Sale reports / Florida / Arcadia Stockyard (Wed) / 2022-06-08

Arcadia Stockyard (Wed)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Arcadia, Florida · Wed, Jun 8
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1422
Feeder Cattle receipts
947 head
▲ 305 vs last sale 642▲ 330 vs year ago 617 · +53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 151▲ 48 vs year ago 174 · +27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $172.99/cwt on 81 head.
Average price
$172.99
81 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1439181.4879633
Medium and Large 2442169.4774937
Medium and Large 3454159.3672411thin
One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $72 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 sale81 hd
172.99
—
FL average9 barns · 469 hd
170.08
+2.91
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—Average1,706104.811,78813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16683.5397417
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06173.617816thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2268188.42/cwt185.00–195.005053
Steers—Medium and Large 1273211.39/cwt205.00–217.005774
Steers—Medium and Large 1312209.63/cwt200.00–215.006543
Steers—Medium and Large 1355194.60/cwt190.00–197.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 2359182.97/cwt180.00–185.006575
Steers—Medium and Large 1413181.42/cwt179.00–184.007494
Steers—Medium and Large 3413165.61/cwt162.00–169.006848
Steers—Medium and Large 2424173.36/cwt170.00–178.007357
Steers—Medium and Large 2464163.78/cwt160.00–168.0076013
Steers—Medium and Large 1470172.02/cwt170.00–174.008088
Steers—Medium and Large 2527160.84/cwt157.00–164.008489
Steers—Medium and Large 1529168.73/cwt167.00–171.008937
Steers—Medium and Large 3565142.71/cwt140.00–148.008063
Steers—Medium and Large 1568161.94/cwt160.00–164.009204
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273155.82/cwt152.00–160.004256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315157.58/cwt155.00–160.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323167.56/cwt165.00–170.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 3326142.89/cwt140.00–147.004667
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363150.17/cwt145.00–155.005456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370160.84/cwt157.00–165.005954
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418146.07/cwt142.00–150.006118
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418133.56/cwt130.00–137.005586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420153.02/cwt151.00–155.006434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462142.48/cwt137.00–147.006589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510140.97/cwt138.00–144.007194
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513130.25/cwt127.00–132.006683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567129.62/cwt128.00–133.007353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608129.49/cwt128.00–130.007874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,706104.81/cwt103.00–110.001,78813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06173.61/cwt71.00–77.007816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13481.72/cwt78.00–85.0092713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26889.43/cwt88.00–91.001,1344

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.