt79.00–81.009986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54783.48/cwt82.00–85.001,2917

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.